. I might try consistently giving 0.25 am and pm. And seeing what happens. Even if the pmps is below 200. I think you are just getting a nice long duration from the ProZinc, and when you skip is then wearing off and going up. If the 0.25 isn't enough after several days we can try a skinny 0.5.
Ok at amps I'll shoot 0.25, I can't believe how long it's lasting!!! Thank you so much!While it makes it tricky to know what to give, having low numbers is what we want.
looks like you MIGHT need 0.5, but I would do the .25 through today and let's see.
He still didn't get his amps high enough today. 147 at amps. At this point I think tuna is doing this out of spite.
looks like that pancreas is waking up!!!! Excellent. It's OK that you Skipped....
I knew I wouldn't be able to test at the dip, I was running on fumes at that point. I've been sleeping about 4 hours a day monitoring tunas diarrhea. Now another cat has diarrhea too. I had to hookup a motion sensor camera to figure out who it was because I can't be in two places at once. This has been a week from hell for me. I feel like I'm getting to a point of no return. If all 16 of my cats get diarrhea I think I'm gonna lose it. This all started on tunas 12th birthday OF ALL DAYS. he's had diarrhea since June 1st and I can't afford a vet, I'm not even going to make my mortgage payment. How do you guys cope? I'm breaking in half
Oh my you do have your hands full. Makes me wonder if they have each other a stomach bug. Can you keep the two sick ones confined temporarily from the others? Have you tried giving a teaspoon of plain canned pumpkin in their food? The fiber may help bulk up their stools. I've found FortiFlora sometimes helps as well.
I've done the pumpkin, tuna loves it thankfully and will eat it straight. All 16 are indoors, I have 3 stories and over 3000 sqft for them. I have tuna confined with me, Bentley is an issue. He was a case of abuse that I rescued and he doesn't take handling very well. I will try my best to confine him. I used to run an out-of-pocket feral to domestic rescue program, almost all of my cats are failures from that program (I've rehomed over 300 please don't think I kept them all lol) Bentley is a case of adopted out but abused, so I kept him and his sister when I did a home visit and saw the abuse. 16 cats was not a lot for me to take care of before covid. I had a great job, just bought a $265,000 three-story home, and had plans for a big wedding and had plenty of money in savings. Once covid hit due to my own health issues (brain cyst, autoimmune disease) I had to stop working. Then once I felt safe enough to go back to work the owner of my job died from covid. I just helped one of my cats get over severe pneumonia and that was $3k to save her life. Then I got hit with Tunas diabetes, another $1k between 2 vets. And my fiances car just broke down, not an easy fix either it's the transmission.
Do you run this rescue program yourself or is it a network of fosters? Is it a registered non profit?
It was an out of pocket adventure I took up after volunteering for a no-kill cat shelter for a year. I kept seeing these poor cats come in and my heart broke for them. I decided to help my local cat population by working with that shelter for $5 I could spay/neuter a feral cat and I would put in the work to domesticate it and find it a home. I did it for many years as my contribution to my elderly community in south Florida.
My friend does the same... And takes care of several feral colonies. His name is Len Twist so filed as a non profit and calls it Twisted Cats. This allows him to have 501 tax exempt status and save lots of money on things like food and vet bills for the cats he cares for. People can also donate money as a charitable contribution. He works along side his towns tnr group who sets up food drives at the local animal shelter to feed the ferals. It's something to consider... Although perhaps a pain in the ass to set up.
I live outside of my old area by about 4 hours, my new area doesn't have a feral cat problem at all. I worry I won't make the non profit minimum of x amount of animals adopted of whatever they need. All 16 are now what I'd consider my literal children
Have you tried probiotics / FortiFlora with them? Maybe they have a food sensitivity.
I have been to about 8 stores now with no luck on finding the probiotics. I just dewormed Bentley
I have used these Nutramax Laboratories Proviable DC for Cats and Dogs, 80 Capsules https://www.amazon.com/dp/B001O3UE9E/?tag=felinediabetesfdmb-20
I found tuna with piles of liquid vomit around him so I rushed him to the vet. I never got a chance to deworm him. I walked into the room with the pill and vomit everywhere
Oh, he has worms? Poor baby
I can't believe how long it took me to figure it out. I don't do the litter because of my allergies I think my fiance just rushes through the chore. I wonder when it would be safe to deworm now?
If one of them has worms, it's possible that the other also get it. Maybe that's what causing diarrhea in so many of them.
Very well could be.
Call the vet and ask. If the pill was whole it's probably safe to try again but I'd just call and ask.
I actually was holding the pill in my hand, walked into tunas room then saw the vomit. I never actually gave it to him! I'm just afraid to add his more diarrhea! I know a side effect of prazinquentel is diarrhea
My civvie had vomiting and diarrhea because she had worms. The vet prescribed some Ondem for the vomiting and said I could give the deworming pill once the vomiting stopped - which it did in a day or so. Deworming solved the problem.
Do you think the worms could cause pancreatitis?
No.
I did a bit of research, apparently a type of fluke can
ewww
Amps at 107 what do I do I'm freaking out this is a normal BG
If you can monitor, give a drop. If you'd rather skip, skip!
Someone mentioned that pancreatitis needs insulin?! Yesterday he dropped low and without my intervention he would have went hypo. I even gave him high carb gravy yesterday. His preshot was 138 I believe. It would be a definite hypo
BG went down at stall 1, only 100. Can't shot that right
I said you want to avoid skipping if you can because of DKA. Given that Tuna is eating ok it's a little less worrisome, plus he's in a good BG range. I'd still check ketones if you can.
He's definitely eating a little less enthusiastically but he is doing it! As for the cerenia it says for dogs only so idk if I should use that, and my vet prescribed metronidazole at 75 mg every 12 hours...that really seems like... rediculous right?
I did 50mg twice a day.
Skip
Then I'll do 50 but tuna has started doing this weird thing when eating. He keeps sticking out his tongue repeatedly like something is stuck on it so I give him water then like a taste of the DM gravy and he does it again. Do you think that's nausea? Is it safe for me to use dog cerenia? My vet is closed of course