BG low, but he's hungrier than ever!!

[Sue484]

Hi. I am struggling to get Frankie on a dose where I can shoot every 12 hours. For the past week he has been on a mostly 18 hour cycle. The one thing I have noticed, is that when his BG is low, he is hungrier than he ever was when he was high or even before diagnosis. Why is this?

 

[Julia Rae]

I have no clue but then I have been one of the lucky beans who's cats seem to follow the program... Writing to let you know you are not being ignored and you have been seen. I am going to guess they are trying to figure out an answer for you...

 

[Mogmom and Goofus]

Canned food has a lot of water in it, I've noticed that since switching to canned, my cats are always hungry!

 

[Squalliesmom]

My kitty is always hungry when his BG starts to drop after he has had his shot. I can tell just by his eating patterns when his BG is going low.

 

[Cat Ma]

Looks like he bounced from low to quite high today.

 

[Sue484]

That's an understatement @Cat Ma !!! He is on his way down again thankfully.

 

[Cat Ma]

Hopefully with less bouncing on the trampoline, he won't be so hungry.

 

[Sue484]

True to form, he is now 5.4 (97) and starving!! When he was 27.9 (502) just seven hours ago, he could barely bring himself to eat his lunch!!! On a positive, his bounces now clear really fast!!

 

[Cat Ma]

Poor thing. I know it's frustrating, this bouncing act. Hopefully smoother sailings ahead.

 

[BJM]

Both low blood glucose and/or low cellular glucose may trigger hunger. Its how the body knows to go eat something.

 

[Squeaky and KT (GA)]

That hunger is his body knowing when he needs to feed a low. When Doc drops at night, he comes and walks all over us hollering. When he just wants to snuggle, he climbs up and just lays down....

 

[ebuckley]

This thread really has me thinking...I am struggling with the bounce vs failed reduction blues. Wish there were clinical signs to confirm one way or the other--could hunger help?

If blood glucose is high due to a bounce, there should be adequate insulin on board for cellular glucose, right? Is it reasonable to assume hunger wouldn't increase despite high BGs due to a bounce; but in the face of poor cellular glucose due to poor regulation, high BG on the meter would be consistent with increased hunger?
Sadly, I cannot confirm this observation in our bouncey-house Napa. Her appetite when she is well controlled is observably different than when she isn't...just not sure about bounce vs too little insulin.

So hard when the difference between good regulation and hypo!!omg!!911!! are ~20 apart on 600+ scale.
So hard when high numbers can mean too little insulin or too much insulin (or GOK something else)....what to do?
Just made the call on a (maybe?) failed reduction. Staying up to monitor.