Post Ketoacidosis ( BG levels increasing after insulin shot)

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Gabriel16

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Hi everyone,
My cat was in ketoacidosis two weeks ago and we started treatment with insulin as recommended by the vet.
The dosage we give him is twice a day, two IU of Lantus insulin.
At the morning usualy the response is good and the sugar levels drop to some normal level, it starts rising again close to 12 hours after the first insulin shot.
The second insulin shot with 2 IU, we give him 12 hours after the first one, but this seems to have no effect. Instead of decreasing the blood sugar level starts increasing dramatically over 33 mmol/L.
Any advice is much appreciated.
 
Here is a link helping us to help you link. If you noticed, our members have some basic information about their cat's in their signature. This helps us to not pester you by asking the same questions (your cat's name, insulin type, date of diagnosis, etc.) repeatedly. We also have a link to our spreadsheet in our signature. We are very numbers driven. The spreadsheet is a record of your cat's progress. By linking it in your signature, we can follow along and provide feedback should you need the help.


Are you home testing?
I'm going to tag a few members concerning ketoacidosis
@Bron and Sheba (GA)

@Wendy&Neko

@Sienne and Gabby (GA)
 
Hi and welcome to the forum Gabriel and kitty.
I am not sure what the vet told you about caring for your kitty at home after having had DKA but there are a few things that you need to do that are really important.
DKA happens when there is not enough insulin, not enough food and an infection or inflammation present.
How is your kitty’s appetite? Are you feeding a low carb diets. do you have a hypo kit set up?
For post DKA kitties it is important that you:-
  • Make sure you are feeding one and a half times as many calories to your kitty as he would normally eat. This is important because food helps keep ketones away. Offer a snack every couple of hours except for the two hours preshot when you are hometesting the BGs.
  • Do not skip any insulin doses. If the blood glucose (BG) is too low, stall, dont feed and test again in 20 minutes to see if the BG is rising…and post and ask for help.
  • Test daily for ketones using a bottle of Ketostix from Walmart or a pharmacy. Follow the directions on the bottle. You will need to collect a sample of urine from your kitty.
  • Give extra fluids…try adding a teaspoon of warm water to all the cats snacks
  • Highly recommend you start home testing the BGs so that you know what the BG is before you give the dose of insulin….if you are not already doing so.
  • If your kitty had an infection make sure the antibiotics are finished.
  • Post daily for help and advice
Gabriel16 said:
second insulin shot with 2 IU, we give him 12 hours after the first one, but this seems to have no effect. Instead of decreasing the blood sugar level starts increasing dramatically over 33 mmol/L.
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What could be happening is your kitty could be bouncing during the pm cycle from lower BGs during the am cycle. Bouncing is normal and can happen when the BG drops too low, too fast or lower than the kitty is used to lately. The body then panics and dumps stored regulatory hormones and glucose into the system which sends the BG up high. Bounces can last from 1 to 6 cycles and there is nothing you can do but wait them out.

If you could set up your spreadsheet so that we could see your Data, we will be able to help you a lot more. Information about how to set it up in the link Diane gave you. Lantus is a good insulin for cats.
 
Diane Tyler's Mom said:
Here is a link helping us to help you link. If you noticed, our members have some basic information about their cat's in their signature. This helps us to not pester you by asking the same questions (your cat's name, insulin type, date of diagnosis, etc.) repeatedly. We also have a link to our spreadsheet in our signature. We are very numbers driven. The spreadsheet is a record of your cat's progress. By linking it in your signature, we can follow along and provide feedback should you need the help.


Are you home testing?
I'm going to tag a few members concerning ketoacidosis
@Bron and Sheba (GA)

@Wendy&Neko

@Sienne and Gabby (GA)
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I updated the signature with basic information.
Will update with spreadsheet in few minutes.

Yes we are doing home testing, usually every time before each insulin shot, and 2,4,6 hours after the shot.
We have a kit ready in case of hypoglycemia, which happened twice since we started with the insulin, at the beggining.
 
