New to Forum! Trouble regulating kitty

[SilverSap]

Hi Everyone! I have been reading posts for the last few months and it has been very helpful as my 6 yr old cat was diagnosed with diabetes in May of this year. I am finally posting myself to see if anyone might be able to help give some support or advice as we have had no luck in regulating Blackberry. Blackberry was not overweight when diagnosed and is seemingly a "young" kitty. He showed no behavioral concerns except sudden weight loss which is why we brought him to the vet. Since the diagnosis, he has been on a wet food diet only (Wellness Complete Health Natural Wet Canned Cat Food). When first diagnosed, Blackberry was on Lantus. We started at 1u twice daily, that got bumped up to 2u twice daily, and in July/August we were working with 3u once daily in the morning. We were never able to get him on a regular pattern. We take his BG twice a day pre-shot and have done so since the very beginning. He gained weight back almost immediately which was wonderful!

As of earlier this month he has been switched to the ProZinc and we are having the same trouble of finding any sort of regularity in his readings. His SS is in my signature. We were able to do 2 curves last weekend which were both very random and unclear as you can see in his numbers. As of today, I spoke with the vet who would like us to increase his dosage by .5 when his BG reads above 200. Hoping that someone might be able to lend some support or suggestions!

Additional info: Blackberry is 1 of 3 kitties in the house. They are on a good schedule of twice daily feedings.

Blackberry's SS: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1c3LkQpjmLw9rPCC1U_ZcxiHmaFhZWO3Lb9dFy34XHyA/pubhtml

 

[Larry and Kitties]

Why did you start with 2 units?
It could be that 2 units is too much

 

[SilverSap]

That is what the vet had us start with. And now the vet is saying to increase the dosage by .5 is his readings are above 200. I am very confused as to what to do.

 

[Larry and Kitties]

I myself would reduce to 1 1/2 and see what happens

 

[Sue and Oliver (GA)]

Replied on PZI forum.

 

[SilverSap]

I myself would reduce to 1 1/2 and see what happens

We lowered Blackberry's dose for the last few cycles to 1.5u and were able to get a number of midday readings. He had some very high readings but we wanted to give it a couple of cycles to see how he reacted. Please take a look and let me know your thoughts! As of this morning, we bumped him to 2u. My husband is home and can take some middday readings today as well.

I also have a question regarding feeding schedule. We feed him wet food in the morning pre shot and in the evening pre shot. We leave the food out for him and I notice that he will graze and eat throughout the day. What is the best way to feed diabetic cats? Do we remove the food after a certain time? Or is it okay for him to graze all day long?

Thanks again !

 

[Lisa and Smoky]

I have read that food can influence BG numbers on this forum. I test smoky before he gets any food. I have heard from others here to test, feed, and then shoot. I don't give him any food two hours before I test him.