5 hours after missed insulin dose

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Kdd921

Kdd921

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I overslept and my dad ended up feeding the cats but did not wake me up to
Give my cat insulin... I contemplated over doing it 2 hours after the normal dose but i figured shed be okay. Now she is howling, something she seems to do when her sugar is high. Should i feed her a small snack and give her half the dose of insulin i normally give? She gets 3 units at 6am and 2.5 at night. Help!!!! Thank you
 
Hello there

You could shoot the full dose now but then you would have to give her the next shot 12 hours from now which might mess with your schedule. But you could then move it back 15 minutes each time to your preferred time.

Two strong suggestions though:

1. You should really test before every single shot. She might not like it but she will get used to it. We have thousands of kitties on here who have, You just need to make sure you give her a good treat afterward. The worst thing you can do is shoot when she is low and give her a hypo but without testing how will you know?? (by the way the alphatrak is expensive - the human Walmart ReliOn brand is much cheaper and fairly reliable - its out by about 80 points but only at high BG - and really its the low BGs you care about)

2. Once you test more, get rid of the dry food. Its not good for her diabetes and can cause kidney problems down the road. Plus the Hills wet food you are feeding her is too high in carbs. You need something lower in carbs like Fancy feast classic pates, friskies pates or Wellness grain free.

If you take both these suggestions you will keep your cat safe, be better able to control her diabetes, save money (because science diet is more expensive) plus have a chance of Lyla going into remission!!

Wendy
 
Thanks for the feedback. I now give her a mix of wet and dry anf she is on a purina prescription diet. I was advised not to test her blood glucose everyday being a nurses aide i know certain risks but she does not like the testing one bit. I stay at home and am mostly always with her so if something isnt right i will know it, although i do understand if i give her insulin and not check there is a risk i could kill her. She calmed down when i layed with her so i decided to just not give her anything because if i did it would mess the schedule up tomorrow. Thanks so much i!
 
What risks of testing? Are they worse than death or seizures due to a hypo? I would be interested to hear what these are..

Many people here including me have been testing many times a day for years. We reckon any risk is better than the hypo.. And more than a few of us had a hypo happen before we started testing.. And so far I haven't run into any risks..

Let me know
 
I know i should test but its so difficult. She hisses tries to bite and wont sit still each time and i feel like i am torturing her
 
Home testing will help you, and help us to help you, to get your kitty better regulated, and also keep her safe.

Almost everyone has a hard time in the beginning in learning to home test. I know I was pretty freaked and upset and felt overwhelmed and frustrated when I first started. Eventually, you become good at it, and your cat gets used to it, and most cats here come running to us when it's test time because they get a treat or extra lovings at test time.
Most importantly, home testing can save your kitty's life. You wouldn't give your human child insulin without knowing what his or her blood sugar was. Secondly, if you know how your cat is doing with the current dose, what her nadir (lowest point) is, you can slowly adjust her insulin to help her to get regulated and to feel better, and she could possibly get off the insulin shots one day.

I am gone for 11 hours during the week, and so I set alarms and do a test in the middle of the night, on my work days, and I do curves during my weekends and other days I am home.
 
how many patients do not get a test before the nurses give insulin??

I am a nurse and I have NEVER given insulin without checking the blood sugar.
I would loose my job and it would be a malpractice law suit if something happened to that patient. why is your cat deserve anything less than those patients

not trying to cause trouble but there have been so many cats lives saved when people started testing. yes, it may be hard in the beginning and you may have to burrito your cat until she gets used to it but it can be done. as stated, many cats come running. I pick up the strips, shake the bottle and say time to test. they come running now. had 3 (now 2).

it is your cat and your cats life. the decision is, of course, yours.

Ps, there may be someone close to you who is willing to help you with learning how to test a finicky kitty.
it will get easier
 
We have hundreds of members on here, most test.. Many had problems at first and they all got over it. In fact if you read through some of the other posts in this forum you will see other new members all having different problems. It is very common....

Anyway here are some tips, note the ones at the bottom of the page for the more difficult cats..
http://felinediabetes.com/FDMB/viewtopic.php?f=9&t=88324


My bailey won't sit still either so I sit down and put him between my thighs and cross my legs so he is trapped. He stands there and gets poked and his shot and then gets his treat. The treat is key.
 
I'm going to have to second what the other ladies have told you about home testing...but I also want to add that with some cats you can watch them physically all day and not know they are running dangerously low...my Autumn on several occasions has tested in the 20s without any outward signs that she was that low, the only way I caught it was with a human glucometer.

Now Autumn was also adopted me as a diabetic and in the beginning she was NOT a pleasant cat to deal with, she didn't feel good, she didn't know me from Eve and she went from being an only cat on a farm to living in a house with 13 other cats and a large dog..To say she was a handful is a stating it lightly. But she will also crawl over broken glass for a bite of cooked or ever better raw chicken. So I just started rewarding her everytime we tested with bites of chicken before, during and after each test. She figured out pretty quickly that a small prick to the ear was well worth the yummy to die for treats. As she started feeling better her personality became more pleasant and now she comes running to be tested when she hears the meter beep on.

Mel, Maxwell, Autumn & The Fur Gang
 
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