sarp & bacaksiz
Member Since 2022
Hi all,
We (I and my wife) are parents of Bacaksız, an 8-year-old Tabby cat that we adopted from the streets when he was a few months old. He had fallen down from a tree and had a long time in the vet before we had him home. So he becomes severely agitated at the vet, probably because of childhood trauma. So, during his stay with us, we always went to the vet as a last resort.
When he was 4-years-old, we noticed that he was vomiting very frequently and we took him to the vet. They kept him in the clinic for almost a week to run some tests and decided that he had liver fattening. Before this visit to the clinic, we had given him grain-free kibble and the vet said that his liver may not deal with the protein content of that food, so they advised us to switch to Brit Care Lilly hepatic kibble. For a long time we used that.
Around 5-6 months ago we changed our food again to something more basic because everything was going well. And than things started to change. First, he started to limp on this left front paw. This continued for around 10 days and we decided to take him to the vet, he caused a lot of trouble and they could not properly examine and diagnose. A few days after the visit to the vet, the limping went away and we forgot about it.
Then we noticed two more major changes. First, he was drinking water a lot more than the used to, and of course urinating a lot more. Also, he lost a lot of weight (he was previously around 8.5 kg and now he is around 4.5-5 kg). We thought this was actually good, because he needed to drink more water and lose some weight. He also was sneezing more often, maybe 5-10 times a day. We just thought that this was because he was drinking more water and his nose was in water all the time.
But one day my wife noticed that his energy was much lower than usual and he had not even been grooming himself (he was normally very clean). And we took him to the vet. They did blood tests and said parameters related to his liver, kidneys and heart are not very well and his BG is too high and he might have diabetes. So, they wanted us to bring him back the next day to measure fasting BG.
The next day we couldn't take him back because he was still very agitated because of yesterday's trip to the vet. So, the day after that we were able to take him and he was diagnosed with diabetes on March 7, 2022 after a fasting BG level measured around 350 mg/dl. The vet asked us to bring him in in the evening for a week of stay at the clinic so that they can arrange the insulin dosage. And we did so.
We were at the same time reading different internet resources and consulting a friend and former neighbor of ours Ms. Fatos, loving greetings to her if she is around here as well. We learned that long-acting insulins can be a better option for cats, with higher remission rates, but it needs careful hometesting. Our vet, on the other hand, was more inclined towards using a rapid-acting insulin, NovoRapid. So, he did the dose arragenment according to NovoRapid in 6 days and suggested us to make shots twice a day with 6 U of NovoRapid. The vet also advised us to feed him with Hill's w/d and l/d (hepatic) kibble mixture. We still do feed him with Hill's hepatic kibble but we do not give w/d because he has lost a lot of weight. We also give him boiled chicken/turkey/meat alternatingly. We did not want to leave hepatic kibble because of what the other vet had told us before about his liver not being able to handle high protein food.
We really did not want to go with such an high dosage of rapid-acting insulin, so when we took him home we started admisintring Lantus with 2 U. But it showed no good results (see the spreadsheet in my signature). The next day we increased it to 3 U, because it was as if the BG were rising instead of lowering as we gave him the shots.
This evening will be the 10th full day at home, but BG values seem to not drop to reasonable levels. He is generally very relaxed during the test and the shots, which means we do not feel that the results are altered because of stress.
We are open for any suggestions.
We (I and my wife) are parents of Bacaksız, an 8-year-old Tabby cat that we adopted from the streets when he was a few months old. He had fallen down from a tree and had a long time in the vet before we had him home. So he becomes severely agitated at the vet, probably because of childhood trauma. So, during his stay with us, we always went to the vet as a last resort.
When he was 4-years-old, we noticed that he was vomiting very frequently and we took him to the vet. They kept him in the clinic for almost a week to run some tests and decided that he had liver fattening. Before this visit to the clinic, we had given him grain-free kibble and the vet said that his liver may not deal with the protein content of that food, so they advised us to switch to Brit Care Lilly hepatic kibble. For a long time we used that.
Around 5-6 months ago we changed our food again to something more basic because everything was going well. And than things started to change. First, he started to limp on this left front paw. This continued for around 10 days and we decided to take him to the vet, he caused a lot of trouble and they could not properly examine and diagnose. A few days after the visit to the vet, the limping went away and we forgot about it.
Then we noticed two more major changes. First, he was drinking water a lot more than the used to, and of course urinating a lot more. Also, he lost a lot of weight (he was previously around 8.5 kg and now he is around 4.5-5 kg). We thought this was actually good, because he needed to drink more water and lose some weight. He also was sneezing more often, maybe 5-10 times a day. We just thought that this was because he was drinking more water and his nose was in water all the time.
But one day my wife noticed that his energy was much lower than usual and he had not even been grooming himself (he was normally very clean). And we took him to the vet. They did blood tests and said parameters related to his liver, kidneys and heart are not very well and his BG is too high and he might have diabetes. So, they wanted us to bring him back the next day to measure fasting BG.
The next day we couldn't take him back because he was still very agitated because of yesterday's trip to the vet. So, the day after that we were able to take him and he was diagnosed with diabetes on March 7, 2022 after a fasting BG level measured around 350 mg/dl. The vet asked us to bring him in in the evening for a week of stay at the clinic so that they can arrange the insulin dosage. And we did so.
We were at the same time reading different internet resources and consulting a friend and former neighbor of ours Ms. Fatos, loving greetings to her if she is around here as well. We learned that long-acting insulins can be a better option for cats, with higher remission rates, but it needs careful hometesting. Our vet, on the other hand, was more inclined towards using a rapid-acting insulin, NovoRapid. So, he did the dose arragenment according to NovoRapid in 6 days and suggested us to make shots twice a day with 6 U of NovoRapid. The vet also advised us to feed him with Hill's w/d and l/d (hepatic) kibble mixture. We still do feed him with Hill's hepatic kibble but we do not give w/d because he has lost a lot of weight. We also give him boiled chicken/turkey/meat alternatingly. We did not want to leave hepatic kibble because of what the other vet had told us before about his liver not being able to handle high protein food.
We really did not want to go with such an high dosage of rapid-acting insulin, so when we took him home we started admisintring Lantus with 2 U. But it showed no good results (see the spreadsheet in my signature). The next day we increased it to 3 U, because it was as if the BG were rising instead of lowering as we gave him the shots.
This evening will be the 10th full day at home, but BG values seem to not drop to reasonable levels. He is generally very relaxed during the test and the shots, which means we do not feel that the results are altered because of stress.
We are open for any suggestions.
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Would you be able to set up a spreadsheet? If not we have help in minutes. 


