Jeanette & Sawyer
Member Since 2023
Hi all new here. My Sawyer was recently diagnosed with diabetes with a glucose level of over 600 at his vet visit in oct. since then he has had two glucose curves done and his insulin has been adjusted accordingly. At the first one in November, his levels were still over 400 so they upped him to 1.5 units of vetsulin, And the last one early December he had dropped down to 30 over the course of the day so they reduced it back down to one unit twice a day. Went in today and got the fructosiline(?) Test done, and we should have results in a day or two.
Sawyer is a neutered male eight years old black and white tuxedo, has always been a big boy weigh in about 12 pounds this summer he started rapidly losing weight. He is an indoor outdoor cat usually coming in at night, but being outside all day. Has always had free reign to dry food and has always been healthy. I thought his weight loss just had to do with the summer heat, but he started getting too skinny in my opinion so off to the vet we went in October. Since his diagnosis he has become a total indoor cat which he is not real happy with, but is adjusting OK. His weight at that first vet check in October was just above 8 pounds. Today at the vet he was just over 9.5 lbs so he is gaining some weight back. The first month they put him on the Hills science diet wd. But then I found wet food is better for diabetic cats so he now eats strictly tiki cat and I think that has helped to put weight back on him it is obviously helping his glucose levels as he had such a drastic drop from the 1st to 2nd glucose curves.
Right now I am trying to figure out by his actions when he is too low or too high he has some days where he is aggressively, hungry, and other days where he is his normal calm self and I can't figure out which is which. I have been lurking here for a couple weeks since I found you, And asked the vet about home monitoring which she discouraged but I think I need to do it anyway I have not yet bought a monitor for him and came in today to ask more questions about just that.
I am trying to read old threads before I ask questions, though
Sawyer is a neutered male eight years old black and white tuxedo, has always been a big boy weigh in about 12 pounds this summer he started rapidly losing weight. He is an indoor outdoor cat usually coming in at night, but being outside all day. Has always had free reign to dry food and has always been healthy. I thought his weight loss just had to do with the summer heat, but he started getting too skinny in my opinion so off to the vet we went in October. Since his diagnosis he has become a total indoor cat which he is not real happy with, but is adjusting OK. His weight at that first vet check in October was just above 8 pounds. Today at the vet he was just over 9.5 lbs so he is gaining some weight back. The first month they put him on the Hills science diet wd. But then I found wet food is better for diabetic cats so he now eats strictly tiki cat and I think that has helped to put weight back on him it is obviously helping his glucose levels as he had such a drastic drop from the 1st to 2nd glucose curves.
Right now I am trying to figure out by his actions when he is too low or too high he has some days where he is aggressively, hungry, and other days where he is his normal calm self and I can't figure out which is which. I have been lurking here for a couple weeks since I found you, And asked the vet about home monitoring which she discouraged but I think I need to do it anyway I have not yet bought a monitor for him and came in today to ask more questions about just that.
I am trying to read old threads before I ask questions, though
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