? Give lantus dose at 121 BG?

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Hello, I read on this forum that I should not shoot Lantus if my kitty booboo is under 200. She gets 3 units in the am and 4 in pm.

tonight she ate about 50% of what she normally eats (dr elsey’s clean protein crunchies) and the vet has instructed us to give half her dose if she eats half her normal food. Which would be 2 units tonight. But she’s at 121 AFTER eating so I’m thinking I should avoid this dose entirely? That right?

any advice would be much appreciated.

thank you, booboo and wade.
 
Hi Wade, do you have a spreadsheet yet? Sorry if people have asked already, but that will make it easier for folks to see what’s going on.
 
I do not and don’t know how to do that yet. I saw the tutorial and am going to be doing it this Saturday. That seems important on this forum so I’m going to knock it out this Saturday.
 
If there was not DKA on diagnosis and booboo is not showing ketones, it'd be OK to skip. If you end up skipping too often, it's best to lower the dose.

We typically test, then feed, then shoot. You want to test what her numbers are without being influenced by the carbs she just ate.
 
@wade
Besides setting up your spreadsheet we need you to set up your signature,

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Shooting different does of Lantus is not suggested it messes with the depot
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Thank you!


Read all the yellow stickys here about Lantus

https://felinediabetes.com/FDMB/forums/lantus-levemir-biosimilars.9/
Especially the 2 dosing methods to choose one


How to create a spreadsheet, it will also explain how to use it

https://felinediabetes.com/FDMB/threads/how-to-create-a-spreadsheet.241706/
 
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