1/10 Maverick PMPS 65 +1 60 +2 63

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Karrie and Maverick

Karrie and Maverick

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ohmygod_smile ohmygod_smile ohmygod_smile Saw someone post about shooting on the shoulder area so I thought I'd try this today to see if it helped his preshot numbers some. Well the way I did it sure wouln't help. Even with a short needle I still manage furshots ohmygod_smile ohmygod_smile ohmygod_smile

Was going to ask about fattening the dose a little but not sure now. I've been picking up his food two hours in advance and it doesn't look to be helping. But I was an hour late on a shot Sunday morning. I'm giving him actually a .25 (posted pics) so the spreadsheet says skinny .5 but it is consistently a .25. Only feeding Turkey and Giblets from Special Kitty.

I thought the no food two hours in advance would have an immediate impact on his numbers but it doesn't seem to be having much of an impact. He always ate in the hour before preshot readings. Sometimes even ten minutes before.

I got lots of happy tail walking this morning trying to look his most handsomest so I would feed him darnit.

Yesterday: viewtopic.php?f=9&t=33972
 
Re: 1/10 Maverick AMPS 108 ... and a furshot

hang in there! at least you're furshooting on a nice low number, so hopefully you'll get everything back in order next cycle. Have a good day!
 
Re: 1/10 Maverick AMPS 108 ... and a furshot

You're sure it was a furshot?

Oh well...it happens! Does Maverick get a snack at +9? Sometimes, a snack late in the cycle helps the pancreas to kick in and bring pre-shot numbers down.
 
Re: 1/10 Maverick AMPS 108 ... and a furshot

He ate ten minutes before +10. He was in the bedroom talking to his imaginary friend. So I got up to pick up his food 10 minutes before the alarm went off thinking I could go back to bed. He happy tailed it out to his food dish to eat (food was still there). And I picked it up when he was done. He was hungry again at +11 but I didn't let him have food.

I'm 99% positive it was a furshot. I couldn't feel wetness but I felt the prick of the needle on my finger holding his fur. So I can't be 100%.

I'll give it a few more cycles at this dose and see the result of the furshot if I did one.
 
Re: 1/10 Maverick AMPS 108 ... and a furshot

Hi Karrie,
Some of the insulin may have gone in. Did you smell Lantus on his fur? I always sniff, especially with long-haired Rusty. And I'm careful to wipe off any residual insulin on the tip of the needle before I shoot so that the residue doesn't rub off on his fur and make me worry that I might have done a fur shot.
I try to shoot just behind the shoulder. That's what I did with Stu and it worked well. With Rusty, there is so much hair that I often can't find the shoulder easily, so I just try to find some skin in that general vicinity.
Anyway, don't worry. Fur shots happen!

Ella & Rusty
 
Re: 1/10 Maverick AMPS 108 ... and a furshot

Good morning guys .. sorry to hear about the possible fur shot, but it does happen and hopefully maverick just surfs on his own anyways .. as far as feeding goes, we have mochas last meal at +6 before her amps and it still doesn't have an impact on her morning numbers .. some cats really struggle with morning numbers .. have a great day!
 
Re: 1/10 Maverick AMPS 108 ... and a furshot

sorry about the furshot but it happens, sucks though. Hope it doesn't spike Maverick's #'s too much
 
Re: 1/10 Maverick AMPS 108 ... and a furshot

Sorry for the fur shot - sounds like maybe some got in? You 'll know soon enough, and even if so, you can recover with the PM cycle. It happens to all of us. Maybe ti won't effect his numbers too badly.

Mannie used to have food snack at around +9, which we stopped doing some time ago. There wasn't a significant affect on his numbers, perhaps down a little.
 
Re: 1/10 Maverick AMPS 108 +4.3.75 52? Not a furshot??

How can I be so sure I had a furshot and see that +3.75 number???? A 52? So not a furshot? I felt the needle prick my finger so it was as sure as I thought I could be.

He hasn't eaten much today. Just ate a couple bites after the test. He is at or past nadir unless it changed so I'll test again in a half hour.
 
Re: 1/10 Maverick AMPS 108 +4.3.75 52? Not a furshot??

Hi, Karrie and Maverick.. furshots grumpy_cat unfortunately there is no real way to tell.. you just have to ride the cycle out & give the next shot when due. #s are looking good regardless ;-) Have a great day!
 
Re: 1/10 Maverick AMPS 108 ... and a furshot

Ella & Rusty & Stu(GA) said:
And I'm careful to wipe off any residual insulin on the tip of the needle before I shoot so that the residue doesn't rub off on his fur and make me worry that I might have done a fur shot.
Ella & Rusty
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Ella, I'm just curious. What do you wipe with, to avoid contaminating the needle? I was always compulsive about not touching the needle to anything before injecting.
 
Re: 1/10 Maverick AMPS 108 +4.3.75 52? Not a furshot??

Karrie and Maverick said:
How can I be so sure I had a furshot and see that +3.75 number???? A 52? So not a furshot? I felt the needle prick my finger so it was as sure as I thought I could be.

