Help, I think this vet was a giant d*ck!

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Alright, I'll yank the dry right now, give them some wet and hopefully they won't descend upon me whilst I sleep.
 
Then I would give one unit. You want to get in the habit of testing before every shot, to be sure the number is high enough for the dose you are planning to give.
 
You need to test before the am and the pm shot, always. (the vet who posts here sometimes says shooting without testing is like driving down the freeway with a bag over your head. It's an apt description). Whenver you can, get a midcycle number.
 
Vet #1 said test once a week, vet#2 suggested a curve, no mention of testing him before every shot. So what I need to know is tomorrow morning, how do I judge how much to give him after I get his numbers?
 
Post the number here before shooting? I'm leaning towards one unit, but let's wait and see.
Yes, you'll want to test before each and every shot from now on. So you'll want to make sure your schedule allows you to do that every 12 hours.
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We figure we would never just give insulin to our 2 legged kids without checking first. We do the same for our 4 legged ones. There are way too many cases on this site where a cat suddenly throws an unexpected number before the shot and the normal dose would have been deadly.

This is always important but especially vital in the first few weeks when the insulin is starting to work and the diet change is kicking in. The numbers can be going down pretty often.

Can you start a new thread with your curve results as you get them? (any time the thread is over a page long, time to start a new one). You can copy the URL for this one in your next one so people can see what has been happening.
 
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