Justyn
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Hi! First time posting! My 5 year old, male cat, Socks, was diagnosed with DM (and DKA) in early June, so has been on insulin for 3 months now. He was hospitalized for the DKA for 2 days and bounced back well. It was recommended by my vet after diagnosis to start him on the prescription hills M/D canned diet, but after weeks of high BG readings (using home tester), and a large insulin dose (Prozinc) at 5u BID, I went against vet orders and switched him to Merrick's canned Pate (2 cans/day - 1 can every 12 hrs w/ shot)
He has been doing OK (not well regulated) with the merrick food, and has been on 3u BID for a few weeks now. The issue is, we will check his lowest point, and it could be around 100, and 6 hours later check his highest point (before shot and food) - and it can be as high as 500... so within 6 hours, his BG's shoot up like crazy (sometimes!)
The reason for my post is last night, his highest point was 250 (awesome), but about 6 hours after his 3u shot, he was only at 175, which is ok - but just last week, we've seen dramatic drops in his insulin, as he went from 450 to 150 in that 6 hour mark. I was terrified to give him his 3u at 250 as I know he had a 300 point drop from the same dose days prior, but I checked his BG 6 hours in, and he was ok.... but it doesnt make any sense!
Has anyone had a problem regulating their cat using Merrick canned food? The only thing I can pinpoint is the consistency in carbs, or how they are breaking down... I have crossed everything else off the list such as injection location, the insulin is fine, etc. I just cannot seem to get him to be around the same levels even day-to-day.
He was technically regulated on the hills m/d, as his highs were only around 300/400, BUT lows would ONLY ever get to around 200 so I was not happy with that.. But after this switch to Merrick, his high numbers have just been ALL over the place - but his lowest BG numbers (6 hours in) are consistently good, around 100...
The vet reccomended he may need to have shots 3 times/day, so every 8 hours, but there is no way I could ever do that as my work day is 8 hours long, taking 1 hour each way for travel.
ANY help or suggestions would be so appreciated...
He has been doing OK (not well regulated) with the merrick food, and has been on 3u BID for a few weeks now. The issue is, we will check his lowest point, and it could be around 100, and 6 hours later check his highest point (before shot and food) - and it can be as high as 500... so within 6 hours, his BG's shoot up like crazy (sometimes!)
The reason for my post is last night, his highest point was 250 (awesome), but about 6 hours after his 3u shot, he was only at 175, which is ok - but just last week, we've seen dramatic drops in his insulin, as he went from 450 to 150 in that 6 hour mark. I was terrified to give him his 3u at 250 as I know he had a 300 point drop from the same dose days prior, but I checked his BG 6 hours in, and he was ok.... but it doesnt make any sense!
Has anyone had a problem regulating their cat using Merrick canned food? The only thing I can pinpoint is the consistency in carbs, or how they are breaking down... I have crossed everything else off the list such as injection location, the insulin is fine, etc. I just cannot seem to get him to be around the same levels even day-to-day.
He was technically regulated on the hills m/d, as his highs were only around 300/400, BUT lows would ONLY ever get to around 200 so I was not happy with that.. But after this switch to Merrick, his high numbers have just been ALL over the place - but his lowest BG numbers (6 hours in) are consistently good, around 100...
The vet reccomended he may need to have shots 3 times/day, so every 8 hours, but there is no way I could ever do that as my work day is 8 hours long, taking 1 hour each way for travel.
ANY help or suggestions would be so appreciated...
