3/11 Torky AMPS: 77, +3: 75, +6: 89. PMPS 80, +2: 91

[Irina and Torky]

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The stomatitis is giving us trouble again... last night Torky didn't eat his night meal. This morning he ate very little, I gave him 1.5 U (the numbers seem to increase slightly after the last reduction). Now (an hour and a half after the insulin he ate his first meal almost completely - after I gave him a dose of meloxycam/metacam- nonsteroidal).
Since I started the treatment for diabetes and other diseases, he has been eating quite well (that's how I was able to give him the medicines, incorporated in the food - if he doesn't eat, I can't treat him - if I give him the syringe, he spits half of it out). And he doesn't even drink water at all (apart from the one I put in his food) since his BG values dropped.

I don't know how long I will be able to take him on natural treatments for stomatitis and I am afraid that I will have to go back on steroids - at least from time to time (although they caused all the problems he has!). Which corticosteroids interact less with BG?
Thank you!!

 

[Bandit's Mom]

The stomatitis pain might be keeping his numbers higher. Does he need to get some teeth out? What does the vet say?

At lower numbers they do not feel as hungry or as thirsty as they did in high numbers.

ETA: He could still be bouncing from the 2 back to back cycles in lime. Let's see what he does today in terms of clearing the bounce.

 

[Irina and Torky]

He has no teeth extracted - but he lost all his teeth during this time (at least 3 canines). Unfortunately, dental X-rays are not done for animals anywhere in Romania. I did normal x-rays and the vet said that "maybe" there are still roots but they are not clearly visible - I don't think he would be able to remove them all if he doesn't know exactly where they are! And his general condition (and heart problems) does not really recommend anesthesia. Surgery would be a very big trauma with very little chance of success. There are no veterinarians specialized in dentistry here, as I see on the forum.

His inflammation is predominantly caudal - with the loss of the teeth, the actual inflammation of the gums has reduced, but the caudal one did not (and the caudal inflammation is the one that doesn't really go away even after FME).

I know that he no longer feels hungry and thirsty in small numbers, but it was so simple when he ate everything he got and drank water, without me running around the house after him with the food bowl!