hello everyone! I am new here and really need some advise... My cat Sam was diagnosed with diabetes after two years of my neighbors feeding him kibble despite the many attempts and request to ask them to not feed him...
Anyways, i’ll get to more history later.
After he was diagnosed I was able to maintain his blood sugar by changing his diet to Fancy Feast classic’s. He was doing well and every time I checked his BS he was within range. I finally stopped checking. Then he started having all the symptoms again...increased thirst, urination, and appetite. Started to check his BS again and it was in the 300’s range. Started to give him some insulin again and then he looked really lethargic, not eating etc...took him to vet. When they checked his sugar it was over 500 they said. The gave him insulin and told me to continue giving him 2units in am and 1 unit at night.
He is still losing weight and this morning he ate only half a can of FF. I checked his BS prior to giving him his morning dose and it was 377. I gave him his 2 units. This glucose reading was after the half a can. Then he was just sitting by sinking requesting more water. He drank a bunch of water and about 15 mins later vomited most of the water he drank out. He now has been moping around really lethargic. Has not wanted to eat. I went to drug store to buy ketone test strips, but he has not peed yet. I retested his BS at 11:55 this morning and it was 345. We are using the prozinc insulin.
I’m not sure if I should just give him more insulin now or wait. I don’t want to bottom him out of he is not eating.
Also, when the vet checked him he thought everything else looked good, as far as possibly needing antibiotics. So, he didn’t take any. He thought is was most likely the uncontrolled BS.
Here we are again..seemingly same scenario basically.
Sam is 9 years old. Any urgent advise would be greatly appreciated. His vets office is now close and I would have to take him to emergency vets. I don’t want to send him to emergency vets if he just needs more insulin.
Anyways, i’ll get to more history later.
After he was diagnosed I was able to maintain his blood sugar by changing his diet to Fancy Feast classic’s. He was doing well and every time I checked his BS he was within range. I finally stopped checking. Then he started having all the symptoms again...increased thirst, urination, and appetite. Started to check his BS again and it was in the 300’s range. Started to give him some insulin again and then he looked really lethargic, not eating etc...took him to vet. When they checked his sugar it was over 500 they said. The gave him insulin and told me to continue giving him 2units in am and 1 unit at night.
He is still losing weight and this morning he ate only half a can of FF. I checked his BS prior to giving him his morning dose and it was 377. I gave him his 2 units. This glucose reading was after the half a can. Then he was just sitting by sinking requesting more water. He drank a bunch of water and about 15 mins later vomited most of the water he drank out. He now has been moping around really lethargic. Has not wanted to eat. I went to drug store to buy ketone test strips, but he has not peed yet. I retested his BS at 11:55 this morning and it was 345. We are using the prozinc insulin.
I’m not sure if I should just give him more insulin now or wait. I don’t want to bottom him out of he is not eating.
Also, when the vet checked him he thought everything else looked good, as far as possibly needing antibiotics. So, he didn’t take any. He thought is was most likely the uncontrolled BS.
Here we are again..seemingly same scenario basically.
Sam is 9 years old. Any urgent advise would be greatly appreciated. His vets office is now close and I would have to take him to emergency vets. I don’t want to send him to emergency vets if he just needs more insulin.
