Pumbaa
Member Since 2012
This is cross posted here: http://felinediabetes.com/FDMB/viewtopic.php?f=9&t=84828
NOTE: Pumbaa's SS is no longer in reverse order. And I reserve the right to whine about loading and scrolling time. ;-)
Pumbaa, being Pumbaa, didn't come down gently from his 367 bounce yesterday. Nope, he took the express elevator down from 263 at PM +3 to 77 at PM +9.
But he has had an wonderful AM cycle so far today. And once again, I'm praying that he becomes a member of the "Don't Gang," as in "Cats bounce until they don't."
I haven't been testing him at +2 very often, because historically, on Levemir, Pumbaa tends to go up at +2, and frequently doesn't start dropping down until after +4. This morning, because of the change in his patterns, I decided to get a +2 and was surprised that he had dropped. I was concerned that he would continue to drop throughout the day, and saw this as the perfect time to give him a little bit higher carbed food (9%, instead of the normal 5% or 7%) to see if I would be able to steer him with slightly higher carbed food. He did go up from 83 to 129, but I'm still not convinced that a 2% difference in carbs was the cause. I will test this a few more times, when I have the opportunity, because I have never seen any indication that Pumbaa is carb sensitive.
I was happy last night that, even though my cell phone alarm failed to wake me at PM +7, Pumbaa chattering (talking to me) woke me up at PM +9. He was in his normal spot on the pillow next to me, and maybe that was his way to let me know I needed to test him and make sure he ate. He and Larry (civvie) still had food out, but I crumbled some Stella & Chewy's freeze dried raw nuggets on top and Pumbaa gobbled that down. Then he also ate some cooked chicken I fed him. I knew his belly was full, and was able to go back to bed for 2 hours without worrying about testing him again. Didn't get much sleep though, because Pumbaa was in chattering and playing mode at that time. *LOL*
I have to explain Pumbaa and his "chattering". He was abandoned at my then-vet's office at about 4 weeks old, from what they could tell. One of the vet techs took care of him and brought him into the office every day, until I adopted him about 1-1/2 weeks later. Pumbaa spent the first 8 months of his life only having me to communicate with, and then having Beck (drooler) mother him. Pumbaa didn't know how to "meow". Instead, he emulated my speech patterns and would regularly talk back to me. I would say, "Pumbaa, I love you," and he would respond, "mrowmrow, mrow mrow mrow". He actually got the syllables correct! My mom came to visit from Chicago and she would crack up athow Pumbaa would talk to me! Not just to the "I love you" phrase, but others as well. Anyway, when Pumbaa was 8 months old, I got Larry as a companion for him, and Larry eventually taught Pumbaa how to communicate in "cat". But sometimes, Pumbaa still humours his mom and chatters away with me, like he did in the early morning hours, and throughout the day today.
Suze
NOTE: Pumbaa's SS is no longer in reverse order. And I reserve the right to whine about loading and scrolling time. ;-)
Pumbaa, being Pumbaa, didn't come down gently from his 367 bounce yesterday. Nope, he took the express elevator down from 263 at PM +3 to 77 at PM +9.
But he has had an wonderful AM cycle so far today. And once again, I'm praying that he becomes a member of the "Don't Gang," as in "Cats bounce until they don't."
I haven't been testing him at +2 very often, because historically, on Levemir, Pumbaa tends to go up at +2, and frequently doesn't start dropping down until after +4. This morning, because of the change in his patterns, I decided to get a +2 and was surprised that he had dropped. I was concerned that he would continue to drop throughout the day, and saw this as the perfect time to give him a little bit higher carbed food (9%, instead of the normal 5% or 7%) to see if I would be able to steer him with slightly higher carbed food. He did go up from 83 to 129, but I'm still not convinced that a 2% difference in carbs was the cause. I will test this a few more times, when I have the opportunity, because I have never seen any indication that Pumbaa is carb sensitive.
I was happy last night that, even though my cell phone alarm failed to wake me at PM +7, Pumbaa chattering (talking to me) woke me up at PM +9. He was in his normal spot on the pillow next to me, and maybe that was his way to let me know I needed to test him and make sure he ate. He and Larry (civvie) still had food out, but I crumbled some Stella & Chewy's freeze dried raw nuggets on top and Pumbaa gobbled that down. Then he also ate some cooked chicken I fed him. I knew his belly was full, and was able to go back to bed for 2 hours without worrying about testing him again. Didn't get much sleep though, because Pumbaa was in chattering and playing mode at that time. *LOL*
I have to explain Pumbaa and his "chattering". He was abandoned at my then-vet's office at about 4 weeks old, from what they could tell. One of the vet techs took care of him and brought him into the office every day, until I adopted him about 1-1/2 weeks later. Pumbaa spent the first 8 months of his life only having me to communicate with, and then having Beck (drooler) mother him. Pumbaa didn't know how to "meow". Instead, he emulated my speech patterns and would regularly talk back to me. I would say, "Pumbaa, I love you," and he would respond, "mrowmrow, mrow mrow mrow". He actually got the syllables correct! My mom came to visit from Chicago and she would crack up athow Pumbaa would talk to me! Not just to the "I love you" phrase, but others as well. Anyway, when Pumbaa was 8 months old, I got Larry as a companion for him, and Larry eventually taught Pumbaa how to communicate in "cat". But sometimes, Pumbaa still humours his mom and chatters away with me, like he did in the early morning hours, and throughout the day today.
Suze
