2/29 Checkers pmps 467+2/383+/312

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Barb & Checkers (GA)

Barb & Checkers (GA)

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Good Morning LL

It was nice to see pink this morning, for a change. Did not get +1, for several reasons.
All is normal for Checks...eat, drink, eat some more, nap. Eat some more breffis, at +2.

After a long talk with DD about these hideous numbers of late, decided to go back to all Fancy Feast, and stop Wellness Chicken,for now.
Yesterday, I brought home the store-roasted chicken he loves. No sauce. I thought safe. I don't give him skin.

DD reminded me about all the crap that is injected in the meat :!: . I don't buy the deli sliced, for just that reason.
Looked on the label, and sure enough, it contains couple different sugars :shock:

I'm not going to poke him every hour today. It wasn't helping, and the stress was hurting me.

Now if only I could find out if it's only coincidence that his numbers go up, when he has cooked ground beef, which he loves.
 
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I hear you on the every hour tests. I keep hoping the more I test the more likely I'll get info I can actually use. It seems I've just gotten information that proves how confused I am. But I keep poking.
 
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Come on down Checkers! Interesting on the roasted chicken. I just boil chicken breasts, but Tarragon loves any of it and all of it. :lol: That is strange on ground beef. I give that to Tarragon whenever I make something with ground beef and it has never showed up in his BG. Hopefully it is just coincidence.

My new year's resolution this year was to stop stressing about numbers and look at how T is feeling. It is the only NYR I have ever kept. :lol: :lol: :lol: I know it is easy to get stressed about high numbers, but just look forward and not backward. Hugs to you Barb!!!
 
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Good luck on the fuds situation. Maggie's bg spiked on the Wellness Chicken. She seems to do okay on the Wellness Turkey. Have a nice day, Barb and Checkers.
 
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Checkers! Rupert misses you... come find him!

Rupert is super picky about treats now... hates the dried chicken/beef/shrimp stuff I found, I tried rehydrating it even! the only thing he really seems to go for is RAW ground beef. a few 'worms' of that when he gets his ear pokes seems to make him happy, and when he's really hungry I give him a dollop of that as well as his Merrick stuff.

Hopefully you figure out what's going on for Checkers! I'm assuming he doesn't have a tooth infection or anything like that going on? We originally took Rupert in because he did have a tooth flare up and that was when they diagnosed the diabetes. He was put on antibiotics in the meantime and it *seems* the infection has gone.. but if he keeps having weird spikes I will take him back in and see if he needs another extraction (he had to have one about 2 years ago).

gotta zip, Rupert is doing 'dying cat' routine on the sliding patio doors, I've given up trying to keep the muddy paw prints off them!!! Let me in!!!!

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Melissa, you're right on target about looking at whole cat. They are not just numbers! It has to be coincidence on the beef, but I am trying to remember what I was feeding, before we started this horrible bouncing lately. I cook chicken breasts also, and keep a baggie of pieces in the freezer. I just felt like buying cooked, yesterday. :smile:

Ann, interesting that Maggie also spiked on the chicken. My store doesn't carry the W Turkey, even tho I keep asking.

Linda, the hourly test, also proves how confused I am. :lol:
 
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Hi guys .. Sometimes I think we have to take a break from all the poking and just enjoy our kitties! I always find it so funny to read about kitties that like hooman fuds .. none of my cats have ever ate hooman fuds .. I think they would look at me like I was crazy if I was to hand them a pile of beef :lol: Have a great day guys!
 
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yay! Checkers! SEE, he DID miss Mr. Rupert!!! lets hope they stay on that floor all day now! and that Checkers doesn't feel the need to kerboing up the levels later on!!!
 
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Nice to see Checkers back in blue, very smart color on him! both Petsmart and Petco should have Wellness Turkey, if you have them anywhere nearby. It would be a bummer to order a whole case and have him snub it. Interesting on the W chicken spiking his numbers, Tess and several others just refuse to eat it even though she loves chicken.
 
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I think Rupert and Checkers must be playing tag now! all that exercise MUST be good for their numbers too!!!

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amps 370
+2/271
+3/158
+5/116
+6/196
+8/345

Okay, that's it for fresh beef! Even tho I've been saying it seems to raise his bg, I didn't really believe it.
I was hoping someone would tell me I was nuts, it isn't possible.

Yes, it could be coincidence, but after it happened again today....never again!
I know, he was already starting to rise, but I will always be suspicious of that jump from +6 to +8 now.

It was already cooked into crumbles from yesterday, that's why. :roll:
 
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you really think just plain beef could raise numbers??? interesting.....

and I think he just missed Rupert.. cos rupie is heading UP the floors again pretty rapidly now too. sigh. boys boys boys!
 
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Rainbow Checks!! Nice to see the 116! Just check with the food store & make sure the roasted store chickens have No sugar in them--OK?
Moonie has been on ff always & is doing pretty well... You always take such good care of Checkers, he is in Good Hands!! Hugs and Love from Us!!! :mrgreen:
 
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mps 370
+2/271
+3/158
+5/116
+6/196
+8/345
pmps 467

Oh well, we started out nicely today. Tomorrow will be better.....I insist :lol:
Tomorrow, no fuds that can be injected with anything. Oh wait, I boiled chicken breasts for him today, who knows what's in that. :roll:
Gonna go see what other kitties are doing tonight. :-D
 
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Hi Barb & Checks,

That was a nice +5 today, Checks. Now maybe tomorrow you will coast along in low blue/high green for a longer time.

Barb, I can just feel your frustration. Rusty has the same reaction to Wellness Chicken as Tess: he refuses to eat it. He loves the Wellness Turkey, however. I also have a few cans of By Nature Turkey and Turkey Liver (left over from Stu) and have been serving this to Rusty with success. He likes it a lot, but not all the time. I'm going to try to get some more; I think I can get it in NYC, since the stores up here don't carry it. Otherwise, it's always on sale at PetFoodDirect. I think you mentioned the other day that Checkers liked it (it is only 2% carbs; the Wellness Turkey--and Chicken--are both 4%).

Is it snowing there? It hasn't started yet here.

Enjoy the evening. I hope Checks comes down.

Ella & Rusty
 
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Thanks Ella. It helps to know that I'm not imagining that Checks may have been affected by the Wellness chicken.
DD noticed that he's been spiking since around the time he started on it. Too bad, 'cause he loves it.
Also, I'll make a note of the By Nature. I would have forgotten. That's a 45 minute drive to the farm store, but I can stock up, once there.
I always wondered how far a drive it is for you , to go to Plattsburg.

My poor DD who had to listen to my crying once again last night, has a more analytical mind than I, and had me digging the chicken wrapper out of the trash, for the label. Sure enough, sugars in it.

We had a good snow, for about en minutes, then it was nice enough for me to walk up the road today.
Gonna be Spring like next week. Nice for me.....I don't ski or snowshoe. My hubby did, I never did like winter sports.
 
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Checkers , Noooooooooooooo! Come back down!

The Merrick Before Grains Turkey has been accepted here too, it only has 1% carbs and is fairly low for phosphorus too. Have you thought about baking the chicken rather than boiling. Dr. Lisa used to recommend blanching the raw chicken for her recipe. Now she says that you lose more nutrients in the water so she recommends baking. I assume it would be even important for fully cooking it. Also if you are trying to get Checks to gain weight, thighs have more calories than breast meat.

I really think now that I have stopped varying Tess's food very much that she has evened out a lot.
 
Thanks on the baked chicken tip, Ann. I used to buy dark meat for him, then fogot about it, 'cause I don't like it.
You're right, I would love to put some weight back on him.
 
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