Bec and Oliver
Member Since 2018
Hi everyone,
I have been looking around the forum for a little while and thought it might be time to join.
I got Oliver as a 4 month old rescue for my 11th birthday. He has always been a large cat. He is now 12 and was diagnosed with diabetes just over a month ago, after losing a lot of weight and lots of extra drinking and urinating.
Since his diagnosis, he has been fed equal portions twice daily of kangaroo mince cat food (very Australian, I know!) and a small amount of kibble. He used to be fed a bigger portion for dinner and a little snack of kibble for breakfast.
He was initially in at the vet for glucose curves for a few days and then started on a routine of 3u Lantus 2x daily and improved dramatically! Last week he had another glucose curve done at the vet to check everything was going well and his numbers came out lower than expected, they suspect he might be going into remission. My vet ran this glucose curve on both their pet monitor and my human monitor so that we could compare/calibrate the readings.
Since then, my family and I have been trying to test before each feed where possible. We are still getting the hang of collecting blood samples and sometimes we have to walk away and come back another time. It is not always possible for us to do a full glucose curve, but I am testing 2 hourly today. So far he has been 92 before insulin, then 69, then 62.
My vet's advice while we are 're-calibrating' him is to give no insulin if he is less than 90 (5mmol), 1 unit if he is between 90 and 180 (5-10 mmol) and 2 units if he is above 180. So far he has either had 1 or 0 units per dosage.
I am a bit nervous while he is not stable! The syringes I was sold by my vet do not have markings for less than 1 unit and I am concerned that he may need less than 1.
Sorry for the long post!
Bec
I have been looking around the forum for a little while and thought it might be time to join.
I got Oliver as a 4 month old rescue for my 11th birthday. He has always been a large cat. He is now 12 and was diagnosed with diabetes just over a month ago, after losing a lot of weight and lots of extra drinking and urinating.
Since his diagnosis, he has been fed equal portions twice daily of kangaroo mince cat food (very Australian, I know!) and a small amount of kibble. He used to be fed a bigger portion for dinner and a little snack of kibble for breakfast.
He was initially in at the vet for glucose curves for a few days and then started on a routine of 3u Lantus 2x daily and improved dramatically! Last week he had another glucose curve done at the vet to check everything was going well and his numbers came out lower than expected, they suspect he might be going into remission. My vet ran this glucose curve on both their pet monitor and my human monitor so that we could compare/calibrate the readings.
Since then, my family and I have been trying to test before each feed where possible. We are still getting the hang of collecting blood samples and sometimes we have to walk away and come back another time. It is not always possible for us to do a full glucose curve, but I am testing 2 hourly today. So far he has been 92 before insulin, then 69, then 62.
My vet's advice while we are 're-calibrating' him is to give no insulin if he is less than 90 (5mmol), 1 unit if he is between 90 and 180 (5-10 mmol) and 2 units if he is above 180. So far he has either had 1 or 0 units per dosage.
I am a bit nervous while he is not stable! The syringes I was sold by my vet do not have markings for less than 1 unit and I am concerned that he may need less than 1.
Sorry for the long post!
Bec
