suwannee79
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My cat George has been diabetic for about 5 months now. Although he was very sick initially once we started getting him under control he seemed to be getting better....then he had two hypo seizures. We weren't checking his BG at home but as soon as he had the seizures we started. The vets we were seeing at the time had him on 5 units of PZI 2x a day which we think is what led to the seizures. We switched vets two days after the seizures and basically started over on his dosage.
The new vet is a cat-only clinic that has experience with diabetic cats so I like to think they know what they're doing, but my cat seems to be getting progressively worse. They immediately dropped his dosage to .5 units of PZI 2x a day and at first he seemed fine with that but then his BG began going up so we compensated and have kept compensating - we are now at 2.5 units 2x a day and his numbers are all over the place, recently getting into the 500s! He has dropped to 10.5 lbs (he was 16 before being diagnosed) and he seems hungry ALL the time. It's heartbreaking to hear him crying and feeling his bones but not wanting to feed him so I can keep him on his schedule.
He does have a UTI right now which we're treating with 2 Clavamox pills a day so I know that could also be playing havoc with his numbers but the hunger and weight loss are really starting to weigh on me. I would love for anyone to look at his chart and give me any opinions or advice they have. I know part of the problem with his numbers is that at one pre-shot he'll be super low so we don't give him insulin and then he's super high at the next pre-shot check - a few times we gave more insulin to try and compensate and maybe that was wrong bc that may have led to the low numbers the next time. I'm so confused about his dose right now because when he's high I feel like I need to give a little more but then when he's low and can't have insulin I feel like I'm just messing him up for later.
His diet right now is 2 1/2 cans of BFF wet food over 24 hours (I usually give 3/4 of a can before his shot and then another 1/2 between shots so he doesn't go 12 hours without eating). The BFF main ingredient is Tuna mixed with either chicken or other fish, I've tried giving him EVO, Friskie's, Fancy Feast and another brand I can't remember to try and give him some non-fish options but the BFF is the only wet food he'll eat. I've also tried sprinkling FortiFlora over some of the other brands and he'll sniff like he's interested but then won't eat the food.
Once he's finished with the antibiotics I plan on doing another curve - the last one was crazy, he was in every range but the 500s.
I'm just at a loss right now and don't know what to do :sad:
The new vet is a cat-only clinic that has experience with diabetic cats so I like to think they know what they're doing, but my cat seems to be getting progressively worse. They immediately dropped his dosage to .5 units of PZI 2x a day and at first he seemed fine with that but then his BG began going up so we compensated and have kept compensating - we are now at 2.5 units 2x a day and his numbers are all over the place, recently getting into the 500s! He has dropped to 10.5 lbs (he was 16 before being diagnosed) and he seems hungry ALL the time. It's heartbreaking to hear him crying and feeling his bones but not wanting to feed him so I can keep him on his schedule.
He does have a UTI right now which we're treating with 2 Clavamox pills a day so I know that could also be playing havoc with his numbers but the hunger and weight loss are really starting to weigh on me. I would love for anyone to look at his chart and give me any opinions or advice they have. I know part of the problem with his numbers is that at one pre-shot he'll be super low so we don't give him insulin and then he's super high at the next pre-shot check - a few times we gave more insulin to try and compensate and maybe that was wrong bc that may have led to the low numbers the next time. I'm so confused about his dose right now because when he's high I feel like I need to give a little more but then when he's low and can't have insulin I feel like I'm just messing him up for later.
His diet right now is 2 1/2 cans of BFF wet food over 24 hours (I usually give 3/4 of a can before his shot and then another 1/2 between shots so he doesn't go 12 hours without eating). The BFF main ingredient is Tuna mixed with either chicken or other fish, I've tried giving him EVO, Friskie's, Fancy Feast and another brand I can't remember to try and give him some non-fish options but the BFF is the only wet food he'll eat. I've also tried sprinkling FortiFlora over some of the other brands and he'll sniff like he's interested but then won't eat the food.
Once he's finished with the antibiotics I plan on doing another curve - the last one was crazy, he was in every range but the 500s.
I'm just at a loss right now and don't know what to do :sad:
