Questions about Dose on ProZinc

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Danidahl

Danidahl

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Hello wonderful people!

To start, I use the AlphaTrak meter.
This morning my cat, Carlos, was at 152. I rechecked to confirm his number was so low and it was. We recently upped his dose to 2.75 of ProZinc after the 2.5 curve did not show the results we wanted. This morning I lowered his dose to 2.25 because I was worried about a hypo event. Should I have done that? Or should I have kept him at 2.75? I will be home most of the day because I am still a little concerned about him going too low on the 2.5 with such a low preshot number. How do you know when is too low to shoot their normal amount? My vet has asked that I shoot anything above 30. That seems really low to me to shoot and because she has given other questionable advice (like not to test) I question a lot of what she says.
Carlos has been eating Fancy Feast Pate for about 3 months. I have read the ProZinc Dose advice page that this form offers but would still like some advice from others on this page.

Thank you!
-Danielle
 
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Nan & Amber (GA) said:
I think @Critter Mom is online and posting right now. Mogs, I know you aren't a prozinc person either, but apart from the dosing questions, can you help keep an eye on the low here?
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I need to give my civvie her meds but I'll check back after. Shouldn't be too long.

I'm feeling really unwell so if anyone else can take the lead on this, please say so.

Please note that I won't have eyes on the thread until I post again.


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Hi Danielle,

You need to keep Carlos above 68 until the end of the cycle.

1. Test.
2(a). If BG less than 70, give 2 tsps HC food with a drop of honey, wait 20 minutes then go back to step 1.
2(b). If BG between 70 and 80, give 2 tsps HC food, wait 20 minutes then go back to step 1.
2(c). If BG between 80 and 90, give 1-2 tsps LC food, wait 20 minutes then go back to step 1.
2(d). If BG above 90, don't feed. Wait 30 minutes then go back to step 1.

Rinse 'n' repeat until Carlos stays above 90 for two hours without food intervention (better yet if he's over 100 to be on the safe side).



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Critter Mom said:
Hi Danielle,

You need to keep Carlos above 68 until the end of the cycle.

1. Test.
2(a). If BG less than 70, give 2 tsps HC food with a drop of honey, wait 20 minutes then go back to step 1.
2(b). If BG between 70 and 80, give 2 tsps HC food, wait 20 minutes then go back to step 1.
2(c). If BG between 80 and 90, give 1-2 tsps LC food, wait 20 minutes then go back to step 1.
2(d). If BG above 90, don't feed. Wait 30 minutes then go back to step 1.

Rinse 'n' repeat until Carlos stays above 90 for two hours without food intervention (better yet if he's over 100 to be on the safe side).



Mogs
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Thank you so much Mogs!!! This is amazing advice, I really appreciate it so much. Feel better!
 
Danidahl said:
He is now at 94 around the 5+ mark. I am going to follow Mogs advice and will continue to update on his numbers. Thank you to everyone keeping an eye on this forum. This little guy is my whole world and it means so much that so many people jumped in to help him/me <3
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Good thing you posted! :bighug::bighug:
Another time, hopefully not, if you get a low neon green put the 911 tag on so we know what to look for. Hope he's feeling better :bighug:
 
Danidahl said:
Hello wonderful people!

To start, I use the AlphaTrak meter.
This morning my cat, Carlos, was at 152. I rechecked to confirm his number was so low and it was. We recently upped his dose to 2.75 of ProZinc after the 2.5 curve did not show the results we wanted. This morning I lowered his dose to 2.25 because I was worried about a hypo event. Should I have done that? Or should I have kept him at 2.75? I will be home most of the day because I am still a little concerned about him going too low on the 2.5 with such a low preshot number. How do you know when is too low to shoot their normal amount? My vet has asked that I shoot anything above 30. That seems really low to me to shoot and because she has given other questionable advice (like not to test) I question a lot of what she says.
Carlos has been eating Fancy Feast Pate for about 3 months. I have read the ProZinc Dose advice page that this form offers but would still like some advice from others on this page.

Thank you!
-Danielle
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Shot above 30??? Omg at 30 your cat could be in convulsions from being too low!!!! Are you sure he didn't mean 230? With an alpha meter you don't want to see anything under 68!
 
Danidahl said:
At 12:49 (6+) hour mark he is @ 90. I apologize for taking longer to get his readings. He is completely done with me poking him and is summoning the strength of a full grown human. He is normally so easy going about his pokes but I think the constant poking is really starting to frustrate him :(
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Hi Danielle I'm glad everything turned out OK.
I have to tell you that you made me laugh out loud when you said he is summoning
the strength of a full grown human.
That was too funny.
Have a good night :cat:
 
Danidahl said:
My vet has asked that I shoot anything above 30.
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What the :eek:
Your no-shoot number should be 150!

I would be hesitant to stick to 2.75u ... it is always good to be cautious with lower than normal pre-shots, so reducing today was the right decision. I wonder if 2.5u would be better.
 
I don't "do" prozinc dosing as a rule, but in this case, since Carlos dropped below 68 on an AT2, I think he's earned a reduction under any dosing method, right?

I believe I once had a conversation with Deb where (if I remember correctly), she indicated that the reduction is taken from whatever dose produced the low, which means down 0.25U to 2.0U(prozinc folks, please correct me if I'm wrong-- I could definitely be misremembering :().
 
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