? 11/27 Ailish AMPS 367

Hi Eamon,

it's normal to be overwhelmed with this! :bighug: Happy to read the urinary issues cleared up. That is great! :cat:

Do you have any questions about feeding? You can use a question mark in your title, if you have questions and want more attention for your post.
 
Hi Heike,

Thanks for the advice, I’ll keep the “?” In mind.

Honestly I’ve been struggling to find a balance of trying to force her to eat and letting her eat on her own. She was always a free range cat and it’s been a struggle getting her to eat enough wet food/ eat close enough to shot time to feel comfortable giving her insulin. For the first week or two, I was hand delivering her wet food and she’d eat it. Then she started stealing the other cats dry food, so I’m trying to get her to eat two meals of wet before shots, and then transitioning to having a low carb dry available other times, but that seems to make her less interested in the meals lol.

I guess I’m just wondering how other people have handled this transition.
 
Ailish’s Brother said:
Hi Heike,

Thanks for the advice, I’ll keep the “?” In mind.

Honestly I’ve been struggling to find a balance of trying to force her to eat and letting her eat on her own. She was always a free range cat and it’s been a struggle getting her to eat enough wet food/ eat close enough to shot time to feel comfortable giving her insulin. For the first week or two, I was hand delivering her wet food and she’d eat it. Then she started stealing the other cats dry food, so I’m trying to get her to eat two meals of wet before shots, and then transitioning to having a low carb dry available other times, but that seems to make her less interested in the meals lol.

I guess I’m just wondering how other people have handled this transition.
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What I found useful in the process, is the two hours fasting time before the shot. Usually Binie is a little hungry by then. Besides that I learned, that with Lantus it is o.k. that they don't eat the full meal at once. As the onset of the insulin is around two hours after the shot, you've got some time to feed them more. Usually she does not eat her whole meal at once but eats around half of the portion- gets the shot - makes a little break and eats the rest of her meal. Works well for us. You will manage over time! :bighug:
 
Hi Eamon,
Heike has given you really good advice already. We do the same thing in my house.

I feed Ivy about 2/3 of her food and then I break down the rest of her food and give her about 2 tablespoons at +1+2+3 since she can dive at one of those points as the insulin is kicking in.
A small snack is supposed to help counteract the insulin a little bit.

I use an automatic feeder for the +1+2+3 snacks so that she is used to going to the feeder when it opens up and eating her snack.

I wanted to train her to use the automatic feeder so that if I’m ever not here at that time she would be used to using the feeder instead of me putting the food in front of her it’s worked out pretty well.
She generally will go over to the feeder and eat the snack (once in a while she doesn’t but more than not she does).
Keep asking questions. That’s how you will pick up lots of tips from other people and ask away:)

Wishing you lots of good luck with your baby and your kitty as well :bighug::bighug:
 
Today is day 8 on 1.5 units, I think you'd be fine to go to 1.75 units tomorrow.

I gave Neko half her food at PS time, the split the rest up into meals at +1, +2 and +3, at least when she was on Lantus. She'd often get a small snack around +7 to +9 as that was her typical nadir. I wanted her to know she could get some food from her autofeeder when she was mostly likely to be low, if I wasn't around.

At some point, you'll want to get some tests around the +2 to +3 range, to get an idea when the Lantus starts working and drops her numbers. Some cats drop fast at onset, so food 1/2 hour before then can slow down those fast drops (which can cause bounces). Knowing a cats typical onset and nadir can help you be strategic both with feeding, and testing.
 
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