Chuck's bouncy journey, part 9.

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AMPS (+10): 503
Fed 4.5 oz whitefish flavor
Gave 6 units.
+3 414
+5 176
+8 219
+14 443 Didn't make it home in time to test and shoot at +12. Glad to see he wasn't HI.

PMPS (+14): 443
+2 "HI" :banghead::confused: Giving his ears a rest and only testing every 2...
NEGATIVE for ketones :)
 
AMPS "HI" :banghead::banghead::banghead:
6 units
Fed 3.5oz chicken pate plus .5 oz beef & broth baby food.
1oz chicken pate in feeder for +2.

No idea what he got into to make him over 600!?! He's been bugging me since 1 am (+10.5) so I should have checked earlier. Grr.
 
ShipsCat said:
I'm guessing it's a bounce. But you're definitely making progress! Don't get discouraged, remember it's all data gathering.
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The more I think about it... The more I agree! He dropped kinda quick... Opening a new bottle of ProZinc for PM dose. I'm not expecting to see a difference since this last bottle lasted 4.5 weeks. But I will monitor.
 
I agree. He is getting into lower numbers and sometimes will give you a lower preshot, but he is a fast bouncer. He doesn't wait for the next cycle.
 
Ok. Didn't open the new bottle of prozinc yet. Probably will for AMPS.
AMPS "HI"
+1 562
+2 539 ate his "snack" (rest of his food) after his test.
+4 414
+7.75 278
+11 209
+12.5 PMPS: 260
Fed whole can of super super.
Gave 4 units.
+1 366
 
I will try to update the SS before I leave in the morning... But I'm thinking 4 units isn't enough for his yellows now. Didn't get into blues... New bottle of ProZinc in the morning so might dose a bit skinny. Depends on how long DH wants to stay awake to monitor.
 
+5 260
+6 237
+8 302
+10 298

AMPS 397
4.5oz fed
5.6units (at some point between amps and +3 DH left Kitty's pate out. Chuck licked it clean but there was less than 1/4 can. Probably OK since he didn't go up from food like I was expecting.)
+2 387
+3 271
+4 253
 
PMPS 332
Fed 4.5oz
Gave 5.6 units
+1 499
+2 587 Strange- usually he goes down by +2!
+3.5 369
+4 360
+6 232

I was very nervous giving the 5.6 this afternoon. Not sure why but he seems to be doing just fine. He could have probably tolerated 5.8 but with a new bottle there was no way I was going to give 5.8. Maybe a bounce from this morning? He is very hungry tonight. I gave him .2 oz baby food with water for a snack at +5. He's been quiet tonight... snoozing unless he thinks you might share some food!
 
+9.5 218
+11 262
+11.5 263
AMPS 263
Fed whole can of super supper
Gave 4.5 units.

I played it safe since he was right on the edge of the 20% variance. I will monitor and steer if needed.
 
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+4 324
+5 304
+10 358
PMPS: 530
Fed 4oz food. .5oz food snacks at +3 and +6. He puked this afternoon before dinner. I think he's getting so hungry he feels yucky or is eating stuff he shouldn't because he's hungry. I'm going to try to space out an ounce of his food into snacks so he's not so hungry. Other snacks after +6 will have no be "no carb" since he reacts so easily.
Gave 6 units.
+2 432
 
+4 246
+5 185
He helped himself to 1/4 can friskies pate. :banghead::banghead::banghead:
No snack at +6 now. Possible no carb snack at +9. Depends on his readings. He usually Nadirs at +8 on 6 units so maybe he has enough left in his system to cover the unintended snack.
Was having a good cycle, kinda quick drop but figured the first snack would slow him down. I was wondering if we would see a green! Not anymore. :blackeye:
 
AMPS: 525
Fed 4 oz. .5oz snack at +3 and .5 oz chicken snack at +6.
Gave fat 5.8 units.
Wonder if he's bouncing already or if he just used up all of the insulin early due to the unintended snack of friskies.
DH will monitor.
 
+5 345
+10 377
PMPS: 585!! ugh.
Fed 4 oz chicken flavor. .5oz food at +3 and .5oz chicken snack at +6.
Gave 6 units.
+1.25 571

Chuck hasn't gained any weight but hasn't lost any either. He's still skin and bones so I want to resume the snacks and increase his calories. I'm going to start feeding him a whole can each cycle. I think this might be why the better numbers and lower doses have gone away. Once I get him to 12 pounds I'll be happy to cut back and maybe we will see lower doses. I thought about feeding him a can of FF kitten a day- half in each cycle to increase calories. I haven't looked at what the carb content is but will soon. I also am biting the bullet and buying some Young again zero. I keep putting that off due to price but I can cut cost somewhere else.
 
I just ordered the 25 pound bag of Young Again Zero Mature. Found a 10% off coupon so it cost as much as I spend on just Kitty's food in 6 months so it's not more expensive after all! I'm going to continue feeding some wet food and leave the YA out for snack. Then maybe move toward just YA. I'm worried about Chuck's insane appetite so I'm hoping he will take it easy if I feed him wet food each meal too. We will see what happens. Kitty-cow is a crunchie addict so I'm sure he will be THRILLED!
 
Hermione (and the civies) love YA! Be cautious when you first give it to Chuck, if he likes to gorge the higher protein will give him an upset tummy :( My oldest civies (16 and 12) are crunchy addicts and refuse to touch wet food and all my cats are used to grazing on kibble all day so I needed something everyone would eat that was good for Hermione. I wasn't careful watching how much my piglet civie Samoa ate, and she did a scarf and barf right away as well as having really stinky runny poop for the first few days. But now I find even the two old cats eat less of the YA than they did Nature's Variety Instinct, so a 4# bag of YA lasts as long as a 12# bag of Instinct used to. They're all in great shape, have normal poop, and chubby Samoa has even slimmed down a little.

Also some cats still get a blood sugar spike from it, although I haven't noticed any difference in Hermione's post-food bump no matter what low-carb food she's eating. Hermione gets Primal Freeze-dried Raw at shot times as her main meals but still has her bowl of YA out all day to keep her from raiding the civies' dishes. :p

Good luck with it, and I hope you get more of those lovely blue numbers soon!
 
I'm very hesitant to free feed... But we will see how it goes. It does effect Chuck's numbers a bit but I haven't compared a whole YA meal to wet food.
 
I should have given 5.8 today... I didn't account for the extra snack so he's likely been in the 300s all day. I'm hoping he's still surfing. Will try to get a +8 before bed.
 
PMPS 199! Makes me wonder how low he went today and how much I should give. I'm stalling 20 minutes to see if he's going up.
 
+6 259
The support is appreciated! I'd probably be hugging myself, wearing a pretty white coat with straps if not for you all! haha.
We will try again in the morning. At least I now have some data to look at for next time we're in low yellows!
 
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