Can someone look at my SS please?

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Hi Larry, we're neighbors. I grew up in Arlington and now live in Leesburg. Thanks for the advice, I'll run that by my vet in the morning. I wasn't sure if the numbers were going so high because of the numerous furshots, or because it's too low. Or probably both.
 
Hi,
I think you should stick with the dosage for a few days in a row before changing the dose.

Your high numbers look to be because of those missed shots. So stay the same for a few days.
I'll get someone who can really tell you the reasons why.
 
Step 2.
Don't increase the dose until your cat has been on it for at least a week. If you have reason to be concerned about hypoglycemia, or if your cat won't eat, do decrease the dose and contact your vet. Do test your cat's urine frequently during the regulation process using Ketostix or Ketodiastix, and contact your vet immediately if the cat tests positive for ketones. Do be consistent in the timing and type of food. Do give the shots at about the same time every day.
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from http://felinediabetes.com/start-low-go-slow.htm

Since you are having glimmers of lower numbers when you were successful at the injection, you may very well be in a good place with the current dosage. Give it a chance to play out and maybe practice on the injection part.
You don't want to get in a hurry with the insulin.
As someone said to me.... this is a marathon, not a sprint....

You can get a good feel for the correct pressure by practicing injections on a orange, lemon lime, Or even piece of meat.
Have you seen this?
http://www.felinediabetes.com/injections.htm

I try to pull the skin away more than they do in the picture so I'm sure not to hit anything else.
If you keep the numbers on the syringe on the top where you can see them while injecting, the bevel of the needle
is in the right place. It hurts when you have the syringe upside down. ( the needle drags and pulls)
And it really helps to hold it and direct it in horizontally.

You will get the hang of it. The more relaxed you can be, the better you will do.
I know that's easy to say.
My poor little kitty still growls at me every time I inject her. She doesn't run but I get that little growl like "you know I don't like this".
If you have a long haired cat, it might help to trim a few spots so you can see the skin... or you just have to keep parting
the hair until you see the skin. You'll miss less if you see the needle go in.
If you think you missed, smell where you tried to inject.
I'm the one who says the insulin smells like really cheap plastic bandaids.

Good luck.
 
Are you shooting while feeding or do you feed first, then shoot?


My cat's favorite treat is raw shrimp. So every shot she gets one shrimp, cut up( she has no teeth) sitting on top of her
canned food.
I have to make her sit up for me and not slouch and I start pulling on her side under a bright light, parting long hair trying to find skin, pull on the skin and make a tent and I slide the needle into the skin where I can watch it and push the plunger
and then pull out.
I get a growl out of her the moment I put needle in . I think she has to make sure I know that she doesn't like it but
I do get it done. And I tell her what a good girl she is.
She puts up with it all because of that shrimp.

We don't have any other issues so I'm not worried about her not eating like so many here are having to deal with.
 
One tip on long haired cats is to separate the hair so that you actually can see the skin. Pull up on the hair to make a tent of the skin. Do not stick the needle straight in but hold it more parallel to the skin, so it goes just under the skin. Are you using 5/16th inch needles or 1/2" needles? Half inch will cause more through and through shots, which may be the case here. The sides behind the front legs work very well on long haired cats, as their hair is finer there than on the nape of the neck.

Hope this helps.
 
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