? PMPS Shoes 206, +1 384, +3 261, +6 294

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Chris & China said:
Yes....another .1 tonight

Let's see what tonight's cycle brings

it looks like he might be "breaking the bounce" this cycle...see how he's come down all day so far?
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Yes, thank you. I was hopeful that the numbers dropping may mean that. In the event that he continued his past pattern of diving deep, I held back a tablespoon of his low carb food to feed with a higher carb at +1 or +2 if he does dive. Was that the correct thing to do? If he doesn't dive, will feed him the rest of the lo carb at +3.
 
I'd get a +1......if it's lower than the PS, I'd feed him the extra food and then get a +2 (unless he REALLY dives....then you might want to even give him a little food that's higher carb ....not "high carb", but something a little higher than his regular low carb food)
 
His +1 was a little bit higher, 215 so am happy about that. Will go ahead and give him the regular that I held back now. He could use it as he is still a little skinny. And get a +2 and go from there. I have some 8%, 15& and the FF gravy lovers food.
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I'd get a +1......if it's lower than the PS, I'd feed him the extra food and then get a +2 (unless he REALLY dives....then you might want to even give him a little food that's higher carb ....not "high carb", but something a little higher than his regular low carb food)
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His +2 was 201 so I added 1 TBSP of Friskie's 8% carb. He normally gets around 4% carb with each meal. Will recheck at +3.
 
OK....you really didn't need to feed the 8% at +2

We expect them to be higher at +1 because they had just been fed an hour ago...then +2 is usually a good predictor of where the cat might be going later in the cycle

If the +2 is about the same as the PS, it's usually going to be a pretty normal cycle...a gradual decrease until nadir and then gradually up again

If the +2 is higher than the PS, it usually means they're bouncing again and those cycles you can usually take a break on poking/testing

If the +2 is lower than the PS, that's your "early warning" that they might be going a lot lower that cycle and it's important to test more until you're sure

Of course ECID, and you're still gathering data on Shoes....and he has (in the past) done some pretty spectacular dives early.

(just curious....the numbers in your subject line don't match the numbers on your spreadsheet. It's important to keep those numbers updated. Usually we'll start with the AMPS and just keep adding numbers the rest of the day. If you run out of space on the subject line, you can go back and delete all the AMPS numbers and just start with the PMPS ones)
 
Chris & China said:
OK....you really didn't need to feed the 8% at +2

We expect them to be higher at +1 because they had just been fed an hour ago...then +2 is usually a good predictor of where the cat might be going later in the cycle

If the +2 is about the same as the PS, it's usually going to be a pretty normal cycle...a gradual decrease until nadir and then gradually up again

If the +2 is higher than the PS, it usually means they're bouncing again and those cycles you can usually take a break on poking/testing

If the +2 is lower than the PS, that's your "early warning" that they might be going a lot lower that cycle and it's important to test more until you're sure

Of course ECID, and you're still gathering data on Shoes....and he has (in the past) done some pretty spectacular dives early.

I gave 0.1 again this am, 3/17/17. Not sure if he has cleared the bounce but it looks like it to me. Hopefully, you will weigh in if he has.

(just curious....the numbers in your subject line don't match the numbers on your spreadsheet. It's important to keep those numbers updated. Usually we'll start with the AMPS and just keep adding numbers the rest of the day. If you run out of space on the subject line, you can go back and delete all the AMPS numbers and just start with the PMPS ones)
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I did not want to take any chances with a potential drop as his dives have occurred after all of his am tests declined with each test. I don't think it hurt anything to give the tablespoon of higher carb food as he stayed the same most of the night. My numbers were from the tests after the AMPS instead of the PM. Sorry about that.
 
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I think that we could probably call this a "failed reduction" because after we reduced to .1, he has had 6 cycles to clear the original bounce but has never been able to get back down into "good numbers" but let's see what happens today

My brain isn't quite working yet this morning.
 
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