Pumbaa
Member Since 2012
Sorry...haven't had time for daily condo's, or even to read and catch up on posts. But the other night I did do major updates to Hobo's Guide to Nutritional Values in Cat Foods. Yea!
Pumbaa and work and life have been keeping me hopping! Pumbaa, especially, with his dives during the PM cycles, and with his back to being his normal, juvenile delinquent self! His night-time avoidance of getting tested, which causes me to chase him all over the house and try many ways of getting him out from under beds/futons/out of the litter box, etc., should make me appreciate the cardio exercise, no? *LOL* Below photo is Pumbaa in the box for my new office chair this afternoon. He must have climbed onto my stereo/music shelving to get in here, because there is no way he jumped in here from the ground!
Now that I have noticed another pattern, I'm sure he's going to change his dance. The pattern I noticed was that he would be dropping down in the blues and greens every other night, followed by a night cycle where he was still high and I could get some sleep.
I've been trying BJM's recommendation of giving Pumbaa an appetizer after I test him, and then feeding and shooting 15-20 minutes later, so that his body already has some calories to work on before getting his insulin, to try and slow down his dives, and hopefully also diminish the bounces. We shall see if this helps, as I started this practice just when his shed should have been emptying from the 2.25U dose to the 2.0U dose.
I've also added the %Kcal Protein/Fat/Carb values to his SS, in the "Foods" column, so that I can easily refer to the values of what he was fed and try to find a correlation to his BG levels. While FF Classics seem to have less carbs, overall (per Binkies list, which is not as current as I would like), Friskies Pate's are much more affordable and my cats have been eating Friskies for years, and they love them. I especially need to feed Friskies Pate's at night, when Pumbaa seems to dive more regularly (unless I am working nights, in which case he is contrary and dives during the day when I should be sleeping). Hahahahaha!
Oh, Pumbaa is now also trying to avoid injection time. I've had to add a little sprinkle of parmesan to his food at injection time to try and distract him more and more lately. He's a smart little guy, that is for sure! He was so much more pliable when he wasn't feeling as great/feisty as he does now! *LOL* But, I like him feeling better, even if it's harder on me.
Hope to catch up with all of the FDMB posts I've missed one of these days!
Suze
Pumbaa and work and life have been keeping me hopping! Pumbaa, especially, with his dives during the PM cycles, and with his back to being his normal, juvenile delinquent self! His night-time avoidance of getting tested, which causes me to chase him all over the house and try many ways of getting him out from under beds/futons/out of the litter box, etc., should make me appreciate the cardio exercise, no? *LOL* Below photo is Pumbaa in the box for my new office chair this afternoon. He must have climbed onto my stereo/music shelving to get in here, because there is no way he jumped in here from the ground!
Now that I have noticed another pattern, I'm sure he's going to change his dance. The pattern I noticed was that he would be dropping down in the blues and greens every other night, followed by a night cycle where he was still high and I could get some sleep.
I've been trying BJM's recommendation of giving Pumbaa an appetizer after I test him, and then feeding and shooting 15-20 minutes later, so that his body already has some calories to work on before getting his insulin, to try and slow down his dives, and hopefully also diminish the bounces. We shall see if this helps, as I started this practice just when his shed should have been emptying from the 2.25U dose to the 2.0U dose.
I've also added the %Kcal Protein/Fat/Carb values to his SS, in the "Foods" column, so that I can easily refer to the values of what he was fed and try to find a correlation to his BG levels. While FF Classics seem to have less carbs, overall (per Binkies list, which is not as current as I would like), Friskies Pate's are much more affordable and my cats have been eating Friskies for years, and they love them. I especially need to feed Friskies Pate's at night, when Pumbaa seems to dive more regularly (unless I am working nights, in which case he is contrary and dives during the day when I should be sleeping). Hahahahaha!
Oh, Pumbaa is now also trying to avoid injection time. I've had to add a little sprinkle of parmesan to his food at injection time to try and distract him more and more lately. He's a smart little guy, that is for sure! He was so much more pliable when he wasn't feeling as great/feisty as he does now! *LOL* But, I like him feeling better, even if it's harder on me.
Hope to catch up with all of the FDMB posts I've missed one of these days!
Suze
