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In going to wait a little bit I tried to get the test but there wasn’t enough blood and he was getting very mad about it. I’m giving him a little time to cool off ! Will update soon
 
Okay, I might be worrying for nothing, but if you can give him either some more syrup, or a little HC food just to be on the safe side. When Maverick gets to low numbers, I often have a hard time getting a proper blood drop, so I'm just a bit worried that Poopers is still hanging in lower numbers.
 
Poopers and Catia said:
This is very helpful thank you so much. i will see what his numbers are later tonight before he eats and i will give him 2 units if its not too low
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That's the key is make sure he's not too low before shooting. You may need to skip tonight. They can be very insulin sensitive after a major hypo event.
 
Hey guys so sorry for the late update Poopers got very upset with me unfortunately he still isnt used to it. Ive updated the spreadsheet i just did his glucose test and it is at 6.7mmol/L (121mg/dl). i will check again soon and i will let you guys know! i will definitely need your advice on if i should give him insulin and if so how many units.
 
Christie & Maverick said:
Okay, I might be worrying for nothing, but if you can give him either some more syrup, or a little HC food just to be on the safe side. When Maverick gets to low numbers, I often have a hard time getting a proper blood drop, so I'm just a bit worried that Poopers is still hanging in lower numbers.
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i got his kevels to work earlier. i am going to check now again and i would probably need your advice to see if i should give him any insulin or not today
 
Hey just updated my spreadsheet. Poopers is at 9.4mmol/L (169.2mg/dl). Do you think we should give any insulin at all? If so how many units would you recommend?
 
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For tomorrow morning, would you recommend we skip as well if its under 200 or just give him 2 units as well?
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Let’s see how he goes this cycle with no insulin. If you could get a couple of tests in during the cycle that would be very helpful.
Then I would get a +11 so we can see what the BGs is for the morning coming up to AMPS and post and ask for help. How does that sound?
Keep feeding him the snacks and meals as normal.
 
Christie & Maverick said:
I agree, I would skip.
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For tomorrow morning, would you recommend we skip as well if its under 200 or just give him 2 units as well?
Bron and Sheba (GA) said:
Let’s see how he goes this cycle with no insulin. If you could get a couple of tests in during the cycle that would be very helpful.
Then I would get a +11 so we can see what the BGs is for the morning coming up to AMPS and post and ask for help. How does that sound?
Keep feeding him the snacks and meals as normal.
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OK that sounds great! Thank you for your help. I will update you in the morning
 
Just to add...don’t feed him for the 2hours before the AMPS in the morning so the BG isn’t food influenced.
If he is close to 200 at AMPS you might be advised to stall, dont feed and test again in 20 minutes to see if the BG is rising. Does that make sense?
 
Bron and Sheba (GA) said:
Just to add...don’t feed him for the 2hours before the AMPS in the morning so the BG isn’t food influenced.
If he is close to 200 at AMPS you might be advised to stall, dont feed and test again in 20 minutes to see if the BG is rising. Does that make sense?
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We usually feed him at 8AM so we would check his levels around 7:40AM to see what its at. So if he is close to 200 i should just test him again after 20 minutes and then feed him afterwards? A little bit confused, just trying to understand it
 
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We usually feed him at 8AM so we would check his levels around 7:40AM to see what its at. So if he is close to 200 i should just test him again after 20 minutes and then feed him afterwards? A little bit confused, just trying to understand it
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Yes you can check him at 7.40am and then stall, don’t feed and see if he has come up to 200 by 8 am. I would post and ask advice. You may need to stall a bit longer so don’t feed until you can talk to someone. When a decision is made you can feed him. Hopefully once you get him on Lantus everything will settle down.
 
Bron and Sheba (GA) said:
Yes you can check him at 7.40am and then stall, don’t feed and see if he has come up to 200 by 8 am. I would post and ask advice. You may need to stall a bit longer so don’t feed until you can talk to someone. When a decision is made you can feed him. Hopefully once you get him on Lantus everything will settle down.
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Ok i will definitely do that. Thank you for your help. Would you recommend i post it here or make a new thread about it?
 
I think Bron sent you the Beginner's Guide info page on Vetsulin, where it is suggested until you get enough data on how your cat responds to the insulin, you can always stall (don't feed) and retest in 20 minutes. You typically want to see the number rising up to 200. This can continue, (stalling and not feeding) another 20 minutes, and perhaps again, if schedule allows. If the number still isn't rising after multiple times stalling, and your schedule doesn't allow for more stalling, then it is usually safer to skip. As Bron said, if you can get at least a test or two tonight so you can see what he's doing without insulin that would be good information.
 
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