First at home BG testing

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Lace & Chunk

Lace & Chunk

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I got a glucometer last night and did the first bit o testing. It was easier than I had expected, and Chunky took it really well. If I did everything correctly, his spreadsheet shows how high his levels were last night when I got home
(542!) This morning, pre-insulin and post food he was lower than he had been when the vet tested at 410. One hour after insulin he went up to 430. At 0900 I'll test again.

Chunk and the other cats have really taken a liking to the Tiki canned cat food, so that's what I'll be continuing to feed them. I'm going to look into making my own food for them, seeing as how it might be a bit cheaper. Does anyone make their own food? Without looking into it, I figured I'd buy some chicken and boil it for them, maybe switch it up with fish and turkey. Maybe red meat, too?
 
Congratulations on doing your first BG test! Yes, it usually is easier than people think it'll be. It's good to give a low carb treat like freeze dried meat bits every time you test. It builds pleasant associations in your kitty.

It would help us a lot if you could put up your signature (the test in light grey you see under our posts) with details like:
  • Chunk's age and date of diagnois
  • what he eats
  • what insulin you use
  • what meter you use
  • any other health issues/meds he has
  • anything else you think is relevant.
We all look at for basic info when we read a post. To do this, go to the right end of the dark blue bar at the top of this page and put the cursor arrow on your name. Click on "signature" in the box that drops down. A large text box will open. Type in the info there and then click "save changes". The info should now appear under your posts.
 
Lacy said:
Does anyone make their own food? Without looking into it, I figured I'd buy some chicken and boil it for them, maybe switch it up with fish and turkey. Maybe red meat, too?
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There are quite a few people who make their own food. I suggest you post a new thread that starts with the question mark icon (accessible at the left end of the title bar when you start a new thread) ans ask about this. One thing I do know is that a vitamin/mineral supplement has to be added to homemade food.
 
Hi Lace. Congrats on the testing. Yes I home prepare Morris' food. If you look at a can of Tikicat (or any cat food) they use a meat source, such as white meat chicken for example. Because that meat source is not nutritionally complete they then add many supplements to balance the diet. The only protein source I am aware of that wouldn't require you to add supplements would be feeder mice. (Actually I'm not positive that is so because I rejected that option early on.) There are several approaches to home preparing. One is a single ingredient and then add a supplement to balance the diet. Another is what I do. I like to get as many nutrients as possible from food and then fill in the holes only as necessary with supplements. This takes running the numbers to know what is needed. Many vets are opposed to home prepared diets because they see so many poorly designed ones. I don't know about cats but in the dog world there is a lot of that. You could keep Chunky on his Dave's and Tiki while you research how you want to proceed. I lost a lot of time figuring out Morris' insulin because I made changes in his diet. It was too many variables at one time.
 
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