Grayson & Lu
Member Since 2012
Happy Friday everyone!
Grayson would like to introduce his big brother (but not NEARLY as big!) Herb. Just shy of 10 years old.
One of my "First Five", I rescued Herb and his brothers 8/4/2003 from the attic of a vacant/ boarded house after their mom had been hit by a car (Reggie was SCREAMING, and caught my attention). First litter of itty-bitties I ever had, and bottle feeding about killed me. :shock: Herb and his "twin" Peaches :lol: are orange & white tabbies.
On Tuesday of this week, my vet came to the house for the "annual tune-up" - shots for everyone and any additional things I request. I requested bloodwork on Grayson and a few others that had been acting a little "off". Herb's showed BG=352. Totally caught me off guard! He was down to 13.8 pounds, 1.0 less than last year.
He's been transitioned to (exclusively) FF and has earned a tab on Grayson's spreadsheet. I've been testing a few times a day (he REALLY likes FDC! ;-) ) and since the change he's been about 60-80 points lower than the first two readings. I plan to start him on Lev tomorrow. Although he has to share some things with Grayson (food, insulin, etc), he will have his own meter so I can get accurage averages on each.
I'm thinking of starting at either .5u or 1u Lev... and am open to input. G was such a different kitty, he didn't play by the rules. I'm hoping that a "normal diabetic" might show response and even consider becoming diet controlled down the road! (I was hoping the food might do the trick) But he gets the benefit of a mama bean who's not overwhelmed by the new journey. Since we started G on ProZinc, I'm nearly 1.5 years out of practise - so please offer up any thoughts!
Thanks,
Lu-Ann, Grayson & Herb
Grayson would like to introduce his big brother (but not NEARLY as big!) Herb. Just shy of 10 years old.
One of my "First Five", I rescued Herb and his brothers 8/4/2003 from the attic of a vacant/ boarded house after their mom had been hit by a car (Reggie was SCREAMING, and caught my attention). First litter of itty-bitties I ever had, and bottle feeding about killed me. :shock: Herb and his "twin" Peaches :lol: are orange & white tabbies.
On Tuesday of this week, my vet came to the house for the "annual tune-up" - shots for everyone and any additional things I request. I requested bloodwork on Grayson and a few others that had been acting a little "off". Herb's showed BG=352. Totally caught me off guard! He was down to 13.8 pounds, 1.0 less than last year.
He's been transitioned to (exclusively) FF and has earned a tab on Grayson's spreadsheet. I've been testing a few times a day (he REALLY likes FDC! ;-) ) and since the change he's been about 60-80 points lower than the first two readings. I plan to start him on Lev tomorrow. Although he has to share some things with Grayson (food, insulin, etc), he will have his own meter so I can get accurage averages on each.
I'm thinking of starting at either .5u or 1u Lev... and am open to input. G was such a different kitty, he didn't play by the rules. I'm hoping that a "normal diabetic" might show response and even consider becoming diet controlled down the road! (I was hoping the food might do the trick) But he gets the benefit of a mama bean who's not overwhelmed by the new journey. Since we started G on ProZinc, I'm nearly 1.5 years out of practise - so please offer up any thoughts!
Thanks,
Lu-Ann, Grayson & Herb
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