Mandarin'sMom
Member Since 2014
Last condo (from two days ago)
Good morning, L&LL
What a week! In what was probably the world's worst scheduling decision, I got new windows installed yesterday - after being out of town for two days. My poor animals can't wait for their life to return back to normal.
My original plan was to move the cats into my basement for the day and put the dogs into the garage. Little did I know that the temps would be in the 30s and that we would get 2 inches of snow.... so the dogs stayed inside and got to bark for 12 hours. The cats also didn't approve of my decision at all. Sparrow panicked when I tried to put her into a carrier to take her downstairs, which somehow inspired Capone to attack Walter. After that, no one wanted to cooperate anymore and Mandarin basically went back to being feral. I eventually managed to pick him up, but he did a number on my arm (I'm pretty sure it was "just" his claws, not a bite, but my arm is still red and swollen).
Now let's hope that we will finally get some spring-like weather soon so that the cats will actually get to enjoy the new windows. My house is 70 years old and the old windows were original to the house. Half of them didn't open at all and the other half only opened when it wasn't too humid out.
Not surprisingly, Walter's numbers have been all over the place. Since I figured that I would't be able to test much, I kept him on a reduced dose yesterday (after reducing the dose from 2.25 to 1.5 for my pet-sitter, I went with 1.75 yesterday). He spent the day in the 300s, which was to be expected, but then he started dropping pretty fast after his PM shot (STILL at the reduced dose). This morning, he started with a 62 pre-shot. Since I will be home all day and can monitor, I gave him a shot. But I have no clue what to make of all of this.
So, here's the question: Do I continue with 1.75 U and see where that takes him? Or, since he technically hasn't earned a reduction, do I take him back up to 2.25? We are now three weeks post-dental and that might certainly explain his lower numbers. But, then again, last year, I gave him several reductions close together and had to take him way back up the dosing scale. Suggestions would be appreciated!
Good morning, L&LL
What a week! In what was probably the world's worst scheduling decision, I got new windows installed yesterday - after being out of town for two days. My poor animals can't wait for their life to return back to normal.
My original plan was to move the cats into my basement for the day and put the dogs into the garage. Little did I know that the temps would be in the 30s and that we would get 2 inches of snow.... so the dogs stayed inside and got to bark for 12 hours. The cats also didn't approve of my decision at all. Sparrow panicked when I tried to put her into a carrier to take her downstairs, which somehow inspired Capone to attack Walter. After that, no one wanted to cooperate anymore and Mandarin basically went back to being feral. I eventually managed to pick him up, but he did a number on my arm (I'm pretty sure it was "just" his claws, not a bite, but my arm is still red and swollen).
Now let's hope that we will finally get some spring-like weather soon so that the cats will actually get to enjoy the new windows. My house is 70 years old and the old windows were original to the house. Half of them didn't open at all and the other half only opened when it wasn't too humid out.
Not surprisingly, Walter's numbers have been all over the place. Since I figured that I would't be able to test much, I kept him on a reduced dose yesterday (after reducing the dose from 2.25 to 1.5 for my pet-sitter, I went with 1.75 yesterday). He spent the day in the 300s, which was to be expected, but then he started dropping pretty fast after his PM shot (STILL at the reduced dose). This morning, he started with a 62 pre-shot. Since I will be home all day and can monitor, I gave him a shot. But I have no clue what to make of all of this.
So, here's the question: Do I continue with 1.75 U and see where that takes him? Or, since he technically hasn't earned a reduction, do I take him back up to 2.25? We are now three weeks post-dental and that might certainly explain his lower numbers. But, then again, last year, I gave him several reductions close together and had to take him way back up the dosing scale. Suggestions would be appreciated!
