Hi from me and Bobby!

[EleanorAbernathy]

Hi from the UK! Bobby is an Egyptian Mau and lives with his sister Violet and our other 6 cats. He has been diagnosed with diabetes for a couple of years now and been stable on Senvelgo however he's been having bad diarrhoea and the Senvelgo is the most likely culprit- so he's switching to insulin (Prozinc) on Friday. We've had a diabetic cat before, she was on caninsulin and was monitored by regular fructosamine tests at the vet. We'll be monitoring Bobby at home so a bit of a change! I've ordered an Alphatrak 3 which we'll be using for glucose curves as I believe there is a handy app - however I'm thinking of also ordering a cheaper human one for day to day testing. I've seen good reviews for the Gluco Navii.

 

[CORKY]

Hi from the UK! Bobby is an Egyptian Mau and lives with his sister Violet and our other 6 cats. He has been diagnosed with diabetes for a couple of years now and been stable on Senvelgo however he's been having bad diarrhoea and the Senvelgo is the most likely culprit- so he's switching to insulin (Prozinc) on Friday. We've had a diabetic cat before, she was on caninsulin and was monitored by regular fructosamine tests at the vet. We'll be monitoring Bobby at home so a bit of a change! I've ordered an Alphatrak 3 which we'll be using for glucose curves as I believe there is a handy app - however I'm thinking of also ordering a cheaper human one for day to day testing. I've seen good reviews for the Gluco Navii.

Welcome to FDMB
Prozinc and Lantus are the best insulins for cats is easy on them, you do not need an expensive or pet meter, any human monitor and strip is good, most of all members use the ReliOn human glucometer and strips, if you mare in US you can purchase it at Walmart, and doing curves at home is the smartest thing to do, cats are very sensitive to stress, so doing a curve at the Vets will only result in high glucose levels and risk of vet increasing the dose unnecessarily, I assume that by you having experience in FD you are aware that they need to have a diet of wet can or raw food between 0-10% carbs