Re: 9/3/13 Angie PMBG=101 +1.5=146 +6=119
Just to add to Libby's post, what she's suggesting is that you try to get some food into Angie later in the cycle -- after what would be her nadir. With a cat that's getting closer to remission, the pancreas is increasingly producing it's own insulin. When you feed, the pancreas is stimulated to produce insulin and, as a result, numbers come down. Since you're still seeing pre-shot numbers that are higher than your mid-cycle numbers, the idea is to spread out Angie's food throughout the cycle and use food during the latter portion of the cycle to help bring the numbers down at pre-shot time.
If getting up to give Angie a snack at +8 or so is too disruptive, one thing you can do is, like Libby suggested, feed before you go to bed. A timed feeder may also be a means of being sure there's food available. Another alternative is to make "catsickles." You add sufficient water to LC cat food to make it soupy and then freeze the mixture. I use ice cube trays to freeze the food so it's portioned. You can then leave a few of the cubes out.
It also sounds like you may be underfeeding Angie. She's getting roughly 80g (2.8 oz) of food daily? That's less than one small can of food. Dr. Lisa uses the following formula to calculate the approximate number of calories per day that a cat needs:
Required calories per day = [13.6 X optimal lean body weight in pounds] + 70
For a 10lb cat, you would want to be feeding around 200 calories per day. Raw food is around 34 calories per ounce (28.35g). What your currently feeding is about 95 calories per day. That's about half of what Angie should be eating if my numbers are correct -- and obviously, if Angie weighs less than 10 lbs, my numbers could be way off!
