Afternoon readings

[Raquel-Mugzee's mama]

I was wondering, when you check glucose in the afternoon at +4, +6, etc. does it matter if your cat has eaten, or those just to see what the levels are doing throughout the day? I leave food out for my cats and make sure to pull it away at 4pm for his 6pm shot, but the rest of the day I leave the food out. Am I doing this correctly?

 

[Sarah&Soph]

Yes, what you’re doing is fine

 

[Raquel-Mugzee's mama]

Yes, what you’re doing is fine

Great, thank you! His numbers seem to rise throughout the day so I wanted to make sure.

 

[Lalkabee]

Great, thank you! His numbers seem to rise throughout the day so I wanted to make sure.

That is a lot of high numbers. I don't know how Lantus work (prozinc here) but you might want to post under Lantus forum.

 

[Lalkabee]

I was wondering, when you check glucose in the afternoon at +4, +6, etc. does it matter if your cat has eaten, or those just to see what the levels are doing throughout the day? I leave food out for my cats and make sure to pull it away at 4pm for his 6pm shot, but the rest of the day I leave the food out. Am I doing this correctly?

What kind of food are you giving? Dry food is wrong.

 

[Laura Ann Beckwith]

Its always best to wait 30 mins after your kitty eats.

 

[Raquel-Mugzee's mama]

What kind of food are you giving? Dry food is wrong.

I am feeding low carb, low phosphorus wet food-Weruva Paw lickin chicken.

 

[Raquel-Mugzee's mama]

Its always best to wait 30 mins after your kitty eats.

I will try that and see if it makes a difference

 

[Sarah&Soph]

I will try that and see if it makes a difference

I’m not sure what she meant by wait 30 minutes, but if she means waiting to test, if you wait to test 30 mins after your cat eats that number will be food influenced, as will most readings if it’s not ~2 hours after eating. If she maybe means wait to give insulin, that’s not necessary with lantus

 

[Raquel-Mugzee's mama]

I’m not sure what she meant by wait 30 minutes, but if she means waiting to test, if you wait to test 30 mins after your cat eats that number will be food influenced, as will most readings if it’s not ~2 hours after eating. If she maybe means wait to give insulin, that’s not necessary with lantus

Thank you for letting me know! We are using Lantus so I will keep doing what I have been