Lisa & Mary
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Mary is the diabetic cat of the bonded pair I'm fostering for DCIN. Her previous vet had her on primarily dry (Royal Canin DM) and had been continually increasing her insulin but wasn't able to get her blood sugars under control -inculcated her spreadsheet with her glucose readings and insulin doses since she was diagnosed in Oct 2010. Her owner was diligently following the vets advice despite serious health issues of her own but unfortunately the vet didn't appear to know what they were doing and from the numbers I think they could have got her into remission if they'd switched her to wet food back in Nov 2010. Grrrr......
When the girls first arrived they were scared and hissy after their long trip. I managed to do Mary's injection when she first arrived on Monday morning but she was too scared/hissy in the evening so I made an appointment with my vet the next morning so she could get her shot, a spot check on her glucose level and something to help calm her down for the next few days. She'd been really interested in the wet food so in the evening I offered as much Fancy Feast as she would eat and she completely ignored the dry once she had free access to wet. So she is now 100% on wet
Anyway at the vet after 26 hours with no insulin and eating just wet, Mary had a blood glucose of only 254. We were originally planning to restart her Lantus at 1u BID but given this we adjusted that to 0.5u BID.
Home testing is still impossible as she is too stressed and I think it'll be a while until I can start. I got some Purina Glucotest packs that I can mix in her cat litter so I can get some basic urine glucose testing. It is basically a pack of the reagent paper bits usually on the end of the urine glucose test strips. There's a bunch in a sealed pack that you mix in with the litter and when your cat pees you look for what colour they changed to. So it has all the normal drawbacks of testing glucose via urine vs blood but it is a good stress free option for Mary to start with. I just added it to the litter so I'll add the results to her spreadsheet as I get them in lieu of BG readings.
I've got the vet techs who pet sit for me doing the insulin shots for the next couple of days so I am not seen as the "bad guy" while I'm trying to win her trust.
Mary has diabetic neuropathy as you can see in this video of her walking at the vets yesterday. Venita recommended a brand of methyl B12 so I'm now adding that to her food.
She's the opposite of Mooch who was a kibble junky for the first month but at home and smoochy the second her arrived. I'm really glad she took to wet so fast and am hoping to get some Mary smooches soon. I'm going to talk to the DCIN behaviourist tomorrow to discuss how to help Mary & her sister Rhoda settle in.
Lisa & Mary
When the girls first arrived they were scared and hissy after their long trip. I managed to do Mary's injection when she first arrived on Monday morning but she was too scared/hissy in the evening so I made an appointment with my vet the next morning so she could get her shot, a spot check on her glucose level and something to help calm her down for the next few days. She'd been really interested in the wet food so in the evening I offered as much Fancy Feast as she would eat and she completely ignored the dry once she had free access to wet. So she is now 100% on wet
Anyway at the vet after 26 hours with no insulin and eating just wet, Mary had a blood glucose of only 254. We were originally planning to restart her Lantus at 1u BID but given this we adjusted that to 0.5u BID.
Home testing is still impossible as she is too stressed and I think it'll be a while until I can start. I got some Purina Glucotest packs that I can mix in her cat litter so I can get some basic urine glucose testing. It is basically a pack of the reagent paper bits usually on the end of the urine glucose test strips. There's a bunch in a sealed pack that you mix in with the litter and when your cat pees you look for what colour they changed to. So it has all the normal drawbacks of testing glucose via urine vs blood but it is a good stress free option for Mary to start with. I just added it to the litter so I'll add the results to her spreadsheet as I get them in lieu of BG readings.
I've got the vet techs who pet sit for me doing the insulin shots for the next couple of days so I am not seen as the "bad guy" while I'm trying to win her trust.
Mary has diabetic neuropathy as you can see in this video of her walking at the vets yesterday. Venita recommended a brand of methyl B12 so I'm now adding that to her food.
She's the opposite of Mooch who was a kibble junky for the first month but at home and smoochy the second her arrived. I'm really glad she took to wet so fast and am hoping to get some Mary smooches soon. I'm going to talk to the DCIN behaviourist tomorrow to discuss how to help Mary & her sister Rhoda settle in.
Lisa & Mary
