Thanks so much, Bhooma. The wacky days over the last couple of weeks have had me wondering if she was becoming un-regulated -- I couldn't understand why she had abandoned her predictable pattern. I'm sure the time change hasn't helped, nor did the stall last night.Some cats go high before breaking a bounce - looks like she did that today and the PMPS was the high before the bounce cleared. That's also why you are seeing the extra momentum tonight.
Hopefully she will surf from here on. I would stay up for a +4. That's what you get for threatening her with a dose increase!
Stay with LC if you haven't fed and let her earn a reduction. She might just be done with this dose.
Hang in there! I know FD is really frustrating - more so because it is not predictable. I suspect some of her loss of momentum might have to do with vacation dose last month. She will get back to it. It's just that she will do it on her schedule and not yours. Oh well!Thanks so much, Bhooma. The wacky days over the last couple of weeks have had me wondering if she was becoming un-regulated -- I couldn't understand why she had abandoned her predictable pattern. I'm sure the time change hasn't helped, nor did the stall last night.
I know ECID, and I know almost everyone gets discouraged at times. I just want her to earn reductions so we can go to the Falls, but it seems like her progress has stalled, and at a high-ish dose, too. I had hoped that lowering the carbs in her diet to <5 would help, but it didn't work out so well for her digestion.
Anyway, thank you for the reassurance. I will now quit complaining and put on my patience pants.
She is, isn't she? She is a classic example of with great cuteness comes no responsibility.
In some cycles where there is additional momentum, carbs will affect the numbers less that in other cycles. It's just them keeping us guessing. And awake in the middle of the night!
Lol! Yup ... I have no doubt that she lives the life of Riley.Hang in there! I know FD is really frustrating - more so because it is not predictable. I suspect some of her loss of momentum might have to do with vacation dose last month. She will get back to it. It's just that she will do it on her schedule and not yours. Oh well!
Why do you think the change in food affected her digestion? Is she still getting the 4% and 16% separately or mixed together?
She is, isn't she? She is a classic example of with great cuteness comes no responsibility.
That's funny -- DBF actually said to me, just before heading to bed, "I think she really likes staying up late with you." He didn't explain why he thought so, but it seems to be a "thing"! Lucky me.
What if you were to eliminate the 16% gradually? Say go up to 5:1 and then 6:1 etc.About the change in food: she was, and is again, getting 4% and 16% mixed together in a 4:1 ratio (measured by calories, not volume). I mix up a day's worth of food in a bowl, along with some pumpkin, and feed it to her throughout the day. She likes it, and it seems to agree with her. But every time I try to simplify things by eliminating the little bit of 16%, we get puddingpoo. And nobody likes that.
It's such a tiny amount, just half of one of those small cans, that I couldn't believe her little system would even notice if it wasn't there. But it does! OK then, I will try 1/3 can with the same amount of Weruva, then 1/4, and see what happens.
No, I took a nap and then retested at +5.5. She is still at 55. So feed LC now and retest in another 30 mins?
Yes, feed some LC and you might be okay for the night. I think you can try that reduction tomorrow.
We are surfing along at 55, with no food since +4, which was 2 hours ago. I think I will give her a nice big meal of LC and leave another in the feeder. And take the reduction tomorrow.
Thanks, Wendy. She started the day at 139 today, so I decided to stick with the same dose. We'll see what tonight brings.
