? 8/11 Ivy AMPS 323, +1.5 242, +2 213 +3 144, +5 165, +8 231, PMPS 270, +166 Manage Fast Drops?

Staci & Ivy

Staci & Ivy

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https://felinediabetes.com/FDMB/thr...0-279-pmps-380-2-379-fast-drop-bounce.280370/
Good morning,
Day 3 of increased dose 2.5 units Lantus.

We are having another bounce break morning. (So far a repeat of yesterday at +2.)
Ivy broke a bounce at am +2-3 yesterday, then went up all rest of day.

@Sienne and Gabby (GA) you mentioned giving “higher carb” when she drops fast, so I just added a tsp of FF mc 15% & 2 drops karo mixed into her regular mc 12% lamb diet snack for +2.
Seem ok????

Yesterday at am +10 she began to drop so I fed a tsp of FF 13% mc and a few drops karo (about 2 hours prior to feed/shot time) to try to keep from diving preshot.
Question :
**What is the latest time before a feed/ shot I can give her a tsp of food & (or karo) to try to stop her drop so she doesn’t go so low that I can’t give her her insulin???
She’s a real bouncer as we know.
@Wendy&Neko @carfurby (GA) @Ale & Bobo & Minnie (GA)

 
I wouldn’t be resorting to Karo unless she’s going under 70. 213 is a perfectly safe and actually high number. If you want to slow down the drop, I’d just give her regular low carb food.

are you posting on the Lantus forum too?
 
:)
Ale & Bobo & Minnie (GA) said:
I wouldn’t be resorting to Karo unless she’s going under 70. 213 is a perfectly safe and actually high number. If you want to slow down the drop, I’d just give her regular low carb food.

are you posting on the Lantus forum too?
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Hi Ale, I’ve been told to use karo and “higher” medium carb food to try to slow the drastic drops.
I know the numbers aren’t super low, it’s about the fast, deep dives I’m trying to find out how to slow them down.
This was my post on Lantus board.
 
Staci & Ivy said:
:)
Hi Ale, I’ve been told to use karo and “higher” medium carb food to try to slow the drastic drops.
I know the numbers aren’t super low, it’s about the fast, deep dives I’m trying to find out how to slow them down.
This was my post on Lantus board.
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Ah sorry I missed that just saw the tag. Okay, I’ll let Sienne chime in then :)
 
Nice blues. I hope she doesn't bounce tonight.
Staci & Ivy said:
**What is the latest time before a feed/ shot I can give her a tsp of food & (or karo) to try to stop her drop so she doesn’t go so low that I can’t give her her insulin???
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It depends on how sensitive she is to food. I wouldn't give karo close to shot time. You would most likely want to stick with low carb food so her number is not food influenced. A lot of people withhhold food in the 2 hour time window before shot time.
 
carfurby (GA) said:
Nice blues. I hope she doesn't bounce tonight.

It depends on how sensitive she is to food. I wouldn't give karo close to shot time. You would most likely want to stick with low carb food so her number is not food influenced. A lot of people withhhold food in the 2 hour time window before shot time.
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It was a nice blue stretch today. Looks like we may do another dip tonight. We are at + 4 and she’s been dropping and bobbling all evening so far. I don’t think we are done the drop yet.

Ivy isn’t very sensitive to carbs. Low carbs do nothing to bring her up. I’m feeding her a 12.5% homemade diet since her original 6% recipe wasn’t doing anything to bring her up.

I do try to withhold food 2 hours prior to feeding and shot time. But since she tends to dive fast and very low before the next shot time I wondered if there’s anything I should do to slow her drop. I can’t seem to get an answer to that question.
 
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