Ducia PMPR 490 1U, AMPR 165 1U

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Kris & Teasel said:
What food do you give by the feeding tube? Would it be possible to dilute some karo syrup with warm water and add that to some tube food? Will she eat anything on her own?
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She just ate 2 Tbs HC food Soulistic herself.
If god forbid she hypo I can dilute Karo and add to her LC syringe. What are the Karo/water proportion, and how many ml of it should I mix into the syringe?
 
Tanya and Ducia said:
She just ate 2 Tbs HC food Soulistic herself.
If god forbid she hypo I can dilute Karo and add to her LC syringe. What are the Karo/water proportion, and how many ml of it should I mix into the syringe?
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I suggest you do some experiments to see how much dilution of karo gives the right consistency to mix well with the LC food and not gum up the feeding syringe. If it comes out of the feeding syringe well it should go down the feeding tube.
 
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It depends on the cat, some can take half an hour to react to carbs. When kitties are still fairly high greens, I would wait that long before testing after food,
 
I would see if she will eat a litte bit more of the HC food since this is only +2 and I liked Kris suggestion to experiment with the Karo syrup and warm water getting it to a good flowing consistency just in case it needs to go into the feeding tube later.
 
Wendy&Neko said:
It depends on the cat, some can take half an hour to react to carbs. When kitties are still fairly high greens, I would wait that long before testing after food,
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OK, I think now that her AMPR +2 81 is in I should wait until +3 and test her.
But here is what scares me: while I wait for another hour she can go into hypo, drop to the lower #yet
 
Tanya and Ducia said:
OK, I think now that her AMPR +2 81 is in I should wait until +3 and test her.
But here is what scares me: while I wait for another hour she can go into hypo, drop to the lower #yet
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No, please do not wait an hour , test her again in 20-30 mins as the onset of insulin is around +3 and see if you can get her to eat a bit more of the HC food
 
Tanya, when you're in one of these "steering with food" situations, your normal BG testing routine goes out the window along with the normal feeding routine. You might have to test every 20 - 30 minutes until you see the BG stay level for several tests or start to rise. You have to also be ready to give small amounts of carbs periodically to control the BG.
 
Bobbie And Bubba said:
No, please do not wait an hour , test her again in 20-30 mins as the onset of insulin is around +3 and see if you can get her to eat a bit more of the HC food
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Her +3 is due in 20 min.
She appears to be quetly sleeping, responsive to talk unlike it was during the hypo event. I think I'll wait 20 min to her +3.
I have LC 10ml syringe ready. I want to prepare Karo+water syringe too. Is 1 drop Karo diluted in 3 ml water sounds good in case she is lower that BG 81. I can give both syringes immediately via tube.
 
Lower than 80 is still OK, you just don't want her dropping a lot. Hopefully the HC she ate earlier will kick in.
 
Should I add 10 ml LC after she is done with 2 Tbs HC?
She eats HC with interest. We try to avoid feeding via tube, only the meds, unless it is really an emergency
 
I don't know if 2 Tbs HC is enough in this situation.
I have 10ml syringe of LC food ready for tube feeding.
But don't want to overdo with feeding.
She seems to be doing ok now - grooms, responsive.
 
I'd give a little more HC now if she'll still eat it. Maybe 1Tbs for now-- I'm a little worried about filling her up so early in the day.

She's still in safe numbers, we just want to keep her there!
 
Nan & Amber said:
I'd give a little more HC now if she'll still eat it. Maybe 1Tbs for now-- I'm a little worried about filling her up so early in the day.
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she ate 4 Tbc HC 23% since +2. Her +4 due in 16 min I will test.
But she shown BG 77 after all that food and itis lower than BG 80 @+3.
 
Tanya....Ducia is doing well so far and you've done a good job with her!!

As long as her numbers stay in the 70's-80's,(or higher) just keep testing every 30 minutes for a little while longer

No need to feed her more of anything unless it's a "scheduled" meal
 
She is surfing which is good but we need to keep her surfing. I think you can wait 30 minutes from now to get the next test and let's see what number we get .
 
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