Alexandra Gade
Member Since 2021
Hi,
I need help for my cat son Ozzy. I rescued him in 2016 from the streets of Kolkata, india, where we live. So I dont know his exact age. But I guess it would be anything between 5 to 7 years old. Ozzy started putting on weight in the last one year and became pretty lethargic. About 3 weeks ago ozzy started off with a cough which then progressed to an eye infection wherein his eye became like a white stone. My regular vet was not available so I rushed him to another vet who suspected diabeties. On testing his blood sugar we found he was at 286. The vet immediately gave him 20 units of human mixtard insulin. And then prescribed 12 units once a day. Meanwhile I was in touch with another vet that I know and she suggested 12 units twice a day. I knew nothing about diabeties or home testing then. But after about 4 to 5 days of this dose, izzy had a critical hypo. I didnt know about hypos then too. It was God's grace that I had honey at home and the vet told me to give it to him when he seemed to be slipping into a coma. I then joined the feline diabeties group where I learned to home test. It is not easy to home test ozzy as one person has to hold him down and therefore I need to hire someone to help me. At most I can do it once a day owing to this and with lot of difficulty twice a day. Post the hypo episode I stopped insulin on the vets advice and with the group guiding me I started home testing. Ozzy's BS fluctuated between 50 to 96 at the most. In the last 3 days I noticed ozzy scratching his lower belly vigorously which had become inflamed. My regular vet was still not available so I started an ointment called kiskin. I'm providing a snapshot of it. I also stopped home testing for the last 2 days because I was very busy with work and I also felt ozzy was not diabetic since his numbers were so good. But when I home tested today his BS was 264 in the afternoon, about 3 hours after his meal. And when i again checked before dinner his BS was 137. Might I mention here that ozzy has this infection on his lower belly for about a month, much before we checked the first time for BS, wherein he was itching vigorously, . I was putting some mild ointments which didnt work and then I started the kiskin ointment after which he got a cough and the eye infection and then we tested for blood sugar. The point that I'm trying to make here is that both the times the blood sugar rose really high was after I applied kiskin, which apparently has a steroid.
Ozzy is on whiskas wet food mostly which is chicken in gravy. I'm told by the group that it has some amount of carbs so I tried to change his diet to fish/boiled chicken/low carb whiskas. But he refused to eat anything except the whiskas in gravy. Before his first BS test I was also giving him chicken liver which he liked very much, but I've stopped that now as I dont know if that's the right food to give him now. He eats a very small quantity of dry food which I try my best to regulate though he loves it. I need guidance please for the following:
1. Is my boy diabetic?
2. At what BS level should I re start insulin in case I need to.
3. I am posting a shot of the insulin that the group suggested to me. Please let me know if it's fine and how much I should give. Ozzy is about 5.5 to 6 kilograms.
4. Could this BS spike be owing to the ointment which has a steroid?
Please guide me.
I need help for my cat son Ozzy. I rescued him in 2016 from the streets of Kolkata, india, where we live. So I dont know his exact age. But I guess it would be anything between 5 to 7 years old. Ozzy started putting on weight in the last one year and became pretty lethargic. About 3 weeks ago ozzy started off with a cough which then progressed to an eye infection wherein his eye became like a white stone. My regular vet was not available so I rushed him to another vet who suspected diabeties. On testing his blood sugar we found he was at 286. The vet immediately gave him 20 units of human mixtard insulin. And then prescribed 12 units once a day. Meanwhile I was in touch with another vet that I know and she suggested 12 units twice a day. I knew nothing about diabeties or home testing then. But after about 4 to 5 days of this dose, izzy had a critical hypo. I didnt know about hypos then too. It was God's grace that I had honey at home and the vet told me to give it to him when he seemed to be slipping into a coma. I then joined the feline diabeties group where I learned to home test. It is not easy to home test ozzy as one person has to hold him down and therefore I need to hire someone to help me. At most I can do it once a day owing to this and with lot of difficulty twice a day. Post the hypo episode I stopped insulin on the vets advice and with the group guiding me I started home testing. Ozzy's BS fluctuated between 50 to 96 at the most. In the last 3 days I noticed ozzy scratching his lower belly vigorously which had become inflamed. My regular vet was still not available so I started an ointment called kiskin. I'm providing a snapshot of it. I also stopped home testing for the last 2 days because I was very busy with work and I also felt ozzy was not diabetic since his numbers were so good. But when I home tested today his BS was 264 in the afternoon, about 3 hours after his meal. And when i again checked before dinner his BS was 137. Might I mention here that ozzy has this infection on his lower belly for about a month, much before we checked the first time for BS, wherein he was itching vigorously, . I was putting some mild ointments which didnt work and then I started the kiskin ointment after which he got a cough and the eye infection and then we tested for blood sugar. The point that I'm trying to make here is that both the times the blood sugar rose really high was after I applied kiskin, which apparently has a steroid.
Ozzy is on whiskas wet food mostly which is chicken in gravy. I'm told by the group that it has some amount of carbs so I tried to change his diet to fish/boiled chicken/low carb whiskas. But he refused to eat anything except the whiskas in gravy. Before his first BS test I was also giving him chicken liver which he liked very much, but I've stopped that now as I dont know if that's the right food to give him now. He eats a very small quantity of dry food which I try my best to regulate though he loves it. I need guidance please for the following:
1. Is my boy diabetic?
2. At what BS level should I re start insulin in case I need to.
3. I am posting a shot of the insulin that the group suggested to me. Please let me know if it's fine and how much I should give. Ozzy is about 5.5 to 6 kilograms.
4. Could this BS spike be owing to the ointment which has a steroid?
Please guide me.
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