Weight loss in regulated cat part 2

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Just a little note. I had to switch my boy to YA very slowly, it is a nutrient dense food and can cause some stool changes, so keep an eye on Jebat's litter box :). Oh and first week of poo might stink more than usual :smuggrin:
 
Yong said:
Just a little note. I had to switch my boy to YA very slowly, it is a nutrient dense food and can cause some stool changes, so keep an eye on Jebat's litter box :). Oh and first week of poo might stink more than usual :smuggrin:
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Oh no! His stool is already so stinky. Keeps paws crossed that he likes it. That's the first challenge.
 
Yong said:
Just a little note. I had to switch my boy to YA very slowly, it is a nutrient dense food and can cause some stool changes, so keep an eye on Jebat's litter box :). Oh and first week of poo might stink more than usual :smuggrin:
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Agreed... The first Three days my cat had the runs, but then it stopped.
 
Thanks for the heads up!
Can he just graze till time for his shot? Do I need to stop him 2 hrs before shot?
 
Waheeda said:
Thanks for the heads up!
Can he just graze till time for his shot? Do I need to stop him 2 hrs before shot?
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My cat was such a nibbler that whatever she ate of the Young Again... A few kibble here and there... Didn't effect her numbers at all, so I never bothered to take it up. I guess you could see if the same is true for you.
 
JanetNJ said:
My cat was such a nibbler that whatever she ate of the Young Again... A few kibble here and there... Didn't effect her numbers at all, so I never bothered to take it up. I guess you could see if the same is true for you.
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The YA brochure said not to mix YA with other food including wet food. So shld I mix or not? I c that u all are giving wet and YA. Any complications?
 
Waheeda said:
The YA brochure said not to mix YA with other food including wet food. So shld I mix or not? I c that u all are giving wet and YA. Any complications?
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I do wet twice a day and ya is out all the time. Cats can use the moisture. I also add all their supplements to the wet.... B12, cosequine, omega 3, and recently one of my cats gets FortiFlora.
 
JanetNJ said:
I do wet twice a day and ya is out all the time.
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Thanks! Will try ur way. Feeding him soon in half hour n not sure which way to go. Hvnt let him sniff the YA yet. Will take BG reading then giv him wet n then insulin n leave a bowl of YA n see his reaction. Wish me luck that he'll try it.
 
Waheeda said:
Thanks! Will try ur way. Feeding him soon in half hour n not sure which way to go. Hvnt let him sniff the YA yet. Will take BG reading then giv him wet n then insulin n leave a bowl of YA n see his reaction. Wish me luck that he'll try it.
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It's always better to change a diet slowly anyway
 
Waheeda said:
Thanks! Will try ur way. Feeding him soon in half hour n not sure which way to go. Hvnt let him sniff the YA yet. Will take BG reading then giv him wet n then insulin n leave a bowl of YA n see his reaction. Wish me luck that he'll try it.
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If he's already got a full belly he's less likely to over eat it anyway.
 
Waheeda said:
I got a blue for pmps! 182. I cldnt believe it so I repeated the test. So I shld giv him 2 units?
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No that's too much. Do 1.... If you can't monitor maybe 0.75 . You don't have any data at this level so you want to be conservative. If you haven't feed since that first test grab another test now without food and see if it went up.
 
JanetNJ said:
No that's too much. Do 1.... If you can't monitor maybe 0.75 . You don't have any data at this level so you want to be conservative. If you haven't feed since that first test grab another test now without food and see if it went up.
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Fed him already. I gave him 0.8. I'm also very scared. Will take data every hour.
 
JanetNJ said:
Sounds good! Come on, Jebat... We wanna see some blues and greens!
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I just wanna be ready in case it happens n I can't get u all.
Just now 180 I gave 0.8u.
So if it's 100-150 I'll give 0.4u.
Below 100 don't shoot.
Sounds ok?
 
Waheeda said:
I just wanna be ready in case it happens n I can't get u all.
Just now 180 I gave 0.8u.
So if it's 100-150 I'll give 0.4u.
Below 100 don't shoot.
Sounds ok?
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I wouldn't shoot below 130 for now without more data.... 130- 170 0.4
170-220 0.8

Just for now until there's more info.

Let's see what today's numbers look like.
 
He may be bouncing from that blue. His body hasn't seen that sort of number in a while. :). I feed Maury YA and he still gets his wet food meals and lunches, and if any food is left I do take it up 2 hours prior to PS.
 
Yong said:
He may be bouncing from that blue. His body hasn't seen that sort of number in a while. :). I feed Maury YA and he still gets his wet food meals and lunches, and if any food is left I do take it up 2 hours prior to PS.
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I see. So it's to be expected? I c wat the reading is at +6.
I hope when I remove the food from him tmr morning at 430, he would Hv had enuf. I intend to just let him eat YA. So I can at least Hv 4 hours of uninterrupted sleep.
 
I always found a good play session helped get the numbers to behave a bit. If he's willing to play get the boy moving and grooving.
 
JanetNJ said:
Come down Jebat! You're giving your mama an ulcer! Lol.


It's OK... It's just one day... It'll settle down. :)
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Hahaha ya all the happiness turn to nought.
And he's not eating the YA.
So tmr dose will depend on his amps? Or shld I lower it?
 
Just to confirm. The b12 is zobaline by lifelink? The bottle comes with 60 of 3mg tablets? I'm buying from Amazon.
 
Waheeda said:
Thanks! Was at the vet just now to buy a bottle of vetsulin. Dey reminded me not to go beyond 2.4u as they said it's already high. Can only roll my eyes!
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I suppose an overly cautious vet is better then the ones we see on here starting people off on 5 and 6 units. hahaha
 
JanetNJ said:
I suppose an overly cautious vet is better then the ones we see on here starting people off on 5 and 6 units. hahaha
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I guess so. I have a cat with stomatitis and they asked me to pull out all his teeth but they can't guarantee he will recover. And another cat who had diarrhoea for just one morning and the vet made me do full blood count and her liver enzyme is slightly elevated. She said could be cancer. Just like in jebat's case they said cld b cancer cos he lost weight when I was away. I shld update them that he has put back on. Half the time I thk they r out to make $ from pet owners.
 
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