Bron and Sheba (GA) said:
Hi and welcome to the forum Gabriel and kitty.
I am not sure what the vet told you about caring for your kitty at home after having had DKA but there are a few things that you need to do that are really important.
DKA happens when there is not enough insulin, not enough food and an infection or inflammation present.
How is your kitty’s appetite? Are you feeding a low carb diets. do you have a hypo kit set up?
For post DKA kitties it is important that you:-
  • Make sure you are feeding one and a half times as many calories to your kitty as he would normally eat. This is important because food helps keep ketones away. Offer a snack every couple of hours except for the two hours preshot when you are hometesting the BGs.
  • Do not skip any insulin doses. If the blood glucose (BG) is too low, stall, dont feed and test again in 20 minutes to see if the BG is rising…and post and ask for help.
  • Test daily for ketones using a bottle of Ketostix from Walmart or a pharmacy. Follow the directions on the bottle. You will need to collect a sample of urine from your kitty.
  • Give extra fluids…try adding a teaspoon of warm water to all the cats snacks
  • Highly recommend you start home testing the BGs so that you know what the BG is before you give the dose of insulin….if you are not already doing so.
  • If your kitty had an infection make sure the antibiotics are finished.
  • Post daily for help and advice

What could be happening is your kitty could be bouncing during the pm cycle from lower BGs during the am cycle. Bouncing is normal and can happen when the BG drops too low, too fast or lower than the kitty is used to lately. The body then panics and dumps stored regulatory hormones and glucose into the system which sends the BG up high. Bounces can last from 1 to 6 cycles and there is nothing you can do but wait them out.

If you could set up your spreadsheet so that we could see your Data, we will be able to help you a lot more. Information about how to set it up in the link Diane gave you. Lantus is a good insulin for cats.
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We are feeding him with this food the past 5 days: https://www.farmina.com/uk/cat-food/farmina-vet-life-feline/84-diabetic-feline.html as recommended by the vet.
He was not eating at all, the first few days, but his appetite is back to normal now and he eats his meals regularly. He has some snacks also twice a day usually after the insulin shots.
His weight at this moment is 3kg.
We try to provide fresh drinking water on multiple spots in the home, during the whole day. Usually when his BG is high, he drinks a lot of water and when it is on some normal levels less.
 
Gabriel16 said:
We are feeding him with this food the past 5 days: https://www.farmina.com/uk/cat-food/farmina-vet-life-feline/84-diabetic-feline.html as recommended by the vet.
He was not eating at all, the first few days, but his appetite is back to normal now and he eats his meals regularly. He has some snacks also twice a day usually after the insulin shots.
His weight at this moment is 3kg.
We try to provide fresh drinking water on multiple spots in the home, during the whole day. Usually when his BG is high, he drinks a lot of water and when it is on some normal levels less.
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Hi Gabriel,
We don’t recommend feeding a dry food diet as they are almost all high in carbs which we do not want with diabetic cats. We recommend feeding a wet diet with
Carbs 10% or under. Most people here feed foods around 4 to 7% carbs. The food you have linked is most likely highe carbs as it has corn gluten for its second ingredient and then oats, spelt and pea fibre.
Here is a link to a food chart written by a very well known vet who posts here Lisa Pierson FOOD CHART
Look for foods under 10%.
Are you feeding Bombay one and a half times as many calories as he would normally eat? This is really important in the weeks following DKA as food helps prevent ketones forming again. I would suggest offering more than one snack a cycle.
Have you managed to get any Ketostix yet to test the urine for ketones?
Would you like some help in setting up the spreadsheet? @Bandit's Mom is a whizz at setting them up in a couple of minutes!

Great you have set up the signature..thanks! I can see you are using a solostar pen? Are you using syringes to withdraw the insulin or just using the syringe.
As you increase or decrease the dose (in 1/4 unit increments) you will need to be using syringes. The syringes you will need are the
U100 3/10ml 30 or 31 gauge 6 or 8 mm insulin syringes. There are several brands available depending in which country you live in.
 
