Human ketone meter on cats?

[ponteaggere]

I live in Sweden and we don't have a lot of meters to choose from. I'm currently using G pet glucose meter.

After Bowie reached scary levels (for me) of 3,6mmol/L, I went from 2,5U to 2U of prozinc and his levels are now 8,4-8,7 before insulin, and 4,8-7,6 in nadir.

After this incident, I want to monitor his ketones to be on the safe side, but there's not much to choose from.
I don't think he will accept me sticking a strip under him when he pees.
Can cats also use human ketone meters, or do I need to invest in a Centrivet from abroad?

 

[Hendrick Cuddleclaw]

human ones work fine, several people here use the Nova Max Blood Ketone meter, I used it as well and it worked great. Strips are expensive at about $2 each though.

being in Sweden however, I do not know what your options are.

 

[ponteaggere]

eBketone seems to be the one over here, availability wise.

Thanks!
Perfect! I'll invest in one and start measuring him.
When in the cycle is best for testing?

 

[Hendrick Cuddleclaw]

When in the cycle is best for testing?

that's a good question and I don't know if it matters to be honest. I have never heard any advice about checking ketones at a particular time of day, we just did it when doing a BG test and would make sure we checked ketones once a day.

Sometimes during a mid-morning BG test, sometimes in the evening.

 

[Suzanne & Darcy]

In my cat, who had high ketones for a long time, I found that ketones did fluctuate throughout the day, but I would not stress about the time of day that you test for ketones. Does Bowie have any history of diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA). I don’t see that in your signature, so I am thinking that he never went into DKA. I used the NovaMax Plus blood ketone meter, but I live in the U.S.

 

[ponteaggere]

No, he never had it, but I'm reducing and swapping up his food and he started losing weight because of it (yay) so I wanted to keep an eye on it.