Olive & Paula
Member Since 2015
Still small amounts, and you do know pancreas organ should not be fed to diabetics. I learned that when I home made cooked food for my 1st kitty.
11/27/20 - Squeaky! AMPS 67 +1=96 +2=121 +6=600+ PMPS = 600+
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Still small amounts, and you do know pancreas organ should not be fed to diabetics. I learned that when I home made cooked food for my 1st kitty.
Jan D & Squeaky
Member Since 2020
Wow you know so much Paula. It's beef liver and heart.
THH & Snowcrash (GA)
Member Since 2020
Jan D & Squeaky
Member Since 2020
Olive & Paula
Member Since 2015
Not really. Just what I learn here and what worked for me doesn't mean it works for someone else
Heart is okay. I think the liver has to be a particular ratio though. You can give to much. None of my cats like liver in anything. So I didn't have to worry to much about it. Check out the ibd website. Its where I got my recipe for home cooked and they explain the ratios.
Jan D & Squeaky
Member Since 2020
Wow, mornings like this. I feel like I've been hit by a truck. Time for breakfast and self-care. Oops. After +1.
Olive & Paula
Member Since 2015
on the bupre, watch for signs it might be wearing off and see how long its been since giving it. You want to find out how long the dose is lasting.
Jan D & Squeaky
Member Since 2020
Jan -
Just to try to consolidate some of the information that's in this thread...
With TR, once you are no longer new at managing your cat's numbers and are data ready you are able to think in terms of shooting progressively lower numbers. You've shot a reduced dose with a PMPS in the 80s. You might want to think in terms of what number you'd be comfortable shooting.
Ideally, you want to be able to shoot any number above 50 providing you're not seeing dropping numbers. There was functionally no difference between your +9 (at 80) and your AMPS of 67. (There's a 20% variance that's due to the meter so these are essentially the same number.) For most cats, Lantus onset isn't for 2 hours. In addition, you're feeding your cat at shot time. Between the influence of the previous dose wearing off, the window of time between feeding your cat and Lantus beginning to work, numbers are typically rising until approx. +2 so you have a reasonable margin in which to shoot. Further, shooting low often results in a flat cycle.
Obviously, with shooting low you want to have the ability to monitor to insure your cat is safe and/or have enough data to know how your cat responds. Likewise, I would never advise someone to shoot low if they did not have strips and high carb on hand.
Just to try to consolidate some of the information that's in this thread...
With TR, once you are no longer new at managing your cat's numbers and are data ready you are able to think in terms of shooting progressively lower numbers. You've shot a reduced dose with a PMPS in the 80s. You might want to think in terms of what number you'd be comfortable shooting.
Ideally, you want to be able to shoot any number above 50 providing you're not seeing dropping numbers. There was functionally no difference between your +9 (at 80) and your AMPS of 67. (There's a 20% variance that's due to the meter so these are essentially the same number.) For most cats, Lantus onset isn't for 2 hours. In addition, you're feeding your cat at shot time. Between the influence of the previous dose wearing off, the window of time between feeding your cat and Lantus beginning to work, numbers are typically rising until approx. +2 so you have a reasonable margin in which to shoot. Further, shooting low often results in a flat cycle.
Obviously, with shooting low you want to have the ability to monitor to insure your cat is safe and/or have enough data to know how your cat responds. Likewise, I would never advise someone to shoot low if they did not have strips and high carb on hand.
Jan D & Squeaky
Member Since 2020
Thank you , I will read it carefully once I have some focus back. I appreciate your helping me through this morning.