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Maddie & Kai

Maddie & Kai

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I am in the process of transitioning Kai off of his wet/dry mix of the RC Glycobalance. We are on day 7 of transition and we are at half of the old food and half of the new food (Weruva). I'm trying to take things slowly and so far so good. However, tonight he ate half of his bowl of food and then began digging around the bowl like he was trying to cover it up. Then he walked away and (as I was typing this) regurgitated what he had eaten. He acts fine now and throwing up seems to have put him in a good mood. He has even gone back to his bowl and eaten maybe a 1/4 of what was left. There is still some left in the bowl but he continues to walk over and scratch around it and then leave.

From the food transitioning document on this site I know that sometimes cats that are transitioning off of dry food will regurgitate their wet food during transition. So I believe that is what has happened, he is not showing any other signs of being sick. As I'm typing this he is playing with one of his toys.

I guess my questions is, should I give him his insulin when he regurgitates his wet food like this? Should I wait for him to eat more of the food and then give him his insulin? Or should I skip in case he throws up again?
 
Hi Maddie, I can't answer your question but I'll tag a prozinc user for you, by the way did you give any insulin on 2/1 during the PM cycle and did you do anything on 2/2 ? If so can you please update your spreadsheet
With following SLGS method after 7 days you need to do a 12 hour curve
 
Maddie & Kai said:
I am in the process of transitioning Kai off of his wet/dry mix of the RC Glycobalance. We are on day 7 of transition and we are at half of the old food and half of the new food (Weruva). I'm trying to take things slowly and so far so good. However, tonight he ate half of his bowl of food and then began digging around the bowl like he was trying to cover it up. Then he walked away and (as I was typing this) regurgitated what he had eaten. He acts fine now and throwing up seems to have put him in a good mood. He has even gone back to his bowl and eaten maybe a 1/4 of what was left. There is still some left in the bowl but he continues to walk over and scratch around it and then leave.

From the food transitioning document on this site I know that sometimes cats that are transitioning off of dry food will regurgitate their wet food during transition. So I believe that is what has happened, he is not showing any other signs of being sick. As I'm typing this he is playing with one of his toys.

I guess my questions is, should I give him his insulin when he regurgitates his wet food like this? Should I wait for him to eat more of the food and then give him his insulin? Or should I skip in case he throws up again?
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@Suzanne & Darcy
 
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Diane Tyler's Mom said:
Hi Maddie, I can't answer your question but I'll tag a prozinc user for you, by the way did you give any insulin on 2/1 during the PM cycle and did you do anything on 2/2 ? If so can you please update your spreadsheet
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Sorry my dates were off. I have a note book that I write in and then update his sheet. I have updated now. And thank you, Diane!
 
I went back and added this to my post so I don't know if you saw it
With following SLGS method after 7 days you need to do a 12 hour curve
 
Diane Tyler's Mom said:
I went back and added this to my post so I don't know if you saw it
With following SLGS method after 7 days you need to do a 12 hour curve
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I had planned on doing one tomorrow because I will be home all day. I also wanted to see if the new food had any effect on him but now this regurgitation has popped up and I'm afraid it is going to throw a kink in everything.
 
Maddie & Kai said:
I guess my questions is, should I give him his insulin when he regurgitates his wet food like this?
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As long as he went back to eat, it's probably fine. Since Prozinc is a gentle insulin, it takes awhile to start to "kick in", so he can take his time eating (1-2 hours). Give him small amounts every 15-20 minutes. As long as it's staying down, go ahead and shoot.

It sounds like it might have been a "scarf and barf". If they eat fast and it comes right back up (looking pretty much the same as it went in), that's usually what happened, especially if they go right back to eating. Might try spreading the food out on a flat plate or putting something big and inedible (I always think "golf ball") in the bowl to make him slow down to eat around it. They also make food puzzles you can use or a "slow feeder" bowl (same idea as the golf ball but more $$)
 
Chris & China (GA) said:
As long as he went back to eat, it's probably fine. Since Prozinc is a gentle insulin, it takes awhile to start to "kick in", so he can take his time eating (1-2 hours). Give him small amounts every 15-20 minutes. As long as it's staying down, go ahead and shoot.

It sounds like it might have been a "scarf and barf". If they eat fast and it comes right back up (looking pretty much the same as it went in), that's usually what happened, especially if they go right back to eating. Might try spreading the food out on a flat plate or putting something big and inedible (I always think "golf ball") in the bowl to make him slow down to eat around it. They also make food puzzles you can use or a "slow feeder" bowl (same idea as the golf ball but more $$)
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Thank you! That is exactly what I needed some reassurance on.
He hasn't regurgitated anything else and is currently polishing off the rest of his food.
I think I will pick him up a slower feeder this weekend and give it a try.
Thank you so much!
 
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