JenM
Member Since 2013
I apologize for not being on much lately. Tink is doing EXCELLENT. Still diet controlled and almost never sees any BG#'s over 120. He's actually gotten a bit plump again, so I'm trying to monitor/isolate him at feeding so he doesn't steal others' food - my heaviest cat is now almost my lightest cat - which is ok, he needed to loose the weight... but he's physically disabled and wont stand up to another cat who pushes him away from his food. :YMSIGH:
Anyway... I have a question about behavior. Tink is normally a VERY laid back cat. He's always been shy with strangers and avoidant of new animal additions at first, but never aggressive. He does play from time to time, which is new since diagnosis & recovery from his DKA. He usually races through the house with the others once or twice a day, which I figure is good for exercise. He has a lobster plush toy that he carries around and howls with - usually in the evening. Not sure what that's about... but whatever. :lol: But my CONCERN, is that several times now he's gotten downright aggressive with my female cat. Everyone is fixed, but we've only one female. Normally she and Tink are the best of friends, always cuddling in the window shelf. He'll occasionally cuddle with someone else, but 9 times out of 10, it's with Venus. However at least three times in the last 6weeks, Tink has had episodes where he aggressively chases and fights with her. This is NOT play. Venus is terrified. The first couple times, me yelling at them was enough to make them stop. They might still growl at one another, but the physical confrontation stopped. However, yesterday I had to physically intervene. I let it go for the first few minutes, till they started knocking things over and I realized they were definitely NOT playing. Tink had chased her up to their window shelf and had her pinned against the wall. She was screaming, he was swatting and biting at her, growling & hissing as she tried to defend herself and escape. I yelled, clapped, etc and they were still going at it. The other two cats, who were watching, were in utter shock as well. I went over to the window shelf thinking my approach would end the fight... nope. I thought I was going to physically have to grab one of them - but knew that would result in my own blood loss. Finally Venus saw her chance to flee and did. Tink attempted to chase her but I got in the way. Went to grab him and he growled and hissed AT ME! He's NEVER done that. EVER. I talked him down and eventually picked him up - he was still squirmy and mad, but was past the psycho bite/scratch phase. I soothed him and after a few minutes he chilled out. I finally found Venus hiding in a corner, still breathing hard. Poor thing.
Thinking about human diabetics... I thought with the severity of this, and since it wasn't the first time, I'd test his BG. He had eaten 1.5hrs prior, but tested at 94. ??? Seems low for having eaten so recently, but still a good number. I was fearing it may be very low, though figured that would be odd since he's not on insulin. So... I'm thinking his BG isn't the cause... but curious if there's some other way this might be related to his diabetes. He's just NEVER been aggressive AT ALL before. He and Venus get along great usually... but at least three times now (that I know of, maybe more since I work all day) he's violently attacked her - with this time by far being the worst.
Open to theories, thoughts, suggestions...
Anyway... I have a question about behavior. Tink is normally a VERY laid back cat. He's always been shy with strangers and avoidant of new animal additions at first, but never aggressive. He does play from time to time, which is new since diagnosis & recovery from his DKA. He usually races through the house with the others once or twice a day, which I figure is good for exercise. He has a lobster plush toy that he carries around and howls with - usually in the evening. Not sure what that's about... but whatever. :lol: But my CONCERN, is that several times now he's gotten downright aggressive with my female cat. Everyone is fixed, but we've only one female. Normally she and Tink are the best of friends, always cuddling in the window shelf. He'll occasionally cuddle with someone else, but 9 times out of 10, it's with Venus. However at least three times in the last 6weeks, Tink has had episodes where he aggressively chases and fights with her. This is NOT play. Venus is terrified. The first couple times, me yelling at them was enough to make them stop. They might still growl at one another, but the physical confrontation stopped. However, yesterday I had to physically intervene. I let it go for the first few minutes, till they started knocking things over and I realized they were definitely NOT playing. Tink had chased her up to their window shelf and had her pinned against the wall. She was screaming, he was swatting and biting at her, growling & hissing as she tried to defend herself and escape. I yelled, clapped, etc and they were still going at it. The other two cats, who were watching, were in utter shock as well. I went over to the window shelf thinking my approach would end the fight... nope. I thought I was going to physically have to grab one of them - but knew that would result in my own blood loss. Finally Venus saw her chance to flee and did. Tink attempted to chase her but I got in the way. Went to grab him and he growled and hissed AT ME! He's NEVER done that. EVER. I talked him down and eventually picked him up - he was still squirmy and mad, but was past the psycho bite/scratch phase. I soothed him and after a few minutes he chilled out. I finally found Venus hiding in a corner, still breathing hard. Poor thing.
Thinking about human diabetics... I thought with the severity of this, and since it wasn't the first time, I'd test his BG. He had eaten 1.5hrs prior, but tested at 94. ??? Seems low for having eaten so recently, but still a good number. I was fearing it may be very low, though figured that would be odd since he's not on insulin. So... I'm thinking his BG isn't the cause... but curious if there's some other way this might be related to his diabetes. He's just NEVER been aggressive AT ALL before. He and Venus get along great usually... but at least three times now (that I know of, maybe more since I work all day) he's violently attacked her - with this time by far being the worst.
Open to theories, thoughts, suggestions...
Would thyroid issues possibly cause his numbers to rise? I'm trying to figure out WHY we're back on insulin, with no diet changes (though I know they can go out of remission).