Okay just confirming, go ahead and give him one unit now.
Worry less about the FF and more about what the dose can do with normal feeding. You should always withhold food for at least 2 hours before preshot tests. Other than that feed normal meal times or allow grazing, whatever is Java's routine. The time you want to hover with food is when you've got a precipitous drop in BG in the hours after a shot and you want to control that or if he's diving too low and you want to carb him to keep him safe.
I'm too quick to play it "safe"...
still learning!! Glad you're on to give better advice! 
Heck no, Steph! Your advice is as good as mine but you might have a different perspective, that's all.I'm too quick to play it "safe"...
You have some dose time flexibility with PZI, Lois. Let us know what the next BG is.
Retest right now in case it's a wonky strip.
Yes, it looks like the 270 was the outlier. You can't be certain that the 500s are bounces from the 270 because it might be a dud number.
He'll be fine with 1.25 u.
Thank you, I really appreciate it, all, and especially Kris. This stuff is scary!
It is indeed! You have to learn to trust: 1. your SS data; 2. your knowledge of your kitty's usual responses; 3. your ability to handle low numbers with testing, food, etc.
Thanks. I do, I see a lot of live theater, or try to - having to change all my eve tickets to matinees, which I am liking actually. I have chorus, and try and usually succeed in a yoga class once a day. Overnight, or evening for hours, not so much.Hey Lois! What an interesting night you have....yeah you can see who is on, but I often sign in and have it show me as not signed in if I'm going to be around for awhile because, like Kris, I walk away sometimes and am not really here .
It's understandable that you'd rather spend time with Java. Just remember that if you want to step away for a few hours sometimes, that's okay too! We all need time away.
Other experienced people on here have said that it can be harder to regulate underweight cats. FF is a good low carb food. If Java likes it and he needs to gain weight, why not feed him as much of it that his tummy will tolerate. As long as you have 2 food free hours before pre shot tests, he can graze on it all day or be fed multiple small meals.
Poor baby! Is he OK?
I think you could try 1.5 u today. The blues he had on 1.25 u weren't too low and the greens on the fat 1 u are history now. He's "stuck" in high numbers right now at 1.25 u and needs a nudge.
Thanks, that's what I was wondering. Change the photo to him 5 minutes ago now he's trying to come down the hill I need to go help
No, I don't think that one cycle of high numbers will hurt his legs. High numbers over time aggravates neuropathy. Why not try taking your supplies to where he's sleeping and draw up insulin right there so you don't have to transport it?
Kris I added a bunch of edits, trying to keep the thread length down a little bit.
It's the same little bottle that I got in October when he was diagnosed. I think I rotated it to mix it, but I'm not hundred percent sure.
It's the same cloudy suspension as always. It gets stored on its side, so whether or not I rotate it consciously, it's tipped upright to come out of the refrigerator and then tipped upside down to fill the needle. So even if I don't specifically tip it to be sure of mixing, it gets tipped anyway.
Photo changed to one place where I can frequently get a tent. Demo of tent only.
That's one of the areas I use for Teasel.
I have no idea what those mean! Something to look up later.
Essentially the same range, both high. New insulin has to be on your list.
The vet has it in stock, and Dave the vet said that it's only good for about forty two days after opening. (The vet tech or whatever she is, asked me, is there anything on the label about how good it is after opening. I did *not*say, Well if there is, I wouldn't be able to read it thru the enormous RX label that you slapped on it from your office!! And why didn't you ask me about it when I was there picking up HS test strips and Gabapentin last week?)Essentially the same range, both high. New insulin has to be on your list.
Maybe I'll suggest that to Dave the vet.
Yes, I think you can do that. Call and ask. Maybe a human pharmacy would do it?
Are you picking up new insulin before this evening's dose? Be aware that most of us reduce the dose a bit when a fresh vial is started and do some extra monitoring too.
Sorry phone calls etc. Yes I am picking up a new Prozinc before this evening's dose. I'll be here, so I can monitor. Stay with 1.25? Go down to 1.0? What kind of monitoring, how late into the wee hours of the night?
Oh Rachel, IAA etc. came up simply because another cat owner that I was chatting with at the vet last week told me his cat was getting 8 units of prozinc twice a day, and I was asking here, yikes! isn't that an awful lot?