Jane & Jack & Karre the Emperor
Member Since 2009
Hello LL
Ok, so I *was* going to tell a half-funny, half-awww sort of story about the crazy thunderstorm we had last night, that included lightning that sounded like someone tearing up a sky made of silk and thunder that made the windows judder and shake so much that they actually slid open - which is a huge deal for us down here because unlike Jo'burg and Pretoria, Cape Town gets hardly *any* thunderstorms, let alone insane ones like this one. I *was* going to relate how scared poor Henry was and how he eventually sat on the bed and peed this enormous puddle onto the sheets, the duvet and - of course - my foot. After that I was going to describe the getting-up-and-showering-and-remaking-the-bed antics, which included a couple of episodes of slapstick comedy tripping over bed linens and so forth, and how I lay down on the ground next to Henry for ages to help him calm down, which he ultimately did.
Instead, I'll tell you that DH forgot who he was married to - ME, the woman who *hates* sleeping in because it makes her feel like she's wasting the day; the woman who promised to watch LL in the morning; and lastly, the woman who tends to get really bloody pissed off when her husband turns of her alarm and messes with her day as well as her ability to keep her promises. (He turned the alarm off because he thought I should have some extra sleep, since we missed quite a bit due to Henry's little mishap. I know that. But then, he knows *me*, too. I was NOT amused.)
Ok. Moving away from the efforts to find other d-words as an alternative to "DH = *Darling* Husband" and moving instead towards Karre's 9th OTJ Day condo and the feedback I couldn't respond to anymore last night.
MARJE, you wrote: "I wonder if you might see some better results if you did feed him small meals throughout the day. One would think that if he is free feeding, he's eating small meals throughout the day but some cats are not grazers. If I put all of Tobey's food down at one time, he would free feed himself into a food coma. It's worth a shot to see if feeding every few hours helps the pancreas a bit."
--- I wonder that too. We had decided yesterday to try that as of today. DH did remember to offer Karre food at test-time this morning, but Karre only wanted a TSP full (LC FF as always). He offered Karre food again at (+2) and Karre ate another (heaped) TSP. Karre DOES and always has been a very good grazer - he does not over-eat, he comes in every 3-4 hours *anyway* to have a snack, and he'll have between 1 and 3 TSP at a time (amounting to about one to two 3-oz cans per day, most days). What I think I'll do is *watch* for Karre every 3-4 hours, and if he doesn't come in like he normally does and eats, I will go find him and feed.
JILL, you wrote: "I like Marje's idea to try feeding every 4 hours to see if Karre brings himself down each time. Don't do it all night. Just when you're up. If that doesn't bring those blue numbers down we could revisit the 0.1u dose, but I have a feeling it won't be necessary."
--- Will do, Jill. I do okay on sleep-testing, and I was thinking about maybe getting a mini-curve on a couple of OTJ-nights, just to have some data on that. Am I being silly? And thank you thank you for saying you think Karre *won't* have to go back to 0.1u - that's a very comforting thought.
DAPHNE, you wrote: "I add about 1tsp. of water to her meals and set the auto feeders to go off every 2 hrs. or so. Sometimes I wonder myself, if that is too many mini meals, but she is a very hungry kitty all the time, no matter what her BGs are [...]."
--- The 2-hourly rhythm sort of happened this morning, because Karre didn't want to eat an actual "meal" in terms of portion size, so DH fed him again 2 hours after AMBG time. Karre's normal rhythm is every 3-4 hours of free-feeding, which thankfully is what he should be doing and what we'll reinforce by feeding if and when he doesn't come to eat on his own. Thanks for your input - and congratulations on over a month of OTJ! Hopefully we'll see you at the Falls soon!
Your support and advice is and always has been invaluable, and I know we would never have made it back into an OTJ-Trial without it, and without all of you. (Please forgive my rant earlier - I will try to make up for it with some more funny pictures later.) We're grateful to all of you every day for being there for us. Thank you so, so much.
Happy Caturday!
Jane (with apologies and wet-noodle-anticipation from DH Jack).
