I know that his dose sometimes needs to be changed . Buddy went to the vet for a curve (1st time) she upped his dose 2 units and when I checked him 1st time he was @41. next time @35. I had only run a test on him a few times at that point, so glad I did that night. Think that is why when we start talking of upping his dose, I feel panic stricken. He had an appointment for 2/1/17 for another curve, I e-mailed a copy of Buddy's SS to the vet and canceled his appt.
I am getting ready to leave and just took a reading Bud is @176. Opened up RC for him to eat and he won't eat, gave him this so he would not drop a lot while I was gone. If I am gone 2-3 hrs should he drop a lot.
He probably will be OK. Leave a little RC out for him.
He's fine. 176 is still high. Hopefully in 3 hours he will be closer to 100. This is what we want to see.
I have been home for a few minutes in that time I took a reading and his #126. I left out the RC & FF, he did not eat either one. I have no idea what is wrong , before I left I gave him 1/4 of a nausea pill. When I came back and he had not eaten, I gave him a small piece of an appetite stimulant. If he does not eat this evening, I do not know what to do about his insulin.
At 4:30 he was @126, the problem is he is not eating. He has not ate since this morning.
I have been using Bacitracin on his ears, it does not have a steroid in it. There is still a lot I do not know.
You probably will, I am hoping he will start eating.
He doesn't have to eat much before getting insulin. Will he eat dry food? In a situation like this getting him to eat something is more important than his BG number. If he refuses to eat anything, no insulin and have him checked by the vet tomorrow. Are episodes like this common for Buddy? Has he ever had pancreatitis?
Yes, he has a history of chronic pancreatitis, that is why I keep the nausea medicine on hand. I have some pain meds on hand, but then all he will do is sleep. That is alright if he is in pain, but I would like for him to eat first. I put up the YA, guess I could get it out. The dry food was smart thinking on your part, because when he has pancreatitis he wants dry food not wet.
Kris, that was so smart of you. He ate some YA (I forgot to measure again) and RC. The appetite stimulant kicked in and so did the YA. Buddy has not been fond of most wet food, he got food aversion with several bouts of pancreatitis.
He ate some YA.
Good news!
Buddy came back and ate some RC at about 6:10, so I will be a little later with numbers. Since he was wanting to eat I did not want to stop him. What happens if after taking his numbers, he will not eat.
Will you wait 2 hours before testing to get a non food influenced test? Probably best to do that and then move your AM time tomorrow a bit. Try giving him a few YA kibbles before his shot. They're concentrated so should be enough.
Yes I will wait until 8:10 p.m. to get a non food influenced test. If he does not eat anything should I give shot.
I don't know what to say. Why not try a couple of kibbles right after his 8:10 PM test to see if he's interested. If he eats even 6 or so of the YA, give his shot. Then you can put out a few mores YA kibbles for him to graze on afterward. If there's no interest, skip the shot.
His # 454, that is pretty high. He ate some more YA, guess I am giving 1u. Do you think the YA and RC raised his numbers that much, or could it be because he is sick.
Hard to say, Teresa. If it's food, the RC is the more likely culprit. He'll be OK with 1u.
Yes, I have 2 different kinds of anti-nausea meds and 1 kind of appetite stimulant. Sometimes I can give anti-nausea meds and he will come around and eat, but not today. I gave him an anti-nausea pill earlier today, guess it did not work. When I came back I gave him an appetite stimulant & anti-nausea meds. He did eat some more YA, before his shot. He has slept most of the day. Poor little guy.
I hope so.
Buddy is still just laying around, he is not following after me like he always does. At 2a.m. he was @367. He now has some meds on board, to see if I can get him to eat. He is going today to see the doctor today. I will test him shortly, we might not wait until 8:00, it depends on if he is acting as though he wants to eat.
I'm sorry he's not feeling well. Good idea to have the vet look at him. The high red number last night could have been a bounce from the blues mid day.
He has not ate anything. If he does not eat do you think I should hold the insulin. If he would eat later should I give shot then, or wait till the evening shot.
When is your vet appointment? If he'll eat some kibble give him a little and then give him his shot. It's important to keep the insulin going in if at all possible to avoid DKA. As for the rest of the day, it all depends on what your vet says is going on. I know your vet had him on too high a dose of insulin initially but do you trust his judgment in other areas?
He will not eat anything at all. I am going to his old vet, I am getting ready to leave. Should I shot or not.
took him to vet he was running a temp and dehydrated. She ran a blood panel, nothing besides being dehydrated and diabetic. She wants me to give him insulin without eating, she wanted him to have 2u now and 1u tonight whether he eats or not. What do you think.
Buddy finally took a few bites of Purnia OM, he tried so hard to eat but could make himself eat anymore. She insisted one of the reasons he did not want to eat was because his Blood Sugar was high. She wanted me to give him 2u today, whether he ate or not. She said to give him 1u tonight whether he ate or not. At 12:35 I finally gave him 1.5u, just hope he is alright. She said she did not trust human meters with pets only Alpha Tract. A lot of people on FBMB use human meters.
I have just been syringe feeding Buddy FF beef feast put in the blender with water added. I am going to Walmart, when I come back I am going to try and see if I can get RC wet to the point I can syringe feed. Has anyone had any luck putting dry food in blender and being able to syringe feed.
Maybe buy some meat in broth baby food (plain - no seasonings) too? Don't know about putting kibble in blender though.
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I have plain chicken in broth baby food here, I will also try that. I did not know that ketones needed to be checked, if I had known I would have asked for it to be done. I am back from Walmart with the ketone strips, now to catch him peeing. Seems like I am at Walmart every day. The doctor he saw today was his old doctor. I faxed her his SS.
I gave you the shallow spoon tip for getting a urine sample. That's what I do with Teasel. Some people put a double layer of plastic food wrap over their kitty's favourite area of the litter box to catch a little urine in the folds.
I called the doctor and asked her if she checked Buddy today for ketones, she said you only check for ketones once you have liver damage and Buddy has no liver damage. I do not know if that is all doctor's opinion or not. I bought some ketone strips to use so I will try. Buddy is really feeling bad, he is just laying around sleeping. I am worried about him, I syringed fed him some FF classic and then later some RC. I will syringe feed him before I give him more insulin. Hope he is better tomorrow.
What is DKA
Why would a doctor not mention this. I took him to his old doctor today, and I called the other one tonight not 1 mention. The new 1 did ask if he had been peeing a lot, which he has not.