1/24 MooCAT AMPS 298 +2 153 +3 65 15 min later 47 AT2

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Moocat

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I just fed moo some high carb 17% gravy after the +3 65. Need support!
Last few days pre-shot readings were under 200 then shot up to 250 and 300 within minutes. I don't know if this info is helpful.
 
+15 min. 47 put honey on his gums he would not eat it mixed with food + 46 with honey fifteen minutes later
 
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See if he will lick some honey directly off your finger. Do you have ice cream in the fridge? You could try that if he won't take the honey.
 
Test again after 15 minutes.

What kind of food are you feeding? He's not ready to come off insulin so you may want to up slightly the % carb food for his regular meals.
 
MrWorfMen's Mom said:
See if he will lick some honey directly off your finger. Do you have ice cream in the fridge? You could try that if he won't take the honey.
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I put it on his lips and he licked it up gong to test again in 15
ETA next test after licking honey 67 15 min lateer +3.45min
ETA should I keep giving him honey?
 
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Mandy & Rex said:
He's not ready to come off insulin so you may want to up slightly the % carb food for his regular meals.
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I agree it doesn't look like he's ready to come off the insulin but it also looks like he's not particularly carb sensitive if that 17% gravy didn't bump him up at all from the +3 reading of 65.
 
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If he were my cat I would probably give him a bit of honey in some 17% gravy since you want to get him up over 70 on the AlphaTrak. With meter variance, he could still be hanging out under that.
 
The 7% may not be enough to keep Moo from dropping too low again before his nadir. Please test again at about +4.15 mins and post.
Maybe you can cleverly bump up the food he likes by sneaking in a LITTLE bit of 17% gravy into it if need be.
 
The honey and gravy wears off quickly, when feeding him again to keep him up, I would give some his regular 7% food and add a tsp of the gravy in it. The lower carb food will hang out with him a little longer than just the gravy and honey.

Good job catching the low!

For the next time: The +2 was a big drop. That was an indicator that he was going down. A little mini meal at that time could have helped to keep him from going so low.
 
Bobbie And Bubba said:
The honey and gravy wears off quickly, when feeding him again to keep him up, I would give some his regular 7% food and add a tsp of the gravy in it. The lower carb food will hang out with him a little longer than just the gravy and honey.

Good job catching the low!

For the next time: The +2 was a big drop. That was an indicator that he was going down. A little mini meal at that time could have helped to keep him from going so low.
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I gave him a mini meal at +2 because of the big drop, but it was 3% carb-( i thought it was 7% my mistake ) i just gave him a 7% carb food. He was still at 66 7 minutes ago +4.5 hrs
 
Ok, that may explain why he was having such a hard time coming up. Good catch! You still want to get more carbs into him to get him up and over 70 though. You've got at least an hour or an hour and a half to go before his typical nadir (as it seems from Moo's spreadsheet).
 
Keep doing what you are doing. Yes, add some of the 17% gravy into the 7% food. You don't want him to eat so much that he gets full in case you need to steer him for another hour or so until you hit the nadir of the cycle.

You need to get him to stay up over 68 without food influence for at least an hour to know that he is out of the woods .
 
Can’t stay long, with mom at the dentist.

What is Moo’s normal feeding schedule? How do you measure a drop?
 
MrWorfMen's Mom said:
He's being a stubborn little soul! Up MooCat! Up!
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I don't understand why he responds to the insulin this way. I'm going to get fired for not showing up to work since this all started. I need some ways to safeguard so that I can go to work. I bought a timed feeder and have been using it, thought my problems were solved.
 
Wendy&Neko said:
Can’t stay long, with mom at the dentist.

What is Moo’s normal feeding schedule? How do you measure a drop?
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I depress the plunger on the syringe and let go while it is in the vial, then give him what is in there.
ETA- I bought a timed feeder and set it for meals every hour during +3- +6 then one 2.5 hrs before I get home
 
Moocat said:
I don't understand why he responds to the insulin this way. I'm going to get fired for not showing up to work since this all started. I need some ways to safeguard so that I can go to work. I bought a timed feeder and have been using it, thought my problems were solved.
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Let's get Moo out of the woods with these low numbers today and then help sort all this out. I know it's very stressful! :bighug:
It looks like Moo was clearing a bounce big time this morning and that's why he went so low (esp. since the mini-meal was only 3%) When Uncle had big drops after AMPS I often fed him some MC to slow him down
 
I just gave him more honey and more food his bg was 44. I will test to see if that helped . He's acting fine. Just annoyed with all of my testing
 
Wendy&Neko said:
Can’t stay long, with mom at the dentist.

What is Moo’s normal feeding schedule? How do you measure a drop?
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He eats 1.5 oz before shot then eats about an oz @+2 i just got timed feeders and set them for every 1-1.5 hrs during insukin peak and then 2 .5 hours before I get home. Also I psh plunger into syringe and while in vial and release.
 
Your drop size should be fine.

Do you have any stores nearby you can go to and be back within a few minutes so you can find higher carb food?

I'm concerned about Moocat not coming up for a couple hours.
 
He is definitely proving hard to get up to safe numbers today. I'm glad you are using the AT2 strips now Did you run out of FS strips? If so how many AT2 strips do you have? Just want to make sure you have test strips to last given how stubborn his BG is being.
 
Can't stay on, but wanted to check on you. If you haven't, please give the honey and/or gravy with the 7% food. The honey and gravy wear off fast, but the lower carb food stays on board a bit longer.

ETA: Have you tried that?
 
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