Daylight saving advice

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paul

paul

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Hi

Daylight saving finishes in Australia in a few days and we turn the clocks back at hour.

Can anyone tell me if I need to change the timing of my cats Lantus injections (1 unit per injection)? He currently has them at 7:30 every AM/PM.

My vet said don't do anything different just turn your clocks back and continue doing the shots at 7:30 every morning and night.

I searched the forums but couldn't find a definitive answer. Daylight saving has me confused about his shot times. Just when you think you're handling every thing involved with the diabetes a new dilemma always seems to come along right?

Any advice would be great.
 
I did 30 minutes a day for 2 days, both at the AM shot time when the clocks went forward. When the clocks are going back, it's quite possible your vet is right - you'd have one shot that's effectively an hour late, then be back on track and it most likely wouldn't affect your cat much. When the clocks are going forward, so you'd be giving the shot 11 hours after the previous one, the full hour at once I think might be a bit too much as moving the shot time forward acts as a slight dose increase.
 
For the sensitive cat, 15 minute changes per shot are less likely to cause major fluctuaions in the glucose.
Here's a diagram to give you a visual.
 
You're welcome. I'm very visual, so I thought laying it out in a diagram might make more sense to folks.
 
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