Kelly and Buddy
Member Since 2018
Looking for your thoughts or similar experiences to what happened with Buddy this morning. I got up earlier than normal and as soon as Buddy came out of his room, I knew something wasn't right. He had his nose to the ground and was moving his head left to right, sniffing. Since he is ALWAYS on the prowl for food, I first thought he caught a whiff of a tasty crumb but he wouldn't stop. Normally, he would go straight to the kitchen counter, knowing that it was food (and shot time) but he just continued wandering aimlessly around the house doing the crazy sniff thing.
He also would not respond to me and his pupils were very dilated. He simply wasn't Buddy!
I immediately thought about last night and the fact that I went to bed with him at 108. I even wondered if I should get back up and test one more time but decided he would be okay because he made been the same reading two hours prior to and I was giving him his final Friskies feeding before I went to bed. I also knew I had to be up much earlier due to an out of town conference so I did not get up. My heart sank as I realized I probably allowed him to go hypo and, consequently, caused this. Brain damage was my biggest fear.
I dropped him at the vet at 7:30. Told them I did not give insulin but provided them with MY pre-filled syringe (and my vet was shocked I syringed out of the Lantus pen). I also brought all my pre-weighed feedings and told them when to feed him. They checked his BG at 7:45 and he was 471on the Alpha Track (YIKES). She noticed that Buddy's pupil did not constrict much but did not see any sign of internal trauma. At first, like me, she thought he had gone blind, but determined he had not because of how he navigated around obstacles. She also noted the lowered neck. She was concerned about potassium so blood work was sent off and results should be in this afternoon. At 12:00, his BG was checked again and he was at 188.
After my conference, I went back by because I knew he would be less stressed at home and she agreed. We put him on the floor and he was still acting "off" but not quite as bad as this morning. She thought his behaviors might be due to high BG. I suggested to her that I thought I might have let him drop too low last night and then he bounced really (which is why she got such a high reading) because he was acting weird at 213 and that is NOT high for him.
On the way back home (40 minute drive) Buddy took a MASSIVE DUMP IN THE MIDDLE OF HIS crate.
I ended up pulling over, in 25 degree snow, and getting him out of the crate to try and clean some of it up so he didn't totally coat himself in it. What a LOVELY experience that was!! Came home, had to give the poor cat a bath because he stunk so bad and had poop all over his feet and tail (pardon my language, but I think it is safe to say that this has officially been a shitty day 
). God love him, as much as he drives me crazy, he is SUCh a good patient. He let me bathe and blow him dry.
The ending of this story, thankfully, appears to be a happy one. He got down, groomed himself, came to me when I called him, and gave me a big head-butt when I got down next to him. He is not trolling the counters in search of any stray morsel of food. THAT'S the Buddy I know and love.
Sorry this was so long but I wanted to give you the back story and seek your advice. Did I do this by letting him drop too low? Have any of you ever experienced anything like this? Could this have been caused by something else? Is there anything I should be worried about because of this (other than him doing it again)?
He also would not respond to me and his pupils were very dilated. He simply wasn't Buddy!
I immediately thought about last night and the fact that I went to bed with him at 108. I even wondered if I should get back up and test one more time but decided he would be okay because he made been the same reading two hours prior to and I was giving him his final Friskies feeding before I went to bed. I also knew I had to be up much earlier due to an out of town conference so I did not get up. My heart sank as I realized I probably allowed him to go hypo and, consequently, caused this. Brain damage was my biggest fear.I dropped him at the vet at 7:30. Told them I did not give insulin but provided them with MY pre-filled syringe (and my vet was shocked I syringed out of the Lantus pen). I also brought all my pre-weighed feedings and told them when to feed him. They checked his BG at 7:45 and he was 471on the Alpha Track (YIKES). She noticed that Buddy's pupil did not constrict much but did not see any sign of internal trauma. At first, like me, she thought he had gone blind, but determined he had not because of how he navigated around obstacles. She also noted the lowered neck. She was concerned about potassium so blood work was sent off and results should be in this afternoon. At 12:00, his BG was checked again and he was at 188.
After my conference, I went back by because I knew he would be less stressed at home and she agreed. We put him on the floor and he was still acting "off" but not quite as bad as this morning. She thought his behaviors might be due to high BG. I suggested to her that I thought I might have let him drop too low last night and then he bounced really (which is why she got such a high reading) because he was acting weird at 213 and that is NOT high for him.
On the way back home (40 minute drive) Buddy took a MASSIVE DUMP IN THE MIDDLE OF HIS crate.
I ended up pulling over, in 25 degree snow, and getting him out of the crate to try and clean some of it up so he didn't totally coat himself in it. What a LOVELY experience that was!! Came home, had to give the poor cat a bath because he stunk so bad and had poop all over his feet and tail (pardon my language, but I think it is safe to say that this has officially been a shitty day ). God love him, as much as he drives me crazy, he is SUCh a good patient. He let me bathe and blow him dry.The ending of this story, thankfully, appears to be a happy one. He got down, groomed himself, came to me when I called him, and gave me a big head-butt when I got down next to him. He is not trolling the counters in search of any stray morsel of food. THAT'S the Buddy I know and love.
Sorry this was so long but I wanted to give you the back story and seek your advice. Did I do this by letting him drop too low? Have any of you ever experienced anything like this? Could this have been caused by something else? Is there anything I should be worried about because of this (other than him doing it again)?