He hasn't eaten much today. Just ate a couple bites after the test. He is at or past nadir unless it changed so I'll test again in a half hour.
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Looks like more than you thought got in, plus you may have pulled back when you got pricked...putting the dose under the skin?
 
Re: 1/10 Maverick AMPS 108 +4.3.75 52 +4.25 61

Karrie, I also wipe the excess off the base of the needle, where it touches the fur, after flicking it to make sure it's all off the needle itself.
I just touch a corner of a clean tissue, to the base of the needle.
I try to feed Checks 2 hours before shot too, but sometimes I give in to his begging later.

Those are really nice numbers for Maverick today, even if it was a furshot. :-D
 
Re: 1/10 Maverick AMPS 108 +4.3.75 52 +4.25 61

Thanks guys. I never thought about doing that. I thought you weren't supposed to flick lantus? Thought I had read that somewhere. I waste a fair amount of insulin trying to draw it without that bubble on the plunger. (No matter how tightly I push the plunger into the syringe).

He's hardly eaten anything all day today. About an ounce. Just not hungry just turns around without eating. So I'm going out tonight to get the ocean whitefish and tuna food he will eat with less tempting and not smothered in chicken dust ohmygod_smile
 
Re: 1/10 Maverick AMPS 108 +4.3.75 52 +4.25 61

Wow, what nice numbers for Maverick. I thought of trying the shoulder area sometime, too, Maverick is having a nice day. I waste some insulin, too, trying to get the right dose and sometimes the bubble problem, too.
 
Re: 1/10 Maverick AMPS 108 +4.3.75 52 +4.25 61

NOT a fur shot!! Look at those numbers!! What dose are you shooting exactly?? 0.25U--Post before the pmps maybe check at like +11 to see where he is!
Great job & BTW I shoot Moonie in the shoulder area--He is doing great!! Good job Karrie!
 
Re: 1/10 Maverick +11.5 70 PMPS 65

Last time we had a 65 as a preshot you guys guessed surf and he did. So in case he reads this, please tell him what to do?

No idea whats going on with his numbers. Was sure I had a fur shot this morning and now a low PMPS. Maybe I gave him extra juice without realizing it or this is the impact of not feeding before preshot showing up. He ate at +9 and again at +9.5 when I picked up his food. My alarm is set for old shot times - have to update them all.

His Nadir seems to be somewhere from start of +3 to +4.

So in the event that he goes below 50 I feed him a table spoon of high carb food and test 15 minutes later right? And continue unless he drops faster in which case I post to you guys in a panic and pull out the corn syrup and its one drop and test after 15 minutes? I doubt we'll need it. Just mental practice.
 
Re: 1/10 Maverick +11.5 70 PMPS 65

Karrie...great job today!! And no furshot!! YAY.... great PMPS. So since you have PMPS in the title, I'm assuming you shot. I wouldn't call this a dropping number as there is not much difference between 70 and 65 and the 70 was on the way up right? If Maverick is easy to test, you could do a +.5 if you are nervous and also a +1 and then see if he's surfing or when he's onsetting. Do you know how he reacts to carbs? If he does drop below 50, then yes, you can give him some HC food or gravy. I know he is not a big eater so that might come into play. If you think he's eaten so much already that he might be full, then you might just want to give HC gravy or just a bit of gravy with a drop of karo or syrup. It takes about 20 mins for Gracie to show a change from giving karo so I wait a bit for her but ECID. If you've never checked him in 15, you can and see what he's doing and if it is affecting him yet. The biggest thing about giving karo is that it works quickly but it also wears off quickly so you have to keep testing as, early in his cycle, he *might* turnaround. The HC food and/or gravy tends to last a little longer but you still have to test every 30 mins to an hour (depending on what he's doing) until he starts rising without food. Yes, post your number here and if you are nervous, someone will guide you through. You'll do great!!
 
Re: 1/10 Maverick +11.5 70 PMPS 65

Thanks for the extra details in one place. Its different following along than thinking of doing it myself.

No I'm not 100% sure how he reacts to carbs. I did feed him a high carb food one day on his spreadsheet and I'll go back and look for it.

How his day usually goes is he nadirs at +3-+4 and rises until around +6 and really hovers at this number for the rest of the day. I haven't done a curve since the 27th though. Just spot checks.
 
Re: 1/10 Maverick +11.5 70 PMPS 65

Hmmm maybe not carb sensitive - on november 13th I fed him high carb food and wasn't a huge spike. +5 would have been nadir way back then and it doesn't look like I tested after. I was relieved he wasn't green that day lol.
 
Re: 1/10 Maverick +11.5 70 PMPS 65 +1 60

Actually now I'm not sure if I have high carb food or not. I have Fancy Feast Chicken Feast in Gravey - Grilled. And Whiska's pouches which I don't see on Binky's list. I went to buy foods in gravy for the kit.

Edit - I don't think anything I have is high carb now. Great. Anyhoo, He hasn't eaten anything since +1 so after our +2 reading I gave him 6 temptations treats to see what they would do. Mini experiment I guess and fresh T&G food with chicken dust.
 
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