West coast Canadian here, didn’t have CBD oils around at the time my kitty was here and not sure I would want to used them. There has been no research done on their use in cats and Colorado State University is the first to be researching their use in dogs. What type of pain are you trying to treat? I found acupuncture good for my girl’s arthritis pain, plus buprenorphine.
Oh hi Wendy! I see you live in the North. I live where everyone has a rep for being bad drivers. Haha!!!!
I was just told by a few people back in PZI and also from NN about exploring CBD for his pancreatitis. I thought I'd ask about it. I'm a little hesitant too just because I'm a chicken. And it's expensive.
I also thought about acupuncture since one of the vets at work do it as well. But was told it's not usually used for pancreatitis.
I notice you said he yelped at the shot. Keep an eye on that, might be a reaction to Lantus sting if you see it again.
It was when I stuck the needle in when he yelped. NN told me to poke him lower on the back to the side rather than the neck/scruff. She said it absorbs better but is more painful to poke. But yes, I will watch out to make sure it's not because it stings.
As for the vet, just say you want to follow a published dosing protocol followed by many others, including some on higher doses.
I wrote a long long email. I quoted some things from the forum from the stickies but didn't want to link her to here just because I'd like this to be a safe space. Although, I'm sure it would be very easy for her to find us. But I bet she's too busy anyway to take the time to do that.
We did actually talk about TR during our consult. It's why I felt SO good after talking to her. And then so incredibly SHOCKED at what in tarnation was going on with Ming in hospital. I know they felt it was necessary since his numbers were SOOO high during the AM but you'd think they'd look at the PM numbers and wonder why the heck was he dropping 200 points in 3 hours?! I told them two times what I was noticing! Gargh! Okay, I won't dwell on that anymore. It's over now. I have complete control over Ming's doses now and I'm happy. NN is super happy too. Did I mention enough that I love NN? LOL She's the voice I don't dare to admit I have.
Of course none of this would have happened had you not followed your instincts to seek out something better for Ming.
And that one last requirement - taking the leap of faith that we know about FD and are not a bunch of crazy people
We're not crazy but also we ARE crazy because you gotta be crazy dedicated and patient and knowledgable to be able to regulate these kitties. I find that for everything, the crazies are the people doing the thing best. I also have multiple fish tanks and LET ME TELL YOU: People come over or hear about what I do for my fish and think I'm insane. But everyone who is really serious about fishkeeping think its 1000000% necessary to do what we're doing. I'm talking about doing water changes every 5-7 days, putting a single goldfish in a 30 gallon tank, and having 2-3 filters running at the same time. (I have 6 goldfish in a 100 gallon tank that has 3 filters running. I change 90% of the water every 5 days. I also used to have 3 other tanks with a single betta/fighting fish in them with plants that needed CO2 systems. Needless to say, I became very poor, VERY FAST lol. Also my mom hated me because there were just tanks all over the house. But I know she secretly enjoyed them.).
Sometimes you have to smile....this is a serious disease we're all fighting, but if all you do is worry, you'll drive yourself crazier than you already are.
Haha! No truer words written