Hi,
Here is the spreadsheet I managed to create.
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet...wp0azdpVhwmIlL8VRKbDBQ6-rhs/edit?usp=drivesdk

I know there are some inconsistencies in the hours when BG was measured, not every two hours, but we are trying to keep it as regular in the past few days.

Regarding the food, unfortunatelly this is the only food for diabetic cats that we have on the market in my country. If you have any other suggestion, please share with me.
In the first few days after he started eating by himself, we were feeding him nearly twice the amount than before. Now he is eating three meals per day from the dry food, in quantities the vet recommended and some snacks in between as I mentioned.

For now we are just using the SoloStar pen, giving him 2 IU, but I can get syringes to adjust the dose.
 
Bron and Sheba (GA) said:
Hi Gabriel,
We don’t recommend feeding a dry food diet as they are almost all high in carbs which we do not want with diabetic cats. We recommend feeding a wet diet with
Carbs 10% or under. Most people here feed foods around 4 to 7% carbs. The food you have linked is most likely highe carbs as it has corn gluten for its second ingredient and then oats, spelt and pea fibre.
Here is a link to a food chart written by a very well known vet who posts here Lisa Pierson FOOD CHART
Look for foods under 10%.
Are you feeding Bombay one and a half times as many calories as he would normally eat? This is really important in the weeks following DKA as food helps prevent ketones forming again. I would suggest offering more than one snack a cycle.
Have you managed to get any Ketostix yet to test the urine for ketones?
Would you like some help in setting up the spreadsheet? @Bandit's Mom is a whizz at setting them up in a couple of minutes!

Great you have set up the signature..thanks! I can see you are using a solostar pen? Are you using syringes to withdraw the insulin or just using the syringe.
As you increase or decrease the dose (in 1/4 unit increments) you will need to be using syringes. The syringes you will need are the
U100 3/10ml 30 or 31 gauge 6 or 8 mm insulin syringes. There are several brands available depending in which country you live in.
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Also can you please share some info how to extract the insulin from the pen ? if that is possible.
Thank you for the help
 
Keep the insulin in the fridge and it will last much longer.. at least 6 months. Put the cartridge into a glass (supported ) into the main part of the fridge, not the door.

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Gabriel16 said:
Tnx, but the pen has options to choose 1,2 or more IUs to insert at a time. It can't be adjusted by 0.4 or less.
Any advice for this ?
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With a pen you can only give insulin in 1, 2, 3, 4 etc units. They are really meant for humans.
You need to buy the insulin syringes I mentioned above and then you can give much smaller doses. You insert the needle of the syringe into the insulin reservoir as shown above and draw out the insulin. Does that answer your question?
 
Bron and Sheba (GA) said:
With a pen you can only give insulin in 1, 2, 3, 4 etc units. They are really meant for humans.
You need to buy the insulin syringes I mentioned above and then you can give much smaller doses. You insert the needle of the syringe into the insulin reservoir as shown above and draw out the insulin. Does that answer your question?
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yes
Thank you a lot for the advice
I will try that
 
Hi. Is your cat's name Gabriel? If so, can we have a name to call you?

Has he always weighed 3kg? What do you think his ideal weight would be?

When you have time, read the yellow Stickys at the top of the Lantus forum. It's a lot of information, I know. We usually have to read them more than once or twice to start to absorb some or most of it.

As you'll read in the Stickys, Lantus likes consistency and is best given every 12 hours, and dosing changes are based on the nadir (the lowest numbers) in the cycle. Some kitties bounce a lot after getting a low number (or a lower number than they are used to, or the number drops too fast), and bounces can last up to 6 cycles (3 days). You'll just have to wait them out and hold the same dose (consistency) until the bounce clears. Are you testing for ketones daily?

He's getting some pretty good numbers in between the bounces.
Are you using a human glucometer or one made for pets?
Please ask for advice the next time you see lower numbers.

