Bethany&SirDraculaDupree
Member Since 2019
For my 25th birthday last month, my fiance “gifted” me a kitten (saying I could pick out my black cat I had always wanted) I was planning on getting a black kitten in the spring .. Then last week I saw this beauty on the euthanasia list in NY. He is 10 years old, he was surrendered when his owner became homeless and was diagnosed at the shelter with diabetes and due to the volume of cats was scheduled to be put down. There were a ton of small details that lined up in a way that struck heart with me and then when all the details to adopt and then transport him to me seemingly fell into place perfectly I just couldn’t help myself .... October baby couldn’t help but get a black cat - everyone meet Sir Dracula Dupree my little bat- he even has little fangs!
He is very sweet and laidback but there were some issues with the transportation and the prescription and nothing got sent over so he was on insulin in the shelter prior to being on the list to be put down. I was given all his blood work and his medical information from his week at the shelter but other than that I am mostly blind because he is not not on insulin. I have changed his diet to fancy feast classic pate varieties and have been watching his water intake religiously. I have an entire notebook to keep track of everything to do with my little man. I have recently been told on the forum that I should get a home glucose monitor and I was looking at AlphaTrak but now am looking into human monitors due to recommendations off of this message board.
We have an appointment with our vet coming up this coming week but I would like to feel more informed by then if at all possible.
He is very sweet and laidback but there were some issues with the transportation and the prescription and nothing got sent over so he was on insulin in the shelter prior to being on the list to be put down. I was given all his blood work and his medical information from his week at the shelter but other than that I am mostly blind because he is not not on insulin. I have changed his diet to fancy feast classic pate varieties and have been watching his water intake religiously. I have an entire notebook to keep track of everything to do with my little man. I have recently been told on the forum that I should get a home glucose monitor and I was looking at AlphaTrak but now am looking into human monitors due to recommendations off of this message board.
We have an appointment with our vet coming up this coming week but I would like to feel more informed by then if at all possible.
It's great that you have started feeding him low-carb wet food. Go ahead and get a meter ASAP. A human meter is fine. Just be sure to get one that takes as small of a sample size as possible. You will want to get 26g or 28g lancets rather than thinner ones since they will make it easier to get blood from the edge of his ear. It would be great if you could go ahead and start getting the hang of testing even before you go to the vet. If he was eating higher-carb food before, the diet change my have brought his glucose down some. ProZinc is a good insulin, but since you are having to start over, consider asking the vet for detemir (Levemir) or glargine (Langus/Basaglar) instead. They are even longer lasting than ProZinc. Regardless of which of those three you get (don't let the vet try to give you Vetsulin), we can help you. There are forums for the specific insulin types. At the top of each are sticky posts with helpful info. I would suggest you review that information.
