JoeyB
Member Since 2013
I've been away for some time so have no condo from yesterday to note, but please feel free to catch up on the recent past in Trinity's SS.
It's been something of a wild ride with Trinity since the rapid reductions of the 10/1-4 period when she was showing such promising numbers, but I'm sad to report that the reductions didn't hold very well at all.
I'll say first, that despite the higher set of numbers over the last 2 weeks, that Trinity has been her usual healthy self. The only real item that pops into my head about her symptoms are that she is still urinating a bit more then normal. Considering her test results have been mostly 200+ during the recent rises in her dosage, I'm not surprised at this. I do remember during the early October green results that her urination did come back to normal for a short time and look forward to it again when I get her final dosage figured out.
I spent a bit of time earlier tonight re-reading everything I could in regards to Tight Regulation, just to refresh my memory since I've been somewhat busier then usual with work lately. I've put off her recent rise in dosage from 1.5 to 1.75 due to the lower test results that came in after the 1.25 to 1.5 increase. But I think tomorrow morning I will likely go ahead and make the increase to 1.75.
I'm a bit confused how the random blues and greens sneak into her SS when she eats pretty much nothing but 4-8% Fancy Feast, unless she is so sensitive to carbs that the 7-8% varieties keep her higher, and the lower stuff lets her drop into more normal ranges. I've read online of a few cats being extremely sensitive like that, so will probably keep a closer eye on what she eats to keep her on the lowest carb I can get.
As an added note, I did recently pick up a cat vitamin from Hartz to give both of my kitties an added boost to their vitamin intake. Will this affect Trinity's BG levels at all? I give her the two a day recommended crushed up over her wet food since she doesn't just eat it as it is like Nubi does. Cats are soooo particular sometimes!
It's been something of a wild ride with Trinity since the rapid reductions of the 10/1-4 period when she was showing such promising numbers, but I'm sad to report that the reductions didn't hold very well at all.
I'll say first, that despite the higher set of numbers over the last 2 weeks, that Trinity has been her usual healthy self. The only real item that pops into my head about her symptoms are that she is still urinating a bit more then normal. Considering her test results have been mostly 200+ during the recent rises in her dosage, I'm not surprised at this. I do remember during the early October green results that her urination did come back to normal for a short time and look forward to it again when I get her final dosage figured out.
I spent a bit of time earlier tonight re-reading everything I could in regards to Tight Regulation, just to refresh my memory since I've been somewhat busier then usual with work lately. I've put off her recent rise in dosage from 1.5 to 1.75 due to the lower test results that came in after the 1.25 to 1.5 increase. But I think tomorrow morning I will likely go ahead and make the increase to 1.75.
I'm a bit confused how the random blues and greens sneak into her SS when she eats pretty much nothing but 4-8% Fancy Feast, unless she is so sensitive to carbs that the 7-8% varieties keep her higher, and the lower stuff lets her drop into more normal ranges. I've read online of a few cats being extremely sensitive like that, so will probably keep a closer eye on what she eats to keep her on the lowest carb I can get.
As an added note, I did recently pick up a cat vitamin from Hartz to give both of my kitties an added boost to their vitamin intake. Will this affect Trinity's BG levels at all? I give her the two a day recommended crushed up over her wet food since she doesn't just eat it as it is like Nubi does. Cats are soooo particular sometimes!
I do think the dose needs to go back up to 1.75u because she just hasn't had much green on 1.5u. Sometimes they lose momentum and a dose that worked before, won't work now. But also, sometimes it just takes a few cycles on an increase to get them going again.