When you tested the 2.6 on 1/17/2022, we probably would have advised you to feed him some extra carb food and to reduce the dose by 0.25 units (and asked you to do another test in a half hour), but with him being so recently DKA, he needs the insulin and going down a whole unit from 2 units down to only 1 unit may not have been advised. Hopefully, you'll get some syringes with half unit marks on them very soon and can then do smaller 1/4 unit adjustments to the dose.

A word of caution; Please do not ever give a 2nd shot in between the doses. This will cause overlapping nadirs, and with his already sometimes lower numbers can cause a lot of trouble and be very dangerous. I don't know what time it is in your country, but I would be getting extra tests in today, and tonight.
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Best of luck to you. We are here to help. :bighug:
 

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Gabriel16 said:
Hi,
Here is the spreadsheet I managed to create.
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet...wp0azdpVhwmIlL8VRKbDBQ6-rhs/edit?usp=drivesdk
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Hi this is not the spreadsheet we use, please take a look at mine at the end of my post it says Tyler's spreadsheet, he's in remission, take a look at other members
Can you let us know what country you are from?
Please take a look at the Food Chart Bron and Sheba gave you, or let us know where you live and we can suggest wet low carb foods.
Please add what meter you are using human or pet meter and add it to your signature
Tagging @Bandit's Mom to help set up your spreadsheet
She will send you a private message look for it up top where it says inbox
Thanks Bhooma
 
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Since you have linked a Farmina.Uk website, I assume you are in the UK? The Farmina diabetic cat is, in fact not suitable for disbetics since it is too high in carbs - it is lower in carbs than other cats foods but still too high for a diabetic cat. You want to feed foods that are less than 10% in carbs - preferably less than 5%

Here is a list of low carb foods available in the UK:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1J5JpMe6TDXrHq_aTl9hUtHy6Gs9oRBqlz4nPGKxtySA/pubhtml

And some information for UK caregivers:
https://www.felinediabetes.com/FDMB...-vit-b12-and-other-need-to-know-stuff.137376/

Here is information/instructions on how to set-up and enter data into the spreadsheet:
https://www.felinediabetes.com/FDMB/threads/how-to-use-the-spreadsheet.241653/

I will be happy to set-up a spreadsheet as per our format for you to enter data into. Will only take me a minute.
 
Dyana said:
Hi. Is your cat's name Gabriel? If so, can we have a name to call you?

Has he always weighed 3kg? What do you think his ideal weight would be?

When you have time, read the yellow Stickys at the top of the Lantus forum. It's a lot of information, I know. We usually have to read them more than once or twice to start to absorb some or most of it.

As you'll read in the Stickys, Lantus likes consistency and is best given every 12 hours, and dosing changes are based on the nadir (the lowest numbers) in the cycle. Some kitties bounce a lot after getting a low number (or a lower number than they are used to, or the number drops too fast), and bounces can last up to 6 cycles (3 days). You'll just have to wait them out and hold the same dose (consistency) until the bounce clears. Are you testing for ketones daily?

He's getting some pretty good numbers in between the bounces.
Are you using a human glucometer or one made for pets?
Please ask for advice the next time you see lower numbers.

When you tested the 2.6 on 1/17/2022, we probably would have advised you to feed him some extra carb food and to reduce the dose by 0.25 units (and asked you to do another test in a half hour), but with him being so recently DKA, he needs the insulin and going down a whole unit from 2 units down to only 1 unit may not have been advised. Hopefully, you'll get some syringes with half unit marks on them very soon and can then do smaller 1/4 unit adjustments to the dose.

A word of caution; Please do not ever give a 2nd shot in between the doses. This will cause overlapping nadirs, and with his already sometimes lower numbers can cause a lot of trouble and be very dangerous. I don't know what time it is in your country, but I would be getting extra tests in today, and tonight.
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Best of luck to you. We are here to help. :bighug:
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Hi Dyana,
Thank you for your explanation, it really means a lot and I will follow all your advices.
My name is actually Toshe and my cat name is Gabriel.
We are from North Macedonia (Europe).
Everything I have done so far, is always with first consulting with the vet, but from your reply I understand now what is happening.

