Dragonfly229
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I've been gone since noon. When I left, Linus was fine. I got in a hurry and ran out the door without a +3.5 test, but I had done a +2. He had an appetite this morning and was acting normal. Pierre was home from about 5:00 until 6:30, I asked him to try to get a test, he said as soon as he called him, Linus ran out the door.
When he got home at 8:45, he got a PMPS of 410. He couldn't get Linus to eat, not even trout. I got home about an hour later, Linus licked a little trout for me, but didn't eat any. Pierre went ahead and gave him 2u at 9:00, at 10:30 he is testing at 430. I added warm water to the food and he is still turning up his nose.
He keeps going back to the same spot and going to sleep. He's not talking to me, and barely purring.
No, I haven't gotten a ketone test - he isn't using his box because he can go outside. There was a wet spot this morning I stuck a test strip in, but I have no idea how old it was and it came back negative. His breath doesn't smell funny.
What should I do and how long should I wait? We are 30 miles from the nearest emergency vet. Can I call our vet first thing in the morning, or should I load him up and go to Boulder?
***UPDATE*** It's 11:45 pm. I gave him some water with a syringe, and he looked at me like I was crazy. I went into the laundry room and put some more water in the trout dish and gave him a bowl of spring water in case the well water is tasting funny. He licked some of the water out of the trout, and is now sitting in the kitchen grooming himself, so I guess he doesn't feel too awful. Just very weird that he's not eating. I'll check him through the night and update in the morning. I'm home tomorrow, so I can keep him inside and try to get a ketone test.
****UPDATE**** It's 11:55. All of a sudden after grooming himself, he's talking to me and demanding food. We went back to the food and he did eat some of both kinds that were there. BG is 197, so Jenn, you were right, it did drop. I'll still watch him tonight, but as of right now, chalk this up as a "HUH?" :?
When he got home at 8:45, he got a PMPS of 410. He couldn't get Linus to eat, not even trout. I got home about an hour later, Linus licked a little trout for me, but didn't eat any. Pierre went ahead and gave him 2u at 9:00, at 10:30 he is testing at 430. I added warm water to the food and he is still turning up his nose.
He keeps going back to the same spot and going to sleep. He's not talking to me, and barely purring.
No, I haven't gotten a ketone test - he isn't using his box because he can go outside. There was a wet spot this morning I stuck a test strip in, but I have no idea how old it was and it came back negative. His breath doesn't smell funny.
What should I do and how long should I wait? We are 30 miles from the nearest emergency vet. Can I call our vet first thing in the morning, or should I load him up and go to Boulder?
***UPDATE*** It's 11:45 pm. I gave him some water with a syringe, and he looked at me like I was crazy. I went into the laundry room and put some more water in the trout dish and gave him a bowl of spring water in case the well water is tasting funny. He licked some of the water out of the trout, and is now sitting in the kitchen grooming himself, so I guess he doesn't feel too awful. Just very weird that he's not eating. I'll check him through the night and update in the morning. I'm home tomorrow, so I can keep him inside and try to get a ketone test.
****UPDATE**** It's 11:55. All of a sudden after grooming himself, he's talking to me and demanding food. We went back to the food and he did eat some of both kinds that were there. BG is 197, so Jenn, you were right, it did drop. I'll still watch him tonight, but as of right now, chalk this up as a "HUH?" :?
He ate all of the trout overnight, and is now chowing down on some Grammy's Pot Pie. His BG at +9.75 is . . .