I’ve thought about a timed feeder but I don’t think it’s feasible or necessary at this time with 2 kitties.
One way I used the feeder was to have it rotate to 'hide the food' two hours shot time.
If Zeke were to eat let's say an hour before the end of the cycle, it could really impact his BG. A LC snack at the end of the cycle will bump numbers up much more than the same snack in the early part of the cycle.
I realize nadirs are the indicator... his nadirs were in the 300s with 1u,
They may well be, but you are making the assumption that he always nadirs at +6/+7, a nadir is the lowest BG in the cycle, although it is true that a well regulated cat will tend to nadir at around the same time, they can and do nadir at anytime in the cycle. I've taken a screen shot of George's SS, I was home and able to test a lot and also I did TR. But the data will help me illustrate a couple of points. I'm sorry it's small, you can look in his ss linked on my signature if you want a closer look 12/14/2015 to 12/20/2015
Starting at the top
1st line am cycle bouncing lowest number +6/ pm cycle nadired at +12/amps
2nd line am cycle nadired +5 / pm cycle nadired +2/ started to bounce
3rd line am cycle nadired at +12pmps (bounce breaking)/ pm cycle nadired +2.25
4th line was bouncing, numbers largely flat but lowest number recorded was at +6 / pm cycle nadired at +8
So the lowest BG's in just in those 4 days were +6 +12 +5 +2 +12 +2.25 +6 +8
Here's another example, again these are actual cycles George had, but I have deleted a lot of data so it simulates the data you have been able to get. So in the first line on TR, he earns a reduction, by the fourth line his nadirs are in the pinks, they 'appear' to be trending up, one might be tempted to say that the reduction had failed (on TR we are able to call a failed reduction/ not with SLGS), he's not showing any green on the SS. In fact 8 cycles on the dose and still no green. Why then do I take the dose down on the 6th and final line?? Surely I should have gone up in dose, as nadirs were trending up??
So below is the same 6days, Tells a different story, we can see that George has been generally having low green cycles at night the dose reduction is holding and in fact he earns another reduction on the 5th line.
The above examples are perhaps not as helpful to you as they could be as the overall range is lower, I followed TR, and George was not a bouncy kitty, he did bounce a bit at first, but settled very quickly but it does illustrate the point that when we are lacking data it is harder to know with certainty what is going on.
If I had taken the dose up instead of reducing it, there could have been two possible outcomes, the preferable of which would be that George's liver would have kicked in to 'keep George safe mode' and would have dumped glucose into his bloodstream causing one heck of a bounce after I basically overdosed him.
I hope you find the above helpful, I thought that visualising it might help you see how it is possible for low numbers to 'hide' in the periods when you can't test. I know that with work, it is how it is, hence SLGS, but there are safegaurds built in to SLGS to allow for you situation, but if you make the method more risky, by taking the dose up before the 7days, (14 cycles) before running the curve, you run the risk of getting into a sticky situation.
I look forward to seeing the new SS, I hope you and Zeke are keeping well, I can empathise with how horrible it is to see those ugly numbers, and how you just want your guy to be feeling better.
I am quite sure he hasn’t eaten. I’ve thought about a timed feeder but I don’t think it’s feasible or necessary at this time with 2 kitties.