About the weight, I can say 4-4.5kg, would be ideal, at least when he was at good health that was his weight.
We are using human glucometer, because that is the only option we have in my country.
For measuring ketones I will go to the pharmacy first thing tommorow and start measuring.
Thank you one more time for the help.
 
Bandit's Mom said:
Since you have linked a Farmina.Uk website, I assume you are in the UK? The Farmina diabetic cat is, in fact not suitable for disbetics since it is too high in carbs - it is lower in carbs than other cats foods but still too high for a diabetic cat. You want to feed foods that are less than 10% in carbs - preferably less than 5%

Here is a list of low carb foods available in the UK:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1J5JpMe6TDXrHq_aTl9hUtHy6Gs9oRBqlz4nPGKxtySA/pubhtml

And some information for UK caregivers:
https://www.felinediabetes.com/FDMB...-vit-b12-and-other-need-to-know-stuff.137376/

Here is information/instructions on how to set-up and enter data into the spreadsheet:
https://www.felinediabetes.com/FDMB/threads/how-to-use-the-spreadsheet.241653/

I will be happy to set-up a spreadsheet as per our format for you to enter data into. Will only take me a minute.
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Hi,
I have updated the signature with the glucometer we are using and my name also. My cat name is Gabriel.
I am actually from North Macedonia(Eastern Europe).
We have food options to choose from, but this was the food recommended by the vet. I will take a look at the spreadsheet you sent me and try to provide one of those if available.
If you can provide me appropriate spreadsheet it will mean a lot.

Thanks for your help and I will do regular updates of the status.
 
Bandit's Mom said:
Since you have linked a Farmina.Uk website, I assume you are in the UK? The Farmina diabetic cat is, in fact not suitable for disbetics since it is too high in carbs - it is lower in carbs than other cats foods but still too high for a diabetic cat. You want to feed foods that are less than 10% in carbs - preferably less than 5%

Here is a list of low carb foods available in the UK:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1J5JpMe6TDXrHq_aTl9hUtHy6Gs9oRBqlz4nPGKxtySA/pubhtml

And some information for UK caregivers:
https://www.felinediabetes.com/FDMB...-vit-b12-and-other-need-to-know-stuff.137376/

Here is information/instructions on how to set-up and enter data into the spreadsheet:
https://www.felinediabetes.com/FDMB/threads/how-to-use-the-spreadsheet.241653/

I will be happy to set-up a spreadsheet as per our format for you to enter data into. Will only take me a minute.
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Thank you Bhooma @Bandit's Mom
 
Gabriel16 said:
We have food options to choose from, but this was the food recommended by the vet.
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This is too high in carbs , take a look at the food link Bhooma sent you try and stay around 5% carbs or under, limit any ones with fish to maybe once a week
Like bandits mom said if you have trouble setting up the SS just ask and Bhooma will set it up for you. Most of us use a human meter ,that's what our numbers are based
 
Diane Tyler's Mom said:
This is too high in carbs , take a look at the food link Bhooma sent you try and stay around 5% carbs or under, limit any ones with fish to maybe once a week
Like bandits mom said if you have trouble setting up the SS just ask and Bhooma will set it up for you. Most of us use a human meter ,that's what our numbers are based
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Yes, I am currently looking into foods on the spreadsheet and some of them are available here.
Will change the diet for sure, and create the correct spreadsheet.

Thank you one more time for your support.
 
but you will have to transition slowly so as not to upset the tummy and to watch the BGs taking away the dry food can drop the BG by 100 points so please be sure to keep testing his BG
Look at this link
TRANSITIONING FROM DRY TO WET FOOD

Also pick up some high carb wet food

UK'ers wanting a higher carb food in gravy for their hypo kit may want to consider getting a couple of cans of Gourmet Gold: 'Chicken & Liver in gravy', 'Salmon & Chicken chunks in gravy', or 'Beef chunks in gravy'.
These foods contain cereals, and, according to the carb calculation based on the label info ('typical analysis' percentages) have around 25% calories from carbs. (But don't rely on the label info alone. What really matters is the effect of the food on your cat; and 'Every Cat Is Different'.)

