BG 22, new low.

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mary hornbeck

mary hornbeck

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can someone please advise me. My cats sugar was at a new low of 22 at the PMPS. After guving him karo and 1 can of good it went up to 315, should I still give him insulin? This was at 6p and now it is 7:10p
 
I have to wonder if the 22 was a wonky test strip.....anytime you get a number that's that "out of whack", it's a good idea to test again to make sure

Can you shoot again in 12 hours? If you can, I think you could go ahead and shoot now but I'd drop the dose back down, just in case that 22 was a real number

I'd plan on getting a couple more tests in tonight too just to make sure he doesn't drop back down (like a +1 and +2 to start with)
 
Chris & China said:
I have to wonder if the 22 was a wonky test strip.....anytime you get a number that's that "out of whack", it's a good idea to test again to make sure

Can you shoot again in 12 hours? If you can, I think you could go ahead and shoot now but I'd drop the dose back down, just in case that 22 was a real number

I'd plan on getting a couple more tests in tonight too just to make sure he doesn't drop back down (like a +1 and +2 to start with)
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Judt got another reading:
6p- BG 22, no insulin, gave 1-2 cans of fancy feast and 1/2 teaspoon of karo
6:22- BG 315
7:22- BG 345
 
That's still an awfully high jump, even for Karo and lots of food

I really think most likely that 22 was a bad strip

How was he acting? Any different?
 
I am fairly certain it was a bad strip or the blood sample was way too small. If you ever get a weird number like that, retest immediately.
 
If nothing else, this has been a learning experience. Low numbers can be scary. It does look like a bad strip. It never hurts to do a recheck if you get an unexpected number, either high or low. I'm glad it all turned out OK.
 
In 2015 Squallie had a hypo with a number of 22 and was completely asymptomatic, so it can happen. However, I agree that in this case it was most likely a wonky strip, or too small a sample; the Relion meters will almost always give an incorrect, low reading if the sample is not large enough.
 
JanetNJ said:
If she was that low she would almost definitely have obvious signs...
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I'm assuming a human meter? Some cats can go real low and not get any signs. The guideline my vet gave me was that down to 36 on a pet meter (so guessing that could easily be 20 on a human one) there was no cause for panic (and probably no signs). Just putting that out there.
 
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