12/28 Kitkat AMPS 122,PMPS 88,+1 115, +2 146, +4 112

[Melinda and Kitkat]

https://www.felinediabetes.com/FDMB...-94-pmps-113-2-106-4-103.272301/#post-3028978
Good Morning.

 

[Christie & Maverick]

Morning! Steady as you go, Kitkat , hope you can get a cat nap in today

 

[Christie & Maverick]

Nice +7

 

[Diane Tyler's Mom GA]

 

[Melinda and Kitkat]

Thankyou both! Proud mama here! Not quite green, but so close. I now appreciate this "nice flat curve" theory.

Steady as you go, Kitkat , hope you can get a cat nap in today

I'm happy to just get in some long delayed housework , lol. And remember to take my Blood pressure meds . A good thing we haven't had many recent visitors! ha!
Will try and poke him again around +9 maybe, just for the data point?

 

[Bron and Sheba (GA)]

Looking good and being able to shoot both cycles now continually is progress.
I can see you are an old hand at testing now.
You will be able to tell new members it is definitely possible to home test!

 

[Melinda and Kitkat]

+9 good as well, this is so nice.!

You will be able to tell new members it is definitely possible to home test!

Not sure if it's my place to do so yet lol, but I am definitely an advocate for the "you'll get there!!!!" team.

 

[Bron and Sheba (GA)]

Not sure if it's my place to do so yet lol, but I am definitely an advocate for the "you'll get there!!!!" team.

Absolutely you can support new members. Telling them your experiences gives them hope to keep trying. No one expects new members to be giving advice, but support is something that you can do. You’ll find new members on the main health page

 

[Melinda and Kitkat]

Telling them your experiences gives them hope to keep trying. No one expects new members to be giving advice, but support is something that you can do.

Ok, I can do that for sure Social media noob me!
I am blessed to be recently semi-retired with the ability to choose work when I want. (Kitkat sure has perfect timing!!) Hence I have done little else besides pour over everything on this site (and many of the forums), reading many of other people's stories and challenges, we're all in the same boat at onset. . Husband Matt now says "Not everything's about the cat", my reply.... "Wha?????" lol.
I'd be honoured to help support others, I know it has been and still is such a great comfort for me

 

[Melinda and Kitkat]

Yikes, am I shotting my first green already?

 

[Bron and Sheba (GA)]

Yikes, am I shotting my first green already?

You can stall if you want to and see if it goes up a bit.

 

[Melinda and Kitkat]

My thinking is to give him the shot, since he is close, he's been all over me for food this last 2 hrs, so I would like to feed. Right now he got a couple purebites for the test. I am comfortable to shoot,,, and no problem to test again in 20/ and/or for much of the night tonight. I got med carb,etc, and can monitor him close.
Would you agree with giving him shot now? And if so, recommended retest times if you will?

 

[Melinda and Kitkat]

He's been a good happy cat all day, and i understand it's a tiny dose, that makes me very comfortable.

 

[Bron and Sheba (GA)]

Would you agree with giving him shot now? And if so, recommended retest times if you will?

Yes, shoot now.
Get a +1 and a +2 so we can catch any trend downwards. We don’t want him to drop under 70 and get a reduction yet.
Do you have any higher carb low carb food around 8%?

 

[Melinda and Kitkat]

Do you have any higher carb low carb food around 8%?

Yes, will shoot then followup momentarily

 

[Melinda and Kitkat]

Hi, thanks Bron,
ok. shot given, food given. I have ff tuna in gravy @6% (highest for low-med) and have 13% salmon.
(Will do a shop tomorrow to restock again for extra assortment)

 

[Bron and Sheba (GA)]

Hi, thanks Bron,
ok. shot given, food given. I have ff tuna in gravy @6% (highest for low-med) and have 13% salmon.
(Will do a shop tomorrow to restock again for extra assortment)

Ok. Get a +1 and post and then we can decide what % snack we give him. I just don’t want him to drop under 70. How does that sound.?

