AliceR
Member Since 2020
I'm going to attach the Excel file for Catman's spreadsheet to this since not everyone can read the PDF but honestly I do not know what happened last night except that yesterday he was having problems with constipation and not eating. He did not eat his frozen cat food hockey pucks at +6 and +9 like he normally does and we woke up to beautiful surfing! He may have been lower but he did not show any kind of symptoms of being hypo in fact I think he was sleeping with me all cuddly.
So my question's not really about dosing because I think I've got that down I ended up giving him his shot even though he was at 68 and he's still in the blue at +6.
I just remember reading a thread about a vet who had recommended not feeding diabetic cats throughout the day. But I also remember reading that it's important to keep their blood sugar stable and that cats are used to eating small amounts over time. Before diabetes Dx, when we were on the dreaded dry food, Catman ate five times a day using our rotating feeder. Since he was diagnosed he's eating eight times a day, roughly every three hours. This also helps with getting blood tests because he comes out for the food and gets rewarded after his ear prick with a tasty treat.
So here's my question have we been inadvertently keeping his BG up by feeding him every 3 hours? He's basically been getting 2% fancy feast turkey and giblets for the last 3 weeks. Maybe if his numbers were a little low at night I'd put 4 or 5% in the feeder but he usually polishes off those hockey pucks as soon they melt and the rotator opens the dish. At +6 which is 2:00 p.m. here he ate half a can of FF (and his Methyl B12!) without blinking.
I was so happy to see the green this morning that I'm worried I've been doing it wrong all along.
Any advice would be helpful.
So my question's not really about dosing because I think I've got that down I ended up giving him his shot even though he was at 68 and he's still in the blue at +6.
I just remember reading a thread about a vet who had recommended not feeding diabetic cats throughout the day. But I also remember reading that it's important to keep their blood sugar stable and that cats are used to eating small amounts over time. Before diabetes Dx, when we were on the dreaded dry food, Catman ate five times a day using our rotating feeder. Since he was diagnosed he's eating eight times a day, roughly every three hours. This also helps with getting blood tests because he comes out for the food and gets rewarded after his ear prick with a tasty treat.
So here's my question have we been inadvertently keeping his BG up by feeding him every 3 hours? He's basically been getting 2% fancy feast turkey and giblets for the last 3 weeks. Maybe if his numbers were a little low at night I'd put 4 or 5% in the feeder but he usually polishes off those hockey pucks as soon they melt and the rotator opens the dish. At +6 which is 2:00 p.m. here he ate half a can of FF (and his Methyl B12!) without blinking.
I was so happy to see the green this morning that I'm worried I've been doing it wrong all along.
Any advice would be helpful.
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