Diabetic Sphynx

[SphynxCatMom]

So my 8 years sphinx Godiva has been diabetic for 3 years now recently as in last week our awesome vet switched her from Vetsulin to Lantus. However her blood sugar in the nighttime is always very high around 400-500ish. Our vet thinks maybe she may have a tyrioid issue. We are scheduling her for the blood work, what is everyone's experience with this? Advice?

 

[Tim & Pookey]

Glad you’re switching to Lantus. Not sure I understand your question though. Experience with hyperthyroidism? Or with high numbers?

 

[Sienne and Gabby (GA)]

Welcome to FDMB.

Hyperthyroidism can cause blood glucose levels to be higher. However, if Godiva wasn't having this issue while recently being prescribed Vetsulin, unless this is a new diagnosis, it seems unlikely.

Are your giving insulin twice a day? Did you change the insulin dose when you switched insulin?

Lantus is a very different insulin than Vetsulin. If Godiva's numbers were lower during the AM cycle, it's possible that her numbers are bouncing during the PM cycle. We'd need more information in order to know if that's the case. This post on helping us to help you provides instructions on how to set up a spreadsheet along with what information to put in your signature. The spreadsheet will allow you to keep track of Godiva's blood glucose test results and allow us to follow along. The information in your signature will give us some of the basics about Godiva so we don't keep asking you the same questions.

 

[SphynxCatMom]

Thank you for the welcome! Scrap what I asked she tested negative for her thyroid, it was a insulin issue as she was on the same dose of vetsulin for 3 years and started become resistant to it so we switched with our vet to Lantis, her numbers are becoming more regulated and way lower on lantus now that its been a few days. We did change her initial dose from 1.5 units to 2 units and it seems to be working now.

 

[Sienne and Gabby (GA)]

One of the differences between Lantus and other insulins is that Lantus is a depot-type of insulin. When you start with Lantus, it takes 5 - 7 days for the depot to form and stabilize. With any change in dose, you have to factor in how the depot works. It can take up to 3 days/6 cycles for the depot to "catch up" with the dose change. This is a post discussing the insulin depot. You might want to take a look at the sticky notes at the top of the Lantus board. They contain a great deal of information about the way Lantus works.