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That sounds good. I’ve been having trouble with a sick cat (and appliances breaking, etc.) but this morning I woke up and thought… “I wonder how Scully is getting along on her new dose?” That’s a good report on her. My cats do that too. Even when they’ve already eaten, if they think there’s a chance we should happen to be in the kitchen to get them a snack — they come to investigate. My Siamese are the worst about this! Thanks for the update. I see she made it to yellow today. I hope for better, but if she was in blue yesterday while you were away, it’s possible that she is having one of her slightly higher days. I’m glad she is content.
 
Scully was weighed at the vets today, and the good news is that she has increased to 3.78Kg, which is about 300g in just about six weeks I think.

We have got her a 14 course in antibiotics. Started that today. Tablets. Scully was feisty after being tested, jabbed and then having a tablet forced.

Oh well.

Scully still calm and settled.

All good news.
 
Scully's numbers have been a little off since Tuesday,. I guess this could be the antibiotics. We are doing nothing really different, but she is back demanding food. Sometimes frantic. We're doing our best.
 
Jelltex said:
Scully's numbers have been a little off since Tuesday,. I guess this could be the antibiotics. We are doing nothing really different, but she is back demanding food. Sometimes frantic. We're doing our best.
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It’s really distressing to see the current trend toward the higher numbers. What kind of antibiotics is she taking? It’s tablets (not a liquid?) I am just trying to think of anything — many of the liquid medications have sweeteners in them that raise BG. But you mentioned tablets and also previously mentioned that she fought too much to give liquid meds.

This is very frustrating because it seems like her numbers should be going the other way.

If she just started antibiotics on Tuesday— it seems like the vet waited a long time to begin that since her visit where the blood was taken was a while ago.

Any chance she could be stealing dry food from other cats in your house? Like I said, I am trying to think of something causing the higher numbers.

Please test for ketones. He numbers are quite high and you need to be aware of any ketones building.
 
If her numbers do not come down, I would recommend an increase to 3 units as long as you can monitor her cycles.

Today would be day 4 of the antibiotic. It should have had some positive effect by now.
 
Jelltex said:
Scully was feisty after being tested, jabbed and then having a tablet forced.
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You say she was janbed….What kind of injection? Was this a vaccine? What kind?

If it was a vaccine, then that may explain the higher numbers. Vaccines create an inflammatory response and I have seen them raise BG numbers before — especially the adjuvanted vaccines.
 
You say she was janbed….What kind of injection? Was this a vaccine? What kind
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I meant insulin.

We do the best we can regarding food from the other three cats. That doesn't explain the blood sugars.

We are giving her tablets.

Next week we have builders in, and the three other cats are going to a cattery, so there will be no other food laying around.
 
Jelltex said:
I meant insulin.

We do the best we can regarding food from the other three cats. That doesn't explain the blood sugars.

We are giving her tablets.

Next week we have builders in, and the three other cats are going to a cattery, so there will be no other food laying around.
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I was just reaching in my mind for an explanation. I do NOT think that you and Jools are doing anything wrong that has caused these higher numbers. And regarding food, even the most vigilant cat owners sometimes have a cat get into the “contraband” food. Cats are clever about their food…. and quick. But it wouldn’t explain anything unless it was happening every day since Tuesday, right! So I was just kind of thinking about any dietary changes Scully may have had. Recently, one of our ProZinc members had a food that was listed as being low carb and yet it was causing higher numbers. Sometimes it is an ingredient like a gum that doesn’t agree with the cat or a particular protein like fish or beef that may spike numbers. But I trust you completely to be observant with respect to her diet and any dietary changes.

I am just hoping she will feel better and be back in better BG numbers soon. She has made such great strides and has gained weight.
 
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