9/7 Ivy amps 400, +2.25 337, +3.5 207, +6 205, +10 167, PMPS 193, +1 198, +2 154, +3 124, +4 170

[Staci & Ivy]

https://www.felinediabetes.com/FDMB...-396-2-5-197-3-176-4-107-5-169-10-355.281270/
AMPS 400, Bouncing high after last night’s dip into blues (Libre numbers). And yesterday am cycle also a blue stretch.

I expect another drop this am cycle. She clears bounces very fast.

Adding in lower carb food slowly. Tomorrow will change another snack to lower carb recipe.
Changing one snack/meal at a time slowly (every few days) to reduce her carbs and try lower carb recipe again (after 2 months on a 12.5% recipe).

Holding present dose 2.75 U Lantus since we are lowering carbs and she’s getting lots of action on this dose. If you think I’m holding dose incorrectly, please advise. I’m all ears.

Thanks and have a great Thursday.

 

[Jack & Mopem'sMom]

I'm so bad at the carb math....I see in your signature you are using homemade food....can you share the recipe? I am feeding Jack and the rest of the herd Friskies and 9 Lives based on the Dr Pierson PDF, but Jack is a JERK and won't just eat the pate, and insists on some kibble so he gets a mix of Elsey's protein and Ziwi peak air dried. It's been over a year of food fights with him, and now I have another (Pumpkin) that needs a special urinary diet because he had a complete blockage, but it seems he is allergic to the prescription urinary formulas. Pumpkin is going for allergy testing this weekend, but in the meantime I am going broke trying to feed everyone. I'm at the point where I'm thnking it's easier and cheaper and probably healthier if I just cook for them, so I'm asking people on the board what recipes they use. If I can get a low mineral additive then I can just feed them all the same thing even if I lose a few hours sleep every week on the prep. Long story, sorry....Hope Ivy does well with your changes...

 

[Staci & Ivy]

I'm so bad at the carb math....I see in your signature you are using homemade food....can you share the recipe? I am feeding Jack and the rest of the herd Friskies and 9 Lives based on the Dr Pierson PDF, but Jack is a JERK and won't just eat the pate, and insists on some kibble so he gets a mix of Elsey's protein and Ziwi peak air dried. It's been over a year of food fights with him, and now I have another (Pumpkin) that needs a special urinary diet because he had a complete blockage, but it seems he is allergic to the prescription urinary formulas. Pumpkin is going for allergy testing this weekend, but in the meantime I am going broke trying to feed everyone. I'm at the point where I'm thnking it's easier and cheaper and probably healthier if I just cook for them, so I'm asking people on the board what recipes they use. If I can get a low mineral additive then I can just feed them all the same thing even if I lose a few hours sleep every week on the prep. Long story, sorry....Hope Ivy does well with your changes...

Hi Christine, I’m sure you are going crazy with the diet. That makes everything more complicated
I hired a veterinarian/ nutritionist to formulate the recipes based on Ivy’s complicated medical conditions (includes ckd, Ibd) so I would think it may not be good to use the recipe for Jack if it would not be specifically for his situation. (Let me know what you think).
I would be happy to share her information with you if you think that would be something he would like to look into. This is the second nutritionist I have worked with and she’s very easy to work with and I meet with her online.

 

[Staci & Ivy]

+10 167 starting to drop now after a mostly stable day of yellow which followed a high bg red and pink early am. (Late nadir?)
Fed small snack of her lamb diet 12.5% food.
Wonder if it will be an active night, I think it just might be.

 

[Jack & Mopem'sMom]

Hi Christine, I’m sure you are going crazy with the diet. That makes everything more complicated
I hired a veterinarian/ nutritionist to formulate the recipes based on Ivy’s complicated medical conditions (includes ckd, Ibd) so I would think it may not be good to use the recipe for Jack if it would not be specifically for his situation. (Let me know what you think).
I would be happy to share her information with you if you think that would be something he would like to look into. This is the second nutritionist I have worked with and she’s very easy to work with and I meet with her online.

Thanks for this. I am waiting for his allergy test results to come back, vet said about 2 weeks to process, so if you wouldn't mind, I may send you a PM for more details on your nutritionist. Vet agreed that is the way to go. Thank you so much for sharing your experience.