When trying to raise low numbers, it is the gravy that is particularly useful. A couple of teaspoonfuls at a time can help to raise blood glucose without filling up the cat's tummy too much (just in case you need to feed more later.)
 
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Bandit's Mom said:
Since you have linked a Farmina.Uk website, I assume you are in the UK? The Farmina diabetic cat is, in fact not suitable for disbetics since it is too high in carbs - it is lower in carbs than other cats foods but still too high for a diabetic cat. You want to feed foods that are less than 10% in carbs - preferably less than 5%

Here is a list of low carb foods available in the UK:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1J5JpMe6TDXrHq_aTl9hUtHy6Gs9oRBqlz4nPGKxtySA/pubhtml

And some information for UK caregivers:
https://www.felinediabetes.com/FDMB...-vit-b12-and-other-need-to-know-stuff.137376/

Here is information/instructions on how to set-up and enter data into the spreadsheet:
https://www.felinediabetes.com/FDMB/threads/how-to-use-the-spreadsheet.241653/

I will be happy to set-up a spreadsheet as per our format for you to enter data into. Will only take me a minute.
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Hi,
Can you tell me if this seems like a good option based on the ingredients ?
https://www.samsfield.com/beef-and-beetroot-for-sterilized-cats

Thank you in advance
 
Gabriel16 said:
Hi,
Can you tell me if this seems like a good option based on the ingredients ?
https://www.samsfield.com/beef-and-beetroot-for-sterilized-cats

Thank you in advance
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I don't think so since it contains pea starch, don't know how many carbs are in this
I'll tag Bhooma to see what she thinks @Bandit's Mom
Did you look at the food list for the UK? They list the amount of carbs
Also did you find any of the syringes with half unit markings
The syringes you will need are the
U100 3/10ml 30 or 31 gauge 6 or 8 mm insulin syringes. There are several brands available depending in which country you live in.
@Bandit's Mom
Thanks Bhooma
 
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Diane Tyler's Mom said:
I don't think so since it contains pea starch, don't know how many carbs are in this
I'll tag Bhooma to see what she thinks @Bandit's Mom
Did you look at the food list for the UK? They list the amount of carbs
Also did you find any of the syringes with half unit markings
The syringes you will need are the
U100 3/10ml 30 or 31 gauge 6 or 8 mm insulin syringes. There are several brands available depending in which country you live in.
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Yes I found syringes also some of the foods from the list, actually I already have it.
Just wanted to ask about this brand cause it is available here and has highest percent of actual meat 85 percent I think.
Tnx
 
Gabriel16 said:
If you can provide me appropriate spreadsheet it will mean a lot.
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Hi Toshe, I can set up your spreadsheet for you. Will send you a PM with the details I need. Look for it in the Inbox at the top right corner of this page.

Gabriel16 said:
Hi,
Can you tell me if this seems like a good option based on the ingredients ?
https://www.samsfield.com/beef-and-beetroot-for-sterilized-cats

Thank you in advance
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For some reason, I am unable to open the link. But any food with grains, fruits and vegetables is most likely unsuitable since they contain carbs.
 
Hi everyone,
I have updated the sheet with the data so far. The past few days seem strange to me, his BG levels go really high, somethimg that was not happening previously.
NOTE** my glucometer measures levela up to 33. I have marked that data with 33 but it may be higher.

Any advice what exactly is happening or how to proceed ?
 
You haven’t chosen a dosing method for Gabriel but because he is post DKA, TR would be the better choice. Have a look at the two dosing methods in this link
DOSING METHODS. If you are happy with TR, can you put it in your signature and the SS at the top please so we can see.

