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Vegetable (GA)

Vegetable (GA)

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I have a question about when to intervene with low numbers. I know when Vegetable gets to 50 she needs some high carb food so she doesn't get any lower but does it have to be exactly 50 or is 52 close enough that I should give a little high carb food?
 
Sometimes it depends on where in the cycle are you getting the low number. For me, I wouldn't give higher carb food if it is near mid-cycle and I rarely would give high carb food anyway because usually just giving regular low carb food would typically bring Merlin up almost immediately about 10-20 points. If I got a 52 say at +3, then yes, I may start giving a little higher carb food because I know that he has more time to go lower.

Vegetable said:
does it have to be exactly 50 or is 52 close enough that I should give a little high carb food?
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To answer this question, I would say 52 is close enough to 50 or even higher sometimes just because due to the meter variance. A few points is not going to make a difference. But again, it all depends on where in the cycle you get a low number.
 
@Merlin thanks for your reply. Veg is at +8 when I got the 52 & I fed her some of her regular ff low carb food. If there is a next time that she gets to around 50 & it's early in her cycle I'll feed some regular low carb food & see how she does.
 
Yes that is always a good thing to try when you can monitor. That is how I found out that at least with Merlin, low carb seemed to have worked just fine. He was really sensitive to low, medium to high carb food. High carb food would just send him really high for the next pre-shot. So then I tried medium carb food and it still sent him to high but when I tested him with low carb food, it seemed to more or less flatten him out or increase just a bit. That way his next pre-shot test was not out of this world. It is just something you have to see what works with your own kitty.
 
Hi Mogs,

Thank you for the link, it was good to read it again.

Overall veg seems to be doing ok, her blood sugar is being stubborn lately but overall she seems to be happy & looking pretty healthy. Thanks for asking. Glad to see you back here!
 
Hi Jennifer,

Thanks for the update. I'm very glad to hear that Vegetable is doing well. She's such a little dote. :)

It's nice to be back. I just need to make sure I don't try to do too much and wipe myself out again. Among other things I suffer from chronic fatigue, and it takes very little to take the legs out from under me.


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