Felixkitty
Member Since 2017
I recently switched to tight regulation protocol w/Lantus. I know it’s common for a cat to bounce some initially when you increase their dosage. My kitty bounced for 3.5 days & then finally we saw some low numbers (50’s) to only have him bounce again (400’s). I feel terrible, he clearly doesn’t feel good & is drinking more water than he has in years. I’m assuming he’ll eventually adjust to the lower numbers?
Background: My kitty is 14 yo, DX 4/2017, on Lantus since fall’17- I started following the tight regulation protocol mid Feb, prior to that he was mainly between 100-300 at 1U/2x’s a day, testing w/ReliOn. Increased to 1.25 and then 1.5 after 12 days. I was hoping by decreasing his #’s, he could gain some muscle mass as his weight is ideal (per vet but also have been told it’d be ok for him to gain little weight as well) but he’s bony. All wet food since 2017, right now I’m feeding him EZ Complete w/cooked chicken & sometimes Tiki chicken. He has gained a little weight since I started the EZ complete (weighed 9.5 pounds in December, 10 pounds today).
Does his dosage need to be adjusted? Did I increase it correctly following the tight regulation protocol?
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1BW5fbSNzZzEJ83V69m7T4pt-wwF8J2VGTtUHGFmfmp0/edit
Any help would be greatly appreciated!
Also - posted to Lantus board but was rec I post here as well.
Background: My kitty is 14 yo, DX 4/2017, on Lantus since fall’17- I started following the tight regulation protocol mid Feb, prior to that he was mainly between 100-300 at 1U/2x’s a day, testing w/ReliOn. Increased to 1.25 and then 1.5 after 12 days. I was hoping by decreasing his #’s, he could gain some muscle mass as his weight is ideal (per vet but also have been told it’d be ok for him to gain little weight as well) but he’s bony. All wet food since 2017, right now I’m feeding him EZ Complete w/cooked chicken & sometimes Tiki chicken. He has gained a little weight since I started the EZ complete (weighed 9.5 pounds in December, 10 pounds today).
Does his dosage need to be adjusted? Did I increase it correctly following the tight regulation protocol?
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1BW5fbSNzZzEJ83V69m7T4pt-wwF8J2VGTtUHGFmfmp0/edit
Any help would be greatly appreciated!
Also - posted to Lantus board but was rec I post here as well.
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