? Human gluc compared to AlphaTrak ?

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Ella and Masha

Ella and Masha

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I’ve read through the home monitoring and posts but can’t seem to find any information explaining how they compare.

I’m using a human glucometer and her levels are getting into low 60s. 15 mins ago she was 56. Yesterday she didn’t go over 70. June 11th the lowest was 53. Overall, In the last 4 days , 60% of the time she was below 70.

Is there some rule to follow like to add a certain number to the human number ? Is this alarming ? She’s not on any medicine anymore following a hypo seizure. Would you begin to feed carbs again ?

I’m unsuccessful with blood alpha trak testing. So I’m using the Freestyle Libre and these are the results.
 
Like everyone has noted, these are great numbers. Some cats who experience low numbers can start to see numbers in an overall lower range. Do NOT start feeding your cat carbs! Cats that go into remission are considered "diet controlled" diabetics. The best way to have to start giving insulin again is to feed your cat more than 10% carbs. Keep your carb count low to keep the BG levels stable.
 
Sienne and Gabby (GA) said:
Like everyone has noted, these are great numbers. Some cats who experience low numbers can start to see numbers in an overall lower range. Do NOT start feeding your cat carbs! Cats that go into remission are considered "diet controlled" diabetics. The best way to have to start giving insulin again is to feed your cat more than 10% carbs. Keep your carb count low to keep the BG levels stable.
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Thanks for letting me know about the carbs ! I was getting worried since her levels almost reach 50 on the human glucometer and was thinking to give her fatty and high carb foods. Since she is diet controlled, should I not worry if she's reaching that low? Like if a cat is in remission or non-diabetic, is about 50 something that should be treated somehow?
 
If you're not giving insulin, there's no risk of hypoglycemia. Some cats naturally run in lower numbers. The Tiki Cat is very low in carbs. You could always use a food that's a bit higher in carbs but still below 10%.

If you have a non-diabetic cat, the likelihood that you would know what your kitty's BG is would be small. Why would you be testing a non-diabetic cat? You might have some idea based on your cat's annual physical but most cats have higher numbers at the vet's office due to stress. For all we know, Masha's "normal" could be in the 40s or 50s prior to the diabetes diagnosis. We've seen OTJ cats whose numbers are in the 50s and some in the 90s. It depends on the cat!
 
Sienne and Gabby (GA) said:
If you're not giving insulin, there's no risk of hypoglycemia. Some cats naturally run in lower numbers. The Tiki Cat is very low in carbs. You could always use a food that's a bit higher in carbs but still below 10%.

If you have a non-diabetic cat, the likelihood that you would know what your kitty's BG is would be small. Why would you be testing a non-diabetic cat? You might have some idea based on your cat's annual physical but most cats have higher numbers at the vet's office due to stress. For all we know, Masha's "normal" could be in the 40s or 50s prior to the diabetes diagnosis. We've seen OTJ cats whose numbers are in the 50s and some in the 90s. It depends on the cat!
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Thanks for clarifying. She was diagnosed with diabetes in May and put on Glipizide as a trial run (may). In march she was about 240 and in May she was about 320. She had 2+ in urine in May. But even I wondered if she was misdiagnosed and made a post on it after she had a seizure while on Glipizide a few weeks ago. I realized that because of the 2+ in urine she must be but she's just diet controlled. After the seizure I stopped the medicine and got the Libre put in to monitor 24/7. Ever since the seizure I was worrying she's going into hypoglycemia but now I see that it may just be normal.
 
I don't think there's any way to really know what the seizure was related to. It could have been related to the Glipezide or Masha may have had a symptomatic hypoglycemic event. Are you referring to glucose in her urine? Urine testing for glucose is highly unreliable. The strips don't really test for very high OR very low numbers. In addition, it's not up to the minute information. The numbers you're seeing on the Libre tell you where Masha's numbers are right now -- it's the glucose that's in her blood. If you get a urine test, you're relying on information that's hours old (the blood needs to be filtered by the kidneys, urine needs to collect in the bladder, and your cat needs to have enough urine collected to need to urinate).
 
Sienne and Gabby (GA) said:
I don't think there's any way to really know what the seizure was related to. It could have been related to the Glipezide or Masha may have had a symptomatic hypoglycemic event. Are you referring to glucose in her urine? Urine testing for glucose is highly unreliable. The strips don't really test for very high OR very low numbers. In addition, it's not up to the minute information. The numbers you're seeing on the Libre tell you where Masha's numbers are right now -- it's the glucose that's in her blood. If you get a urine test, you're relying on information that's hours old (the blood needs to be filtered by the kidneys, urine needs to collect in the bladder, and your cat needs to have enough urine collected to need to urinate).
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The 2+ is just from one full panel blood test the doctor did in May that included urine. That’s the only reason I even believe that she’s diabetic. Aside from inappropriate urination that still hasn’t came to a complete stop :( which I know can be lots of other reasons but was just hopeful once the glucose was controlled that would end
 
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