Dose for Tuck and Oliver (again)

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Looks like Tuck is going to bounce tonight. I just caught him at 59, almost 6 hours post dose. It was meal time so all I offered was his normal meal. Will recheck in a bit but he's been very responsive to food so I'm not worried.

Two questions for Tuck:

1 - Can I get ahead of the big bounce by shooting earlier tonight once he's risen above 250? Good idea/bad idea? Would I reduce the dose since he might be more sensitive to insulin?

2 - Looks like he needs a sliding scale. Can anyone see a pattern in his numbers and offer me advice? Yesterday and today's AMPS were almost the same yet the response was very different.

I feel like when he has a few stable days his pancreas suddenly kicks in. Then a bounce happens and his pancreas goes back on vacation. Am I crazy to to think this???

Oliver - would you advise raising him to 1.4 tonight or waiting another cycle? My vet advises 3 cycles before an adjustment BUT these increases are in much smaller quantities than anything she advises.
 
1. Bad idea. The bounce will be an "artificial" number, not a result of too little insulin. 59 is pretty close to an "earned dose reduction". I would give him a smidge less than last cycle at the regular time.

2. I'll take a look and see if I can come up with one. He doesn't have many patterns so it may be a pretty loose one.

3. He definitely is unpredictable. Could be Mr. P paying a visit. Regardless, you just have to go with what he gives you.

Oliver - up to you. Go with your gut. Either decision could be a good one.
 
Sarah Smith said:
Your boys switched colors on you today between cycles! Hope they have a good PM :)
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LOL, I hadn't caught that! I was laughing to myself that they're on the same dose tonight. I didn't expect Oliver to be in the yellow but when he was I decided not to increase him. And Tuck, Tuck, Tuck is a bouncy boy.

Oliver's Zobaline came today and he ate it right up.
 
The zobaline and the better numbers should have him on the mend :) Hope you see improvent soon :bighug: Find the springs on Tucks feet and snip them off a bit, tell him he needs to stay grounded a few cycles so you can relax a bit! Crazy how the same dose can throw him like that, different carb % on his food maybe, maybe he's really carb sensitive, or do they eat the same thing each cycle?
 
Sarah Smith said:
Crazy how the same dose can throw him like that, different carb % on his food maybe, maybe he's really carb sensitive, or do they eat the same thing each cycle?
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Hm, I haven't been tracking the Fancy Feast flavor but he's been rotating through 3 flavors and they vary between 3-5% carbs. I am going to try a time switch for his daytime feeding schedule. I have been feeding like this: AM dose/meal, +6 meal, PM dose/meal, +4 meal. I'm going to change his daytime meal to +4 to see if I can get ahead of an impending bounce. That's my new plan.
 
And a pretty black for Tuck tonight :banghead: I couldn't get to their shots until +13 so he was really up there. I'm semi-blessed though that I have them on the same dose. That's easy for my brain to remember when I tired.
 
The like on the comment was for the same dose part, not the black! :oops: That boy just keeps you guessing. typical cat:cat: Do you think he went lower then the +6 number and its a bounce? Or just because the shot time was off?
 
I got him at +9 before leaving the house and he was in the yellow. Doesn't seem like a bounce. His insulin was just gone. Now that I have the u-100 syringes at least I know I'm shooting consistently and I can eliminate that variable while getting him better regulated. I have to remind myself that he's spending the majority of the day in decent numbers. He drinks pees like a normal cat so that's all good.
 
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