10/10 Max, OTJ, week 4 check in. AMBG 113; PMBG 91.

Rebecca & Max (GA)

Rebecca & Max (GA)

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Argh, weekly BG reads are up for week 4 after celebrating OTJ. I noticed this past week Max sounds like he has laryngitis when he meows! He has no nasal or eye discharge and is not sneezing or coughing...but his AMBG was up over 30 points from his last three weeks. Tried not to panic as he went quite a while during the night without eating (and hubby didn’t accidentally feed the other cat’s food again, which is HC). I was gone almost all afternoon but tested him again tonight, 3 hours after eating and his PMBG is still higher than he has been. Possible infection going on? I am taking our dog back in for a recheck on his spine on Monday and will ask about having Max seen. But, after what we went through with our other dog (he was PTS 9/14 due to a bleeding mass in his throat), I’m really trying hard not to freak out over Max’s throat.

Anyone ever had a cat with laryngitis and no other symptoms? He wasn’t stuck anywhere crying, but he did get food with sardines for the first time last week (two Weruva flavors we hadn’t tried before). Wondering if a sardine bone could have done some damage to his throat? They are usually pretty soft though...
 
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Wonder if he may have some seasonal allergies? There's lots of stuff flying around in the air in the fall.

Next time you get a blue PS, try to grab a test at about +3....if it's lower, the pancreas has to be doing something.

Can't hurt to get him the once over at the vet if they can work him in!
 
I see you are from CA....not exactly sure where, but if there is a lot of smoke residue in the air, that could be a cause. I notice I'm coughing a lot more than usual and my sinuses are more active with the smokey haze here in CO. But I think a vet visit couldn't hurt.
 
Chris & China (GA) said:
Wonder if he may have some seasonal allergies? There's lots of stuff flying around in the air in the fall.

Next time you get a blue PS, try to grab a test at about +3....if it's lower, the pancreas has to be doing something.

Can't hurt to get him the once over at the vet if they can work him in!
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I had hoped to test him at +3 this morning but my girls begged me to drive them up to our local mountains. We got home around +5, argh. So, I waited for his dinner then did the +3. I had hoped he would have been back down into the 70s, but he wasn’t. I’m going to probably test him again tomorrow, but I may wait until I can get him seen. He’s not eating as often as he was when I was testing him. He’s not losing any weight, just going longer between meals (he’s found hooman beds are nice and fluffy to sleep on again, lol, so he sleeps like cats do). My CKD girl is eating almost every two hours, though, so time for blood work for her too..,,speak of the devil, lol!! Time to go fed her as she yowls up and down the hallway...
 
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LindyNova said:
I see you are from CA....not exactly sure where, but if there is a lot of smoke residue in the air, that could be a cause. I notice I'm coughing a lot more than usual and my sinuses are more active with the smokey haze here in CO. But I think a vet visit couldn't hurt.
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We are right outside San Diego, so the fires near us were last month. However, we had a lot of haze again last week- maybe from the fires in Northern CA being carried down? Our other cat isn’t as raspy as Max, but every so often her voice cracks or sounds off too. Since Max is still sounding the same, it’s time to see the vet...hopefully they can squeeze us in soon.
 
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