Buddysmama
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Hi All! New to the forum 
My cat Buddy is a 9 year old snowshoe who used to be a 20 lb big boy. After being diagnosed with diabetes I completely changed his diet from grazing dry food to twice a day canned tiki cat and a before bed gravy mousse also from tiki. He had already lost 7 lbs before his diagnosis so now we are still at that weight.
Initially he was getting 2 units of prozinc and I was not home testing. I decided to let my vet do his curve and she came back to me that his #’s were low and to not give him insulin that night or the next morning. She also called prozinc and they Lowered insulin down to 1 unit. 4 days ago I gave him food like normal and insulin and he crazy threw up right after. I was already suspicious something was going on but now I was worried.
Well in this time I decided to home test the low word worried me and how he was acting. After a few trials and errors I was able to get the hang of it.
The last 3 days my cat has been consistently between 88-110 in his readings. I have NOT given him insulin.
Am I correct in that these #’s are normal? No wonder his #’s were low at the vet ( she said 45 and blamed the glucometer. My gut tells me to keep testing before feeding and if they are rising then to consider it. Also no excess water consumption or urination.
My cat Buddy is a 9 year old snowshoe who used to be a 20 lb big boy. After being diagnosed with diabetes I completely changed his diet from grazing dry food to twice a day canned tiki cat and a before bed gravy mousse also from tiki. He had already lost 7 lbs before his diagnosis so now we are still at that weight.
Initially he was getting 2 units of prozinc and I was not home testing. I decided to let my vet do his curve and she came back to me that his #’s were low and to not give him insulin that night or the next morning. She also called prozinc and they Lowered insulin down to 1 unit. 4 days ago I gave him food like normal and insulin and he crazy threw up right after. I was already suspicious something was going on but now I was worried.
Well in this time I decided to home test the low word worried me and how he was acting. After a few trials and errors I was able to get the hang of it.
The last 3 days my cat has been consistently between 88-110 in his readings. I have NOT given him insulin.
Am I correct in that these #’s are normal? No wonder his #’s were low at the vet ( she said 45 and blamed the glucometer. My gut tells me to keep testing before feeding and if they are rising then to consider it. Also no excess water consumption or urination.