 

[Melinda and Kitkat]

That sounds brilliant, my guru. Will do. And thankyou

 

[Bron and Sheba (GA)]

You have been awarded the balls of steel award for shooting your first green preshot

 

[Melinda and Kitkat]

Woot woot! hahahahahaaaa. I will hang them near my bedside table..... fall asleep nicely knowing this is gonna be the key to Sir Snoresalot, Chubbychubbs, punkin, My Cat, Mr McSneezypants......aka Kitkat's rest of his healthier life !

 

[Christie & Maverick]

Yay! First green preshot ! Getting a +1 is a good idea to get a feel for how much food bump he’s getting, hope you have a nice steady cycle.

 

[Melinda and Kitkat]

Ok. Get a +1 and post and then we can decide what % snack we give him. I just don’t want him to drop under 70.

He came up nicely. will still do +2. Looks like a carb snack right now is not needed?
Only minor side effect was some cute kitty hiccups after he wolfed down his dinner. lol And ps...along with his other names he also answers to "Kitkat Doggie".

Yay! First green preshot ! Getting a +1 is a good idea to get a feel for how much food bump he’s getting, hope you have a nice steady cycle.

Right, that makes perfect sense , thankyou. He got about 4 Purebites for the test and 1/2 can FF flaked Tuna (5% carb) as his dinner.

 

[Bron and Sheba (GA)]

I see +1 115 , so a bit of a food bump which is good. I think I’d wait until +2 for a snack. Looking good.

 

[Melinda and Kitkat]

Righty-O Bron, thanks

 

[Christie & Maverick]

That’s a good little food bump , I don’t think a snack is needed now, glad to see there are more zoomies

 

[Melinda and Kitkat]

That’s a good little food bump , I don’t think a snack is needed now, glad to see there are more zoomies

Thankyou Christie, and I've been using the remarks column in SS to track his progress and trying not to be too wordy about it,lol . It's a good record for me and hopefully helpful to you all who are keeping an eye on Kitkat with me.
He had a bit of a jump now at his +2, but ok rise, correct? (from 115(+1) to 146(+2))

 

[Bron and Sheba (GA)]

I see +2 146.
Looks like he is bouncing a little bit from the green preshot which is perfectly normal.

 

[Bron and Sheba (GA)]

Did you mean to put the 146 in the +3 column….I thought it was +2.?

 

[Melinda and Kitkat]

Thanks Bron, good to know.
A few further tests tonight recommended? I will do +4 for sure, can do more depending on numbers.

Did you mean to put the 146 in the +3 column….I thought it was +2.?

Oops, yes, corrected, it was the +2

 

[Bron and Sheba (GA)]

A few further tests tonight recommended? I will do +4 for sure, can do more depending on numbers.

Yes I’d get a +4 as he could well drop back down. He’s a very steady fellow though. So far no huge jumps or drops like many kitties do.
Just feed him low carb snacks when you normally do.
You are both doing well.

 

[Melinda and Kitkat]

He’s a very steady fellow though

So who's my boy??? Kitkat's my darling boy! +4 is 112. He sure IS slow and steady!
Gonna give 2nd dinner now (1/2 can FF) and let him be for the night.
I am not going to put out the 1/8 kibble (DM dry) tonight (first time in awhile) just to see if he let's us sleep most of the night. He truly is adjusting to the new meal schedule fairly well, ( dry food addict/ free feeding/ nibbling all day/ complaining when dish was low, it neednt even be empty) and so for his sake I will give the empty dish a go. It's worth an attempt

 

[Bron and Sheba (GA)]

Can you leave a bit of low carb out for him later or will he gobble it all up now?

 

[Melinda and Kitkat]

Well....... his newly-found wet low carb... he gobbles it up... BUT tonight he does have a smidge leftover which he will nibble later... so i put out a second dish of a few tsp of low carb Koha duck (which he likes as well). I have ALWAYS had that second little bowl of kibble at night set out,,,,and now my thinking is that I might just be able to trick his 'CatBrain' into thinking bowl 2 is for night nibbles, (it is just now low carb wet and not kibble). Gonna try it out, and maybe it will work.
either way, he will wake me when he's a starvin marvin.... and I will oblidge. I think it's worth a shot.
Hungry middle of the night Kitkat jumps on the bed and comes close to my face, sits, purrs, purrs louder,,waits, purrs louder, loud as possible, moves close as possible in your face cat, paws my shoulder, purrs, not the worst way to be woken.