Got a "reading", now what?

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First, the good news! I successfully got a blood reading today. The bad news: it was "Hi", meaning over 600. I'm not terribly surprised by this, given that his urine tests have all been at the max, and due to some food issues this morning he did not get his shot. My current question is since he's on ProZinc, which as far as I'm aware has a 12 hour 'shelf life' in the kitty, (or whatever the technical term is for the dosing period, lol) do I give him insulin now (followed by the usual evening dose around 7pm), or just go ahead and wait til 7?

I have more questions than that of course, but they can wait until after I get home from work. :smile:
 
yay! Great job!

I will let someone else comment on PZI but I suspect if you shoot early now you will need to shoot again in 12 hours from now and then adjust gradually over days to get back to 7am and 7pm.

He is likely high because he missed his morning shot. What do you mean "food issues"?
 
He threw up his canned food at breakfast, but it seemed to be a speed eating issue as he happily munched on kibble and ate the portion of canned food I fed him later in smaller portions. I figured I'd wait until this evening and then do a full testing regimen ASAP. I probably could have gone ahead and given him his shot this morning but since I had no blood readings at the time I was hesitant to do so.
 
Great job at getting your first test in! :thumbup Sorry, I don't know enough about ProZinc to be able to help with dosing, but I do know it's a bit more flexible than Lantus or Levemir when it comes to dosing (and can even be dosed on an 8 hour schedule, 3 times a day, if necessary).

becarose said:
He threw up his canned food at breakfast, but it seemed to be a speed eating issue as he happily munched on kibble and ate the portion of canned food I fed him later in smaller portions. I figured I'd wait until this evening and then do a full testing regimen ASAP.
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Are you currently in the process of transitioning him to wet food? If so, this happened with Michelangelo the first few weeks. He would "scarf 'n' barf," as I called it. :lol: Eventually, he realized he didn't need to inhale his food as quickly as he did with his dry and it pretty much stopped happening. Just make sure that's what's causing it because I also learned within those first few weeks that another reason he was throwing up was because he was allergic to red meats, so keep an eye on what types of food you're feeding him when he does this just to make sure it's not (also) a food allergy.
 
To prevent scarf and barf - spread the food out on a flat plate - it will slow him down.

Its a good thing because he obviously loves the wet which willmake the transition so much easier!
 
If he got no shot this am, you could shoot at any time AS LONG as your schedule will allow a shot 12 hours from that time. If not, you could do a shot an hour early with no problem, as long as you can wait the 12 hours from that shot. This early in the game, you do not want to be shooting early as a general rule.

He will probably be in the higher ranges until he is completely off dry food. How much insulin is he getting?
 
I've had him on half to full wet food since getting him, but over the past couple of months his appetite hasn't been all that great but recently picked up so I think he's just unused to eating that fast! He's been on this food for two weeks with no issues until today so I'm thinking it's just a fluke. I'm definitely gonna try that spreading tip!
 
And if just the plate doesn't work, you can also place an upside-down bowl in the middle of the plate and spread the food around that. It makes the kitty have to move around the dish in order to eat, slowing them down significantly. ;-)
 
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