Ok, so I *was* going to tell a half-funny, half-awww sort of story about the crazy thunderstorm we had last night, that included lightning that sounded like someone tearing up a sky made of silk and thunder that made the windows judder and shake so much that they actually slid open - which is a huge deal for us down here because unlike Jo'burg and Pretoria, Cape Town gets hardly *any* thunderstorms, let alone insane ones like this one. I *was* going to relate how scared poor Henry was and how he eventually sat on the bed and peed this enormous puddle onto the sheets, the duvet and - of course - my foot. After that I was going to describe the getting-up-and-showering-and-remaking-the-bed antics, which included a couple of episodes of slapstick comedy tripping over bed linens and so forth, and how I lay down on the ground next to Henry for ages to help him calm down, which he ultimately did.
Instead, I'll tell you that DH forgot who he was married to - ME, the woman who *hates* sleeping in because it makes her feel like she's wasting the day; the woman who promised to watch LL in the morning; and lastly, the woman who tends to get really bloody pissed off when her husband turns of her alarm and messes with her day as well as her ability to keep her promises. (He turned the alarm off because he thought I should have some extra sleep, since we missed quite a bit due to Henry's little mishap. I know that. But then, he knows *me*, too. I was NOT amused.)
Ok. Moving away from the efforts to find other d-words as an alternative to "DH = *Darling* Husband" and moving instead towards Karre's 9th OTJ Day condo and the feedback I couldn't respond to anymore last night.
MARJE, you wrote: "I wonder if you might see some better results if you did feed him small meals throughout the day. One would think that if he is free feeding, he's eating small meals throughout the day but some cats are not grazers. If I put all of Tobey's food down at one time, he would free feed himself into a food coma. It's worth a shot to see if feeding every few hours helps the pancreas a bit."
--- I wonder that too. We had decided yesterday to try that as of today. DH did remember to offer Karre food at test-time this morning, but Karre only wanted a TSP full (LC FF as always). He offered Karre food again at (+2) and Karre ate another (heaped) TSP. Karre DOES and always has been a very good grazer - he does not over-eat, he comes in every 3-4 hours *anyway* to have a snack, and he'll have between 1 and 3 TSP at a time (amounting to about one to two 3-oz cans per day, most days). What I think I'll do is *watch* for Karre every 3-4 hours, and if he doesn't come in like he normally does and eats, I will go find him and feed.
JILL, you wrote: "I like Marje's idea to try feeding every 4 hours to see if Karre brings himself down each time. Don't do it all night. Just when you're up. If that doesn't bring those blue numbers down we could revisit the 0.1u dose, but I have a feeling it won't be necessary."
--- Will do, Jill. I do okay on sleep-testing, and I was thinking about maybe getting a mini-curve on a couple of OTJ-nights, just to have some data on that. Am I being silly? And thank you thank you for saying you think Karre *won't* have to go back to 0.1u - that's a very comforting thought.
DAPHNE, you wrote: "I add about 1tsp. of water to her meals and set the auto feeders to go off every 2 hrs. or so. Sometimes I wonder myself, if that is too many mini meals, but she is a very hungry kitty all the time, no matter what her BGs are [...]."
--- The 2-hourly rhythm sort of happened this morning, because Karre didn't want to eat an actual "meal" in terms of portion size, so DH fed him again 2 hours after AMBG time. Karre's normal rhythm is every 3-4 hours of free-feeding, which thankfully is what he should be doing and what we'll reinforce by feeding if and when he doesn't come to eat on his own. Thanks for your input - and congratulations on over a month of OTJ! Hopefully we'll see you at the Falls soon!
Your support and advice is and always has been invaluable, and I know we would never have made it back into an OTJ-Trial without it, and without all of you. (Please forgive my rant earlier - I will try to make up for it with some more funny pictures later.) We're grateful to all of you every day for being there for us. Thank you so, so much.
Happy Caturday!
Jane (with apologies and wet-noodle-anticipation from DH Jack).
I stick to the same time getting up early. It messes up my whole day to sleep in, too! Have a wonderful day.
Somewhat worrisome. One can only hope that it was stress-induced. Karre's numbers look pretty nice! 