11/5 Marley Lantus AMPS 155, +8 81, +9 64, +10 60, +11 60, PMPS 86, +3 33, +4.5 36, +5 27, + 5.5 49

Skye & Jackson said:
I will bow to Angela’s knowledge, as your kitty is on TR which I am not at all qualified for. But in general I would say that if it comes down to it, whatever he will eat, at this point. It’s possible the honey could be burning off by twenty minutes too and he’s just coming down again… which means it was only a temporary fix. And temporary fixes like honey or glucose gel will keep him alive but you would have to keep re-giving it every few minutes.
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That's my understanding too. We try to get above 50 then feed to keep the surf above 50.
Here's the sticky on how to handle low BGs
https://www.felinediabetes.com/FDMB/threads/dont-panic-or-how-to-handle-low-numbers.210109/
 
Hes on a raw diet now. But I do have some packets left over from before.

The options would be Lily's organic fish pouch , Lily's organic Beef pouch , Lily's lamb pouch, Or Almo organic beef, or Almo organic chicken pouches.

All are grain free so probably not high carb.

I do have kibble left over from before. Its very high percentage meat/ animal and no grains
 
Just looked up Lily’s… they don’t say what’s in the gravy, but they do say no added sugar. So if it has carbs it probably isn’t a lot. But I don’t think it could hurt.

Is the Almo Chicken the La Cucina line? Online it looks like that one would have sugar, as it includes pineapple.
 
Skye & Jackson said:
Just looked up Lily’s… they don’t say what’s in the gravy, but they do say no added sugar. So if it has carbs it probably isn’t a lot. But I don’t think it could hurt.
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I found the same thing. If it were me, I'd put the honey or syrup with the food, a few drops of honey/syrup and 1tsp of wet food
 
Well we have had fireworks night tonight in the UK so hes been scared and since they stopped hes been quiet, and staying close by me. He seems in a quiet serious mood, but he seems fine
 
Jdubs said:
Well we have had fireworks night tonight in the UK so hes been scared and since they stopped hes been quiet, and staying close by me. He seems in a quiet serious mood, but he seems fine
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That's great! I'm happy to hear it. How long since you last fed? Can you test again?
The sticky has us testing more often until the BG reads over 50.
 
Okay that’s different entirely than what I found on the Almo website… I was just going off what you said about beef or chicken in pouches, and the only pouches I found on the site were the La Cucina.
 
You may be in for a long night. At least a few hours. One thing I did when staying up late with Jack (not nearly so low as this, but he shows symptoms sooner) was to set an alarm to go off every ten minutes for honey and food doses, and, well… catnap. If you have to.
 
Skye & Jackson said:
You may be in for a long night. At least a few hours. One thing I did when staying up late with Jack (not nearly so low as this, but he shows symptoms sooner) was to set an alarm to go off every ten minutes for honey and food doses, and, well… catnap. If you have to.
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oh no that sounds like torture. Its nearly midnight here......
 
I think I was not able to fully sleep till something like 3 am. You do what you have to. Thus the alarm, because I could not stay entirely awake. I was so glad for the Libre then, didn’t need steady hands to test…
 
Jdubs said:
oh no that sounds like torture. Its nearly midnight here......
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I know how you feel :bighug::bighug::bighug:. It's so the kitty is safe!
We'll stay with you for as long as it takes. Are you good with alarms? Can you drink some coffee or caffeinated tea? I personally like to eat some chocolate.
 
Jdubs said:
Do I have to give homey? My last advisor (on a different forum) said to try to give them their normal food, frequently and only resort to Honey if they symptomatically need it.
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That is not good advice if the BG is in the 30s or 20s. If the BG is under 50 you need to give some higher carb food to get the BG up into safe numbers. ie over 50.
There are a few site online which in my opinion give very bad advice at times. Please be careful

I'm glad you had help here.
Is the SS up to date?

Can you tell me where you are up to now please?
 
Thanks so much everyone.

So that is nearly 50! Does this mean if in 20 mins hes above 50, we are safe?
 
I ve just given him another teaspoon of pouch food. This time no honey.

I will update the spreadsheet now
 
I'm giving him lily organic beef pouch. I dont think that is very high carb but it is higher than his normal raw diet.

So say half an hour ago I gave him honey with his feed and about 7 mins ago, gave him a feed without honey
 
Jdubs said:
Hes on a raw diet now. But I do have some packets left over from before.
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Not much help for tonight but more so you are prepared in case Mar Lei has low numbers again.
I also feed raw which is basically no carb, I have been stocking up on a variety of cans and pouches of wet food of different carb percentages so I can bring him up when needed as well as feed the curve. I bring them home and label them with the percentages so they are ready when I need them without having to look up numbers.
I have been getting Weruva which he loves, they list all their percentages on their website so it is easy to find.
Hope Mar Lei comes up safely so you can get some rest :)
 
Skye & Jackson said:
I would say only if he stays above 50 without honey for more than one test.
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If a kitty has needed high carb food/honey to get back up to 50, you need to test for the next 2 hours after the last high carb food was given to ensure the kitty is able to stay up on his own above 50 without the help of high carb food.
ETA It is fine to keep feeding low carb food.
 
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Bron and Sheba (GA) said:
If a kitty has needed high carb food/honey to get back up to 50, you need to test for the next 2 hours after the last high carb food was given to ensure the kitty is able to stay up on his own above 50 without the help of high carb food .
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Wow, good to know. Thank you. I thought it would be more like an hour. I know I’m very new, I only ended up jumping in because, well, someone needed to. Also Angela!
 
You are welcome. I’m really glad he’s okay after all that. I’ll leave you in better hands now. I need to go have my own dinner! Good luck!
 
I am so tired though, too tired. to interact now.

He wont let me test him. He's had enough

I think I am going to try to entice Malley upstairs and retire to with my testing stuff, pouch food and plate, and just gt though. the next hour and a half.

If he goes back down at all I will come back downstairs and jump on the computer
 
Jdubs said:
I am so tired though, too tired. to interact now.

He wont let me test him. He's had enough

I think I am going to try to entice Malley upstairs and retire to with my testing stuff, pouch food and plate, and just gt though. the next hour and a half.

If he goes back down at all I will come back downstairs and jump on the computer
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Be careful you just don't fall asleep. I would set the alarm in case you do. It is possible he could wobble about a bit before going up. Can you keep the SS updated so we can see please?
You have done a great job tonight!
 
Well for now he's gone out. I will wait downstairs until he comes back in and try and test. But he wont let me test. He's had enough. Normally hes really willing to be tested.
 
I’ve just read through this. I’m glad you got help. Honey wears off quickly so best to add it into the food. Have a look at the food lists after you get some sleep and get some canned high carb food for the next time he drops low. You do need to keep testing for 2 hours after feeding hc to be safe to sleep. So set alarms.
 
He wont let me test him. He seems fine. Good energy. I think I am going to feed him and them give up for tonight.
 
I remember he used to love natural plain yoghurt, but it raised his BG so I stopped giving it to him but that might be a good thing for me to give him in these times. ?
 
Jdubs said:
I remember he used to love natural plain yoghurt, but it raised his BG so I stopped giving it to him but that might be a good thing for me to give him in these times. ?
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I’m not sure how much natural yogurt would raise the BG. Maybe test it sometime.
Also Marley has earned a reduction in dose, you need to reduce the dose of insulin to 2.25 units at the next shot time, providing the BG has risen high enough.
 
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