Websterthecat
Member Since 2014
A lot has changed in the past 12 hours. First, Webster is now on an all wet food diet as of yesterday afternoon. We took away his dry food, all food for that matter :YMSIGH: until insulin time. At this time he had somewhat of an appetite and I presented 1/2 a can of his wet food. He licked and licked until all of the juice on top was missing and then gave up.
I started grabbing pinches and allowing him to eat off of my fingertip, one small bite at a time and he actually seemed to be enjoying his food. It was at this moment I realized that because he has been eating crunchies only his entire life, he has no idea how to pick up and handle wet food. I posted on here last night and picked up a few tips.
This morning I put 1/2 a cup wet food on a large plate and made a bunch of small piles and balls. He was hungry because no food was out for him to graze on the entire night. He went after the food but became frustrated after not being able to pick up the small piles from the plate. They just kept on sliding across the plate as he licked.
I then built his food into mini towers so that he could chomp down on them. This worked fairly well until he knocked over the towers. I then resorted to hand feeding him a pea sized piece at a time from my finger tip. He ate until full and almost finished a half can. Hopefully he eats more tonight at his second opportunity to eat.
I really feel bad taking his food away so that he can't graze and will be hungry prior to his insulin shot but I suppose it's the best way to get him on a schedule and ensure that food is on his stomach prior to receiving insulin.
I'm guessing that not enough food on his stomach + hi carb crunchies + sugary AB (finished with giving this to him) were likely major contributors to his recent crashes. Last night he had good food, no high carb, and no AB. His numbers started to dive early but seemed to stabilize in the low to mid 300's without intervention between +3 & +4. His +11.5 was still in the low to mid 300's.
I'm thinking that between +5 and +10 he may have dropped off a little and the bumped back up towards the end of his cycle. Your thoughts?
Hopefully he gets down into the 100's today and stays there. Fingers crossed!
BTW, if you are wondering why I'm taking a +11.5 instead of a AMPS the reason is because I check his BG before feeding and then feeding is a 1/2 hour task. The entire process is taking about 40 mins from start to finish. Once we find a solution to get him to eat without assistance, I hope to make it a 5 min process - Check BG, drop food, shoot, walk away.
I started grabbing pinches and allowing him to eat off of my fingertip, one small bite at a time and he actually seemed to be enjoying his food. It was at this moment I realized that because he has been eating crunchies only his entire life, he has no idea how to pick up and handle wet food. I posted on here last night and picked up a few tips.
This morning I put 1/2 a cup wet food on a large plate and made a bunch of small piles and balls. He was hungry because no food was out for him to graze on the entire night. He went after the food but became frustrated after not being able to pick up the small piles from the plate. They just kept on sliding across the plate as he licked.
I then built his food into mini towers so that he could chomp down on them. This worked fairly well until he knocked over the towers. I then resorted to hand feeding him a pea sized piece at a time from my finger tip. He ate until full and almost finished a half can. Hopefully he eats more tonight at his second opportunity to eat.
I really feel bad taking his food away so that he can't graze and will be hungry prior to his insulin shot but I suppose it's the best way to get him on a schedule and ensure that food is on his stomach prior to receiving insulin.
I'm guessing that not enough food on his stomach + hi carb crunchies + sugary AB (finished with giving this to him) were likely major contributors to his recent crashes. Last night he had good food, no high carb, and no AB. His numbers started to dive early but seemed to stabilize in the low to mid 300's without intervention between +3 & +4. His +11.5 was still in the low to mid 300's.
I'm thinking that between +5 and +10 he may have dropped off a little and the bumped back up towards the end of his cycle. Your thoughts?
Hopefully he gets down into the 100's today and stays there. Fingers crossed!
BTW, if you are wondering why I'm taking a +11.5 instead of a AMPS the reason is because I check his BG before feeding and then feeding is a 1/2 hour task. The entire process is taking about 40 mins from start to finish. Once we find a solution to get him to eat without assistance, I hope to make it a 5 min process - Check BG, drop food, shoot, walk away.
