8/24KahluaPMPS=77+2=109

Marje and Gracie said:
We should watch closely. She’s been at this dose for quite some time. Do you feed her consistently every day and every cycle?
Click to expand...
What are we watching for? I'm still sooo clueless! She has a very consistent schedule, I think. She gets 1 patty (ice cube size) at amps, if she's under 100 I check and give her half a patty at +2. Then she gets a 1/2 patty at +4, a full patty at +8. If she's above 100, I wait until +3 or +4 and give her the full patty. It allows her to drop down a bit before I feed her again. I felt like I was keeping her up with food at +2. PMPS is 1 patty and then at +2 she gets 1.5 patties to keep her from yelling at 4 a.m. Of course if she's dropping I keep checking and she gets freeze dried chicken treats. It seems to be working pretty well.......of course she is Kahlua!
 
Kahluasmom said:
What are we watching for? I'm still sooo clueless! She has a very consistent schedule, I think. She gets 1 patty (ice cube size) at amps, if she's under 100 I check and give her half a patty at +2. Then she gets a 1/2 patty at +4, a full patty at +8. If she's above 100, I wait until +3 or +4 and give her the full patty. It allows her to drop down a bit before I feed her again. I felt like I was keeping her up with food at +2. PMPS is 1 patty and then at +2 she gets 1.5 patties to keep her from yelling at 4 a.m. Of course if she's dropping I keep checking and she gets freeze dried chicken treats. It seems to be working pretty well.......of course she is Kahlua!
Click to expand...
Is there any way to drop the +8 feeding? Feeding after nadir often shortens insulin duration. Perhaps you could just give her a small zero carb treat of freeze dried chicken breast? I usually kept some freshly cooked chicken breast around to give Gracie she was hungry after nadir.

I also wonder if you can get a few days of a.m. cycle +10 BGs so we can see if she’s coming up and then getting a second dip or what she’s doing at the end of the cycle.
 
Marje and Gracie said:
Is there any way to drop the +8 feeding? Feeding after nadir often shortens insulin duration. Perhaps you could just give her a small zero carb treat of freeze dried chicken breast? I usually kept some freshly cooked chicken breast around to give Gracie she was hungry after nadir.

I also wonder if you can get a few days of a.m. cycle +10 BGs so we can see if she’s coming up and then getting a second dip or what she’s doing at the end of the cycle.
Click to expand...
I could try feeding her more at +4....that's lunch time. At night I feed her a bit more at +2 to hold her until morning. She is generally very hungry though. I'll try it! I can try the +10, but that's 6 a.m.ish and I can't go to bed until 11:30 p.m. due to the dog's med schedule. I will give it a try though!
 
Kahluasmom said:
I could try feeding her more at +4....that's lunch time. At night I feed her a bit more at +2 to hold her until morning. She is generally very hungry though. I'll try it! I can try the +10, but that's 6 a.m.ish and I can't go to bed until 11:30 p.m. due to the dog's med schedule. I will give it a try though!
Click to expand...
I don’t mean getting a +10 during the p.m. cycle which ends with AMPS. I mean getting the +10 two hours before PMPS. There’s no need to be up early to get it before AMPS.

I had an auto feeder I set up to give Gracie a snack at +9 in the pm cycle. Again…super LC. Possible to do that? It’s a long time between +2 and AMPS. Even my nondiabetic cats get fed a late night snack. It’s better for cats as they produce a lot of tummy acid if they get too hungry.
 
Marje and Gracie said:
I don’t mean getting a +10 during the p.m. cycle which ends with AMPS. I mean getting the +10 two hours before PMPS. There’s no need to be up early to get it before AMPS.

I had an auto feeder I set up to give Gracie a snack at +9 in the pm cycle. Again…super LC. Possible to do that? It’s a long time between +2 and AMPS. Even my nondiabetic cats get fed a late night snack. It’s better for cats as they produce a lot of tummy acid if they get too hungry.
Click to expand...
Oh goodness! I'm so focused on my sleep I just assumed it was in danger! 6 p.m. is totally doable!

I don't have an autofeeder, but I will look for one. I do give her a big fat chicken treat at 7 a.m., which is about +11.
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top