concerned about low blood sugar levels after dinner

[kendallmk]

i apologize for not having created a spreadsheet yet - but for context, my 9 year old cat luna was diagnosed with diabetes in november. with three units twice a day now, we are managing stable blood sugar levels averaging between 150-250 throughout most of the day generally. tonight her sugar read was 145 before dinner, and now two hours after insulin later it's 75! this has happened twice before - seeing a reading below 80, once it was even at 60 - and each time i gave her honey just for her sugar to then skyrocket overnight and be 400-500 in the morning. i still gave her a bit of honey tonight and will be checking again in another hour. she isn't acting off at all but i don't understand why sometimes it just drops so low like this, seemingly out of nowhere - nothing was different today. should i be giving her less insulin when her reading is below a certain amount? all the vet told me to do was give her 3 units twice a day - she didn't suggest switching it up depending on her reading, but i am no longer so sure. i hate having scares like this - should i be terribly worried about a reading around 70? i am so terrified of hypoglycemia that when her sugar drops below 80, i panic. any advice is very much appreciated.

again sorry that i don't have a spreadsheet yet - i will be working on it! and i am new to using this forum, so if this post belongs elsewhere please let me know. thank you!

 

[Bron and Sheba (GA)]

I would really urge you to set up your spreadsheet now and also your signature as it is very difficult to help you if we can’t see data and we don’t know what type of insulin. you are using or the meter you are using.
No experienced person will give dosing advice unless they can see BG data. If they can see data, they are more than willing to help.
I am going to tag @Bandit's Mom to see if she can help you get you set up.

I am glad you are giving some honey when the BG is dropping low. The dose probably needs to be adjusted down but until we see some BGs we can’t say.
What you are seeing is your kitty is dropping low and then bouncing up high. This is called bouncing and happens when the BG drops too fast too low or lower than the cat is used to. The body then dumps stored glucose and regulatory hormones into the system and the BGs skyrockets. Bounces can last from 1 to 6 cycles and there is nothing you can do about it.

Your instincts are correct….you can’t blindly keep giving 3 units and expect nothing to change.
I am going to give you a link to HELP US HELP YOU which has information for you.

 

[Bandit's Mom]

Hi @kendallmk , I see a spreadsheet in your Signature but I cannot view it. You would need to give access to "Anyone with the link can view".