6/21 kit relion. AMPS 233, +3 272, +6 240, +9 219, PMPS 210, +2 239, +4 249

JOJI and Kit

JOJI and Kit

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day 15 in kit's switch to lantus/relion from prozinc/alphatrak2
day 2 of 3 for refilling the depot from previous BCS

over the last few days it looks like kit has been shifting a bit to a morning eater.

for example, last night we had to encourage her to eat a main meal by adding some FF salmon and a little bit of human turkey. she seemed happy to eat those! maybe we're being played ;)
we left a mini meal out together w main meal leftovers, but pulled it up in the wee hours untouched.

this morning, she was ready to eat and happily had her usual main meal. @AM+1.5 she got all the leftovers from last pm. all together, this pretty much equals what a typical morning of calories/carbs would be. hooray!

summing it up:
appetite good in the morning, but a acting fussy in the evening.
thoughts?

oh, and in other updates: neg for ketones yesterday based on urine.

have a great day everybody,
^jw
 
Maybe appetite also is related to regulation. My cat was ravenously hungry as one of his symptoms of being an unregulated diabetic. When we had tighter regulation, he would often graze but not finish meals. He tended to wake up hungry for his AMps ( maybe part of that natural sugar fluctuation overnight) and eat through the +3/+4 part of the cycle- then seem less hungry until that same part of the cycle in the evenings.
I'm not sure if now that your kitty is starting to level out- she's not as hungry as you remember her being when she was prediabetic and newly diagnosed....? Cats are often diabetic for some time before diagnosis.
I would note it- which it seem like you are ;)and just see if with better numbers her weight holds. If not, you'll have data and can make sure nothing else is going on.
Now...refusing to eat and seeming "off"/ depressed is a whole different story, but being less crazy about frequent meals...seems like part of the process to me maybe.
 
Just a note
If Kit stays this flat, you could increase sooner than you are planning.
In your post here , you asked about resetting the 7 day count at 4.25u and it was suggested that you didn't necessarily have to restart it.
:)
 
Si am cat mom said:
being less crazy about frequent meals...seems like part of the process to me maybe.
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thanks for the post on kit's appetite. it's so helpful to get notes from other people's experiences.
today we're trying to put a few more of her calories into the AM when she seems most interested in eating. for example, we would normally try to not feed beyond AM+6, but she had other ideas so she got a mini meal at +6.75 and enjoyed it! now to see how that impacts her desires come PMPS ...

Si am cat mom said:
4.25u and it was suggested that you didn't necessarily have to restart it.
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and thanks for the follow-up on the reset counter and keeping an eye on us! it's so easy to lose track of all the important notes.

in that post, wendy suggested 3 days to let the depot build with a curve on 22jun. currently, that's our plan. barring any kit tricks before then, of course ;)

hope you're having a good day, ^jw
 
carfurby said:
I think once a cat gets into better numbers they don't eat as much. Their bodies process the food better and they aren't ravenous.
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well switching to a human meter definitely makes her numbers look better ;)
the positive thing is that she overall seems to have an appetite.
and right now she's having sun-kissed-lazy-time-in-a-breezy-doorway and getting belly rubs. so there's also that to be happy about. :cat:

hope you and furball are having a good day. ^jw
 
oh, 210! so close!

we really thought we'd be shooting into blue this PM. funny, now that she's not showing us, we arent feeling so chicken.
well, maybe she'll do something cool during the PM cycle....:cool:

have a good evening everybody, ^jw
 
Lots of pictures of my gardens in this thread, from over in the Community and Off Topic forum.
2020 Gardens

My gardens are why I'm not to be found on the message board much this time of year, unless it's after dark. Need to leave SOME time for the raccoons to raid my bird feeders and mess up the bird baths and dig up all the moss.

How is JO doing?
 
Deb & Wink said:
Lots of pictures of my gardens in this thread, from over in the Community and Off Topic forum.
2020 Gardens

My gardens are why I'm not to be found on the message board much this time of year, unless it's after dark. Need to leave SOME time for the raccoons to raid my bird feeders and mess up the bird baths and dig up all the moss.

How is JO doing?
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glad you’re gardening! i will go look for your posts in garden thread. and, good of you to let the other animals do their night jobs ;) everybody needs purpose.

jo is doing well and working long days at the day job garden.
 
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