2-8 Sneakers- dosing question

[hmjohnston]

I see a lot of pink and yellow for the last 2 cycles with nary a red or black- not even with the fur shot last night which was surprising. I do know to keep this for the week and see what numbers continue to come up.

I know the yellow/blues are good to shoot for so that would mean raising it again to see if they continue to drop, right?

Thanks.

 

[Sue and Oliver (GA)]

What a nice amps this morning! Yes, I would stay with the dose a few more cycles. She may be a kitty who takes a lot of cycles to settle into a dose. That's good information to have.

Generally, we say a cat is regulated who is in the 200 range at preshot and in the double digits at nadir, but not down as low as 40. So that could be your first goal. I would say you are getting there.

 

[dmartini4]

Sneakers is starting to look good on the 1.75
I would definatlely hold there for at least a week to see how this trend continues

 

[Lisa & Jax]

Wow. What a diference the 1.75 is making! Sneakers seems to do good on this dose and he may settle into the shot and go lower. Nice cycle!

 

[hmjohnston]

That is what I have been thinking. I am starting to get the feel for it .

At least I don't have her on 4u anymore! And she does take a while to settle down- my little crawl baby. Or would that be creepy baby since she basically creeps by?

I've got to think about a pet sitter for when I am out in March. Since the vet would charge me $20 to board a diabetic cat plus $11 to do her bg level each time (and will feed her dry cat food as it is easier on them) it might be more cost effective to just ask a friend to stay over for a week.

 

[donnahc]

You had a decent amps today, so maybe keep the dose until the weekend then raise a little if things stay in the pinks for you. But, if things stay in the yellows then maybe you can hang at 1.75 for awhile and see if the numbers come down on their own. Esp since you show trace ketones, I would think that is another reason to consider an increase as long as Sneakers is in safe numbers to do so.

Heather I am no dosing person, so others should definitely weigh in on this, but you have held your dose for 5 cycles now, and if Sneakers were my cat I would probably think about increasing IF the numbers stay in the 300s. You just want to be around to watch how things go during the day when you raise...if at all possible.

My five cents. What do others think? What do you think Heather?

 

[hmjohnston]

Since tomorrow is my long day- home at 8:30-9pm I won't be changing anything until Friday when I can get home at my normal time.

Your right, the only thing that does worry me is the ketones right now- but she is not lethargic and is eating great- I'm keeping track of her food in the column over and finally figured out how to get it to transfer over (I'm slow, but not a dunce!). So I will have a record of the intake she has- not only amount but types. I think she settled herself down to 6.5 oz. Of course, if I fed her straight FF she would eat as much as I would open :lol: as she can be a pig on that seafood.