cat treats for a diabetic cat?

You could try baking a chicken breast for him, dicing it up, and keeping enough for the week in the refrigerator. If it's too much, you could freeze half and thaw it in the fridge for next week.

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Ken S's answer is scary. Unless this guy has a PROVABLE medical degree, don't take the word of a person off the street over a medical professional. A few words on feline diabetes. First, it is almost always "type 2" diabetes, the kind that people get when they are older, especially obese people. Yes, it is possible that EVENTUALLY your cat will be able to get off the insulin, but that usually only happens when your pet gets closer to his ideal body weight and when he gets more exercise (just like obese diabetic people). I'm guessing your cat usually enjoys his food so picking at the DM is scaring you (I'm guessing this because almost all diabetic cats are very fat-- yes, if he's over 9.5 lbs he's fat unless he is 100% main coon, then he is fat if he is over 14 lb. Your cat is not a main coon, he's regular fat). The vet wants you on a high protein diet because initial studies showed that this was better for regulating diabetic cats because there are less swings in blood glucose. The jury is still out on that one but its not a bad thing to try. The beginning of treatment is always scary, after all you aren't used to having to play the role of injector to your beloved pet. He will be wobbly and off at first. Getting a safe insulin dose for cats usually takes several weeks. Your vet will raise the dose slowly to prevent your cat from being hypoglycemic if the dose gets too high. One option is to do at-home monitoring like they do in people. You would actually use a meter like the "freestyle lite" or better yet the veterinary I-pet or alpha-track with blood samples obtained from the ear or paw. The problem with this is that blood glucoses don't stabilize for about 1 week after the insulin dose is changed. Good luck, you will eventually work through this and it will not all be so scary! Don't do some crazy herbal treatment, that's a great way to murder your pet.

I agree with the baked chicken, pull the white meat into strings for him. No coating or bones allowed though.