SHK
Member Since 2012
Not necessarily together! But I have questions about each, and didn't want to flood the board with 3 different posts. I hope that's ok! :smile:
Insulin Resistance - EQ's numbers haven't dropped (sorry, I have a different very detailed spreadsheet and haven't updated this one here, but they're in the high 300s consistently, both pre-shot, mid-day and during mini-curves). Last Friday, we increased by .5 to 3.5u Lantus 2x day. He's eating the proper wet food (always has), and has no ketones. He's still flooding his litterbox, but his drinking increases and decreases in little waves every couple days. We're doing another curve today since I'm home from work. The good news is, he's eating well, and began grooming again last week. A nurse friend thinks he may not be responding quickly to the insulin because his diet was already optimal for a diabetic - so the insulin has to do all the work in this case. She thinks he may have been borderline for a while but we didn't notice because the low/zero carb food kept any symptoms at bay until now. Could this be true? I digress... back to my original question. What are the signs of insulin resistance? How does one determine this is the issue, instead of insulin type, damaged insulin, giving shots incorrectly? I keep questioning everything - is it because I put air into the bottle? Am I not making the proper tent before injecting? Is it because I let the syringe sit out after filling for 20 minutes on occasion, while waiting for him to eat? Is it because it takes him between 1 and 2 hours to eat his food? Ugh, I'm driving myself crazy.
Probiotics - helped when he had a queasy tummy before. We gave just plain old people probiotics - a pinch of the powder mixed with wet food. He vomits occasionally, but has vomited 4 times since the diagnosis. Not a lot by any means, but certainly more than normal for him. He's also been licking his lips a lot, which he does when he's queasy. Is it safe to give a diabetic cat probiotics?
Hairballs - I don't notice hairballs (he rarely gets them), but the times he's vomited there has been hair in it - just loose hair, not clumps. Our normal hairball treatment has sugar in it, so I'm only going to use that on the civvie cat. Can I just give EQ Vaseline, or do I need to get a sugar-free hairball treatment?
Thank you for reading this far!
Insulin Resistance - EQ's numbers haven't dropped (sorry, I have a different very detailed spreadsheet and haven't updated this one here, but they're in the high 300s consistently, both pre-shot, mid-day and during mini-curves). Last Friday, we increased by .5 to 3.5u Lantus 2x day. He's eating the proper wet food (always has), and has no ketones. He's still flooding his litterbox, but his drinking increases and decreases in little waves every couple days. We're doing another curve today since I'm home from work. The good news is, he's eating well, and began grooming again last week. A nurse friend thinks he may not be responding quickly to the insulin because his diet was already optimal for a diabetic - so the insulin has to do all the work in this case. She thinks he may have been borderline for a while but we didn't notice because the low/zero carb food kept any symptoms at bay until now. Could this be true? I digress... back to my original question. What are the signs of insulin resistance? How does one determine this is the issue, instead of insulin type, damaged insulin, giving shots incorrectly? I keep questioning everything - is it because I put air into the bottle? Am I not making the proper tent before injecting? Is it because I let the syringe sit out after filling for 20 minutes on occasion, while waiting for him to eat? Is it because it takes him between 1 and 2 hours to eat his food? Ugh, I'm driving myself crazy.
Probiotics - helped when he had a queasy tummy before. We gave just plain old people probiotics - a pinch of the powder mixed with wet food. He vomits occasionally, but has vomited 4 times since the diagnosis. Not a lot by any means, but certainly more than normal for him. He's also been licking his lips a lot, which he does when he's queasy. Is it safe to give a diabetic cat probiotics?
Hairballs - I don't notice hairballs (he rarely gets them), but the times he's vomited there has been hair in it - just loose hair, not clumps. Our normal hairball treatment has sugar in it, so I'm only going to use that on the civvie cat. Can I just give EQ Vaseline, or do I need to get a sugar-free hairball treatment?
Thank you for reading this far!
. Sneakers loves it (she was crazy over margarine and butter but can't have them anymore) and hasn't had any problems as of yet with that since her occasion to try and hack up a hairball 4 times in one night. Disturbing for both of us to say the least since she was on the bed at the time. Twice in the bedroom, one in the bathroom and once in the kitchen. Needless to say she refused to eat the FF Salmon Feast the next few days. This started when she finally felt well enough to start grooming herself too.