8/25 Nelli how often check for Ketones...

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As long as her numbers are running high, I'd test once a day.....after awhile, as long as the results are good, you can probably reduce how often you test.
 
Thanks Chris.
Does it matter at what time I test? In other words should I test at either AMPS or PMPS… Or does it not matter at what point in the day I do it.
 
Someone better versed than me will be along I am sure.

AFAIK. It is recommended that if your pusscat's BG readings are over the renal threshold that you test once a day to keep them safe. Having said that , if Ty appeared to be doing well overall I did not test daily.

I read on your SS that he has neuropathy.

I will also say that I have a very soft spot for old pusscats and he is lovely.
 
Krystina & Nelli said:
What number is considered BG reading “over renal threshold
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It's one of those ECID things....depending on the cat, it's generally anywhere between 200-280 but some cats can be over renal threshold when their blood glucose is as low as 150

The only way to know for sure where Nelli's threshold is would be to test her urine and her blood glucose often enough to find out at what point she starts to spill glucose into her urine
 
Chris & China said:
That's great.....The point where you'd really worry is over 2.4 (if I remember right.....I'll try to find the thread on blood ketone tests if nobody else finds it first)
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Makes me HaPpY your response!
Can kitties be in renal threshold, continue to ketone test @ 0.1... then “all of a sudden start throwing ketones o_O:nailbiting:?
 
Renal threshold and ketones are two separate things.

When the blood glucose is too high, the kidney's can't filter the sugar out of the blood so the extra glucose "spills over" into the urine.....that's why unregulated diabetics urine is so sticky and sweet smelling (it's also why they're so prone to UTI's...bacteria love all that sugar in the urine)

Ketones are produced when the body starts to burn fat for energy because there's not enough insulin to process glucose into energy. Think of it like this.....The cells of the body need glucose to live, but on every cell, there's a tiny lock. The "key" to this lock is insulin. Without the right amount of "keys", the glucose can't get past the "lock" and into the cell so the body looks for other sources of energy....it burns fat. But burning fat produces ketone bodies which, if they get high enough, start to "poison" the body.
 
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