Calley is better.....but still eats nonstop

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Kris10mo

Kris10mo

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Hi all,

Just stopping in to let you know that Calley is doing well. She has gained a lot of weight back and her fur is healthy looking, and she hasn't vomited in a few months(well only when I sleep in and miss/delay her morning shot).

Her numbers each AM PS and PM PS are either in the mid 100's or mid 200's.

She looks better and acts better.....but she is still voraciously hungry and wants to be fed nonstop.

Is that because the numbers are still too high? She gets 2units/twice a day usually at 6am and 6pm

I'm happy with her weight and her health for the most part....it's just the eating that still causes me concern.

Thoughs?

Kristin and fatter and more sassy Calley
 
Hi Kristin you must be so pleased that your Calley is doing better now. My Lucy is also looking better and happier in herself too and she still has a big appetite and her glucose levels are in the 200's with some readings in the 100's now. I think that my Lucy has always had a big appetite so it is hard to tell any difference between before and now since she was diagnosed with diabetes.
 
She looks so healthy!!!

I think you numbers look great!!! Good job.

You know, I think that my Alska remembers being hungry all the time so it becomes a habit to eat as much as you can find, when you can find it. It just might be something that is learned and is difficult to unlearn. While Alska has gained all his weight back, now I need to cut back before he becomes pudgy. So I see the same thing with my sugarkitty.

But... is Calley happy and as healthy as you can keep her? Probably so... Eating may have become behavioiral instead of a need.
 
Thanks ladies,

Both good points. Before Calley was diagnosed with diabetes, she only ate dry food and it was always out for her and her sibling cat to eat. I have no idea how much she ate and when so I can't gage really. Now maybe she is eating more due to just having the opportunity. She knows how to get my attention and she knows I will feed her if she bothers me enough. lol. I think she is eating at least 13 ozs per day....if not more. She goes through a large can of Friskees Poultry Platter a day. Maybe more if one of my kids feeds her if she bothers them enough after school. :)

Her general attitude is good. She is more feisty than she used to be. She bites a lot and will fight with the sibling cat more than ever before. But...she is not sleeping under a chair any longer. She is out and about, comes and lays with me on the couch each night, and is back to sleeping with my youngest daughter each night like she did before getting sick. I guess the insulin has changed her personality a little, but as long as she is healthier and seems content, that is all I can ask.

Glad Lucy and Alska are both doing well too. :)
 
Is it just my computer or is Calley's spreadsheet ending at Sept 10? I would be happy to chime in, but need to see the spreadsheet up to date to see trends, etc.
 
Cassanova is the same way he will yell and scream for me to feed him every time I walk into the kitchen. :roll: But with him it is out of habit as he spent most of his life free feeding on dry food. Which is exactly how he became 37 lbs before I adopted him as well as diabetic. Which is why he gets a only what he needs to maintain his ideal weight.

In fact limiting Calley to what she needs to maintain a healthy weight might also help reduce her insulin dose. Just because the food is low carb doesn't mean that too much can't be bad for them. It is a cumulative effect because we calculate the percentage of carbs in a food with the As Fed values, so in other words it is 5% carbs in a single 5.5 oz can, then if you feed 3 5.5oz cans you have in effect served her 15% of her daily calories from carbs. Kind of like if you are on a diet and only allowed a total of 500 calories per meal and you decide on a salad which is nearly zero in calories but you add a tsp of salad dressing at 200 calories your still good on your diet but if you drown it with 3 teaspoons of salad dressing you are now at 600 calories for just that simple salad.

Also like Linda I would be happy to chime in on things if her spreadsheet was up to date, but since it stops in September I can be of no help with out data to work with. But it sounds like Calley is doing well and is happy and healthy.

Mel and The Fur Gang
 
Yeah, I haven't kept up with the spreadsheet. :( I'm doing good to test her daily. She is fed early morning and then not again until 6pm when I get home. Then she gets some more before I go to bed around 11pm. So she is only eating three times a day. My kids might feed her a little when they get home from school around 4pm.....but they tend to forget. So whenever she sees me heading for the kitchen...she races me an gets there first and waits. lol

I can try to do a curve this weekend. It would be good to get an idea of her numbers throughout the day.
 
MommaOfMuse said:
...if you feed 3 5.5oz cans you have in effect served her 15% of her daily calories from carbs. ...
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Um ... No, its still only 15% of the calories from carbs; its 300% of the calories that should be given.
 
The answer depends on your cat.
Is she gaining, maintaining, or losing?
Do you want her gaining, maintaining, or losing?
To gain, increase slightly.
To maintain, keep it the same.
To lose, decrease slightly.

If she acts like she is starving, it may be because she is not regulated and can't use all the food she is eating.
A slight increase in food, with a tablespoon of extra water tends to help, as may splitting the feeding into 2-3 mini-meals per shot cycle. The use of a timed feeder such as the Pet Safe 5, can help with this; no relying on the kids memory. Or, you might freeze a small amount and put it out to thaw, along with the fresh in the morning. It may be eaten as it thaws. This can be done with the timed feeder as well.
For the scarfer, spreading the food thinly on a wide plate helps slow down the eating, so there is less chance of vomiting from eating too fast, plus more time to feel satiated from eating.
 
On average a normal sized cat needs about 5.5 - 6 oz of food per day. And unregulated diabetic needs about 20% more than an average healthy cat. So about 7-8 ounces give or take a little bit. So yeah, if she is eating about 13 ounces per day she is more than likely being overfed depending on her size. Now if that 13 oz can is being split between both cats then that is about right.

Mel and The Fur Gang
 
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