New member Christina's little one, Kitty Cat, was throwing ketones at the beginning of the week (caught in time, thankfully - hadn't been eating properly, most likely due to constipation and a GI upset from the diet transition) and he went low the night before last. There was a bit of a meter test strip crisis in the middle of the run. Christina's grandma saved the day with her meter and supply of strips. Managed to get Kitty Cat to stay up in safe numbers after eating some high carb dry (all that was available at the time). He's now up in the rafters between the bounce and the carb fest.
That's frightening. I know when Blue goes too low I jump into action but I've neverhad to deal with keytines. How would I know if Blue had them?
Thank you for asking after the Noodle, Patty. She has been up and down. I'm starting to better spot times when her blood pressure is high. When she's back in the normal range it's like getting my cat back. Apparently it takes 7 days to reach a steady state level of the BP med (amlodipine), and you have to wait 14 days before adjusting the dose. At least this time round the anti-nausea meds are helping the Noodle keep the BP med down, but I think it's still upsetting her digestive system a bit (side effects are supposed to be transient - hope so!).
I don't even know how you'd measure BP? It used to be very difficult for my vet to get a reading on one of mine. That's been a long time ago. Is there a new device to help?
(((the Noodle)))
