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SuePea said:
my husband and I discussed it and we are not going back to that vet. I am going to keep going as I am at home and then make an appointment with http://www.catdr.com/ for sometime in a week or so.
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I just took a look at their website and skimmed through their info page on diabetes. I am impressed by what I see there, they sound like the perfect vet clinic for your kitty!
 
I think so, too. I'm calling the old clinic today and telling them they're no longer my vet. they bloody well nearly killed my cat twice and blamed it on me. :mad:
 
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I don't know. I just checked him and it's still under 100. I can't shoot him tonight at all. I have the SS completely updated, throwing out the garbage number we got at the vet's yesterday because I am 100% convinced what she got was hypoglycemic rebound and stress. Clinically, I don't see anything that scares me. He's up, moving around, not drinking a ton... At some point I want to see the new vet but if he needs anything at all, it's going to be a tiny dose, I think.
 
I think Charlie may just have skipped the insulin part and went straight to the OTJ trial!! As long as he's staying in normal numbers, I'd probably just keep testing twice a day and see how it goes
 
If he's acting fine and his numbers are fine, I'd say he's doing just fine. :) And I agree, I don't think the number you got at the vet is indicative of anything useful - of course he was stressed after the car journey and that added to a bounce would have taken his numbers all the way up.

I'm not convinced he needs insulin either - not based on how well he does without it (anti-jinx). And I do think the higher numbers you got the other day at home were because he wasn't feeling good - he might have a stronger reaction BG-wise than some other cats to feeling sick but clearly as you're using the same strips you got those higher readings with, it has to have been just a really bad day for him.
 
Chris & China said:
I think Charlie may just have skipped the insulin part and went straight to the OTJ trial!! As long as he's staying in normal numbers, I'd probably just keep testing twice a day and see how it goes
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That's exactly what I plan to do. He's at 60 again this a.m., and it's been 48 hours since his last shot. He's suddenly decided to be a free-feeder again. That's what is up with the slow eating. I leave the food out and he nibbles at it until it's all gone when I get home, apparently because it is all gone when I get home! and as soon as I walk in the door he starts yowling for his dinner...
 
SuePea said:
He's suddenly decided to be a free-feeder again
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That's absolutely fine - it's less strain on his pancreas to eat a lot of small meals during the day. All of our cats are free fed (they used to be free fed dry food but now it's wet food instead). And I'd agree with letting him have an OTJ trial - his numbers are too low to give insulin anyway, so he's pretty much demanding it at this point!! :D
 
manxcat419 said:
That's absolutely fine - it's less strain on his pancreas to eat a lot of small meals during the day. All of our cats are free fed (they used to be free fed dry food but now it's wet food instead). And I'd agree with letting him have an OTJ trial - his numbers are too low to give insulin anyway, so he's pretty much demanding it at this point!! :D
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He kinda' isn't giving me a choice, huh? I'm just going to keep checking his sugars twice a day (actually, I think I'm going to run a curve either tomorrow or Monday just for my own information & to give to the new vet when I go see her) and see where he goes from here.
 
He really isn't at this point - it does look as though he wants off the insulin! A curve isn't a bad idea for information to give to the new vet and so that you don't have to worry that he's going a lot higher at any point (though I really doubt that he is - his numbers look pretty level). Just remember when you're running it that a one off number a bit over 120 isn't necessarily something to worry too much about - just see if he comes back down by the next test (and maybe encourage him to take a couple of bites of low carb food to give his pancreas something to work on). Other than that, the twice a day is fine - it's what we're recommended to do for a trial. You might want to mark on his spreadsheet that you're doing an OTJ trial with him so that if you do have any questions people can see what's going on. :)
 
I don't mind him being off the insulin at all. That would sure take away any concerns I have about my trip next month!
 
Elizabeth and Bertie said:
I did indeed! And since I was born in Scotland that name always strikes a chord with me... :cat:
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You knew he was an alcoholic but didn't know he was diabetic, too! LOL. I'm a closet (or not so closet) Jacobite & have been ever since reading Anya Seton's "Devil Water" more than 30 years ago.
 
SuePea said:
You knew he was an alcoholic but didn't know he was diabetic, too! LOL. I'm a closet (or not so closet) Jacobite
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Ha-ha! That auld 'Scots rebellion' thing is still so strong in some quarters. My great aunt, Mary Wallace, is still 'flying the flag', even though she's in her 80's now; and she still signs her Christmas cards as 'Mary 'Braveheart''....:smuggrin:
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