Looking at the SS, when you got the 47 on the 1/17, that is a reduction in dose down to 1.75 units. When you get a low number like that, you need to feed some high carb food to bring the Bg up over 50. You also need to test again 20 to 30 minutes later to check that it hasn’t dropped further.
Do you have a hypo kit set up? HYPO KIT

I would say that Gabriel is most likely bouncing from the 47 three days ago. Bouncing can happen when the cat drops too low, too fast or lower than they have been used to lately. The body panics and dumps regulatory hormones and stored glucose into the system and the BG goes up high. Bounces can last from 1to 6 cycles and there is nothing you can do but wait them out.

How often are you giving snacks during the cycles as well as the pre shot meals?
Are you test daily for ketones in the urine? This is really important. Results can be put in the remarks column of the SS please
Watch to see if Gabriel comes off the bounce during the next cycle. If the BGs trend down monitor more closely as they can drop quite fast and quite low. Keep the SS updated so we can see and post and ask for help if needed. If you need help change the subject line to reflect the problem to alert us.
 
Hi thanks for the response.
I have updated the signature and SS with TR dosing method.
Yes I have HYPO KIT.
Still haven't measured ketones, but will start from today for sure.
The last 3 days his BG is almost constantly high. We are keeping for now the 2 IU on 12 hours dosage, but especially after the PM shot, which we usually apply around 7PM, there seems to be no effect from the shot. The BG keeps increasing.

For now he is eating only canned food, I willl start giving him some raw meat, and replace some of the meals with it. Usually I give him snacks, when trying to measure BG, cause it is very hard otherwise to keeps him in one place and take blood sample.

Any other advice is much appreciated. I will continue updating the SS with latest data.
 
Did he get an extra 1 unit on the 19th? He could be bouncing from that too.
As I said earlier, please do not ever give a second shot in between the 2 doses.
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Just a thought. I am not seeing the 12:00:15am test on 01/19 on your new spreadsheet.
Hopefully you'll see some better numbers tonight or tomorrow morning.
 

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Yes, I missed the 12:15 AM test.
Just added it to the new SS.
That was the last time we gave him extra unit, after your advice we are not doing that anymore.
 
Hi,
The 6 cycles period with high BGs was finished, or so we thought. After 3 days constantly high BG, over 33 mmol/L, it started decreasing, lowest nadir was 6.8mmol/L two days ago.
But for some reason since yesterday we have the same issue, after insulin shot the BG increases. I started wondering if maybe I am keeping the Insulin pen wrong or not doing the shot properly, but it makes no sense. The insulin pen is refrigirated, before usage we do the safety test, everything that is recommended on the Lantus usage manual.
I have updated the SS, any help or suggestion what might be happening will help me a lot.

Also I have ordered the ketostix, because for some reason only one pharmacy has them in my town and they were out of stock. I should have them probably today or tommorow.
 
It looks like your kitty is bouncing from the fast drop down to 122 at +3 from 351 on 1/22.
You mention you have found the syringes….did you buy them and ar you using them yet?
Are you continuing to feed all the extra snacks as we suggested?
Please let us know when the Ketostix arrive and you have tested the urine for ketones
 
Yes I have the syringes. Should I decrease the dose ?
I am giving him extra snacks during the day, usually when measuring the BG level, cause it's hard to keep him in one place to take the blood sample.
 
Gabriel16 said:
Yes I have the syringes. Should I decrease the dose ?
I am giving him extra snacks during the day, usually when measuring the BG level, cause it's hard to keep him in one place to take the blood sample.
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No I would not decease the dose unless the BG drops under 50. At the moment he is bouncing.
Are you using the syringes now to give the insulin?

That is good you are giving him extra snacks
 
Gabriel16 said:
No I am still using just the Lantus SoloStar pen.
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I would swap over to the syringes if I were you. You waste insulin every time you have to prime the pen.
If you are unsure about measuring the correct dose with the syringe, take a photo of the dose you draw up and copy and paste it here for us to check first time.
 
That’s great the ketones were negative. Would you be able to put the result in the remarks column of the SS please?
If you can grab a urine sample and test daily for ketones at the moment, that would be very helpful thanks.
 
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