I have some questions about pricking the ear
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I think that's good news! Did the vet mention anything about treating the pancreatitis?
You've mentioned that Pisi doesn't act like her (is it a girl's name? I just assumed, sorry!) BG is high. I don't know how common it is for cats to show behavioral changes connected to their BG number, but with my cat you wouldn't be able to tell the difference. The only sign I've ever noticed and which led to me taking her to the vet was extreme thirst. Other than that, her appetite, playfulness etc. are the same no matter what her BG is.
He did, but he gave me another 5 days to see how the food reacts to his body, as I gave him the new Purina since Friday, been only 3 days since then, he is a boy, what I wanted to say about his behavior is that he is pretty active for his age, yeah, the extreme thirst was the same reason that I went to the vet, that and the weight loss, but otherwise he did not seem to be feeling bad at all or something, he even jumps on things from time to time, vet wants to see how the food reacts to his body and his BG and we'll see in the future what's to do, as I heard from him, he wants to do a screening for pancreatitis to see what's happening there.
Also, he was pretty lethargic before giving him insulin, even if his BG is pretty high now, but something was weird about the fructosamine as his BG is high every time but the blood test was almost in the range
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So, coming with an update, we've increased the dosage to 3U/ twice a day and after 2 days it seems to be giving results, as this morning his BG was 457 instead of >600 like always but I'm afraid of something, my vet told me to give him 3U if his BG is more than 150, isn't 3U too much for like.. 170-180 BG? He gave me glucose as well and he told me to check for hypo after giving the shot and rub 10ml on his lips if he is going into hypo but still, for me 3U seems a bit high if his BG is somewhere around 170-180 or even 200.
On FDMB, we don't decide on what dose to give based on the preshot number, but rather the nadir, or how low the dose takes the cat. More information is in this post which describes how we do dosing: BEGINNER'S GUIDE TO CANINSULIN/VETSULIN For people relatively new to feline diabetes, we suggest not shooting if below 200 at preshot.
Yeah, I see why you don't recommend shooting below 200, I'll see what to do, I have to call the vet today anyway to talk about the changes over the weekend since we increased the dosage to 3U/2x day, I'm prepared for the hypo as well, I have glucose prepared and I'm checking his BG frequently after giving the shot to prevent it to drop way too low, but wasn't the case till today, when it's the first time in the last month when I'm seeing values under 500 in the morning, so he might respond well to 3U
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