Insulin with no food?

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Hosanna

Hosanna

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What would happen to a kitty if he won't eat anything, but his bg was high enough that he needs insulin? this is hypothetical, granted, but I've come close to this scenario a couple of times so want to be prepared.
 
Also depends on if you'll be home to monitor.

Some vets have the diabetic given a half dose before procedures when fasting; some don't.

Also, the cat is able to break down fat stores (or muscle) and make glucose if needed.
 
I've dealt with this issue several times when Mikey goes on his hunger strikes and am even dealing with it currently ohmygod_smile (we just moved to a new place yesterday and he doesn't eat when he's stressed). As BJ said, if you're not going to be around to monitor him, you want to give a much lower dose, probably half his regular dose.

If you are going to be around to monitor, then give a slightly reduced dose. For example, Mikey's regular dose right now is 1.5 so I gave him 1u yesterday morning before I moved him and Henry to the new place. He maintained that pretty well so I gave him another 1u last night without him going too low. This morning, I nudged it up a bit to 1.25u since his numbers weren't very good on the 1u but am now having to monitor him because he's at 43. :YMSIGH: Tonight, I'll probably give him a fat 1u if he's still not eating right, although I did just convince him to eat some FF gravy food, so at least I'm not going to have to force-feed him today, even if it does cause him to run higher tonight and tomorrow.
 
That is so interesting, all those templates on Google. But how on earth does one find one quickly? Out of hundreds?
I do have a spreadsheet already, but would like to have it shortened. As you can see it covers almost two years and is very long. When I have to refresh it, it takes awhile to get down to where i need. Any suggestions for this? Maybe start over this past January?
 
For their spreadsheets, some people add a new tab for each year, and make sure to copy the formatting.
 
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