Is it OK to feed before PMPS?

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Picknickchick

Picknickchick

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Although it's 3 hours until the PMPS, River is hungry. Is it okay to feed him this early? My normal routine has been to arrive home from work sometime before 6 and feed the cats, and at this time give River a small dinner. Then I give River a second small dinner when he gets his evening shot. Is this okay? I don't want to make his PMPS out of whack somehow. But I don't want him to go hungry for hours.
 
We suggest no food for at least 2 hrs prior to testing

I usually give small meals throughout the day and take up all food 2hr prior

Maybe just give a teaspoon or 2 to tide River over until PMPS time
 
Keep posting ALL of your questions and concerns. Everyone on FDMB is willing to help you all the time.

Your River looks like my Rasql. :smile:
 
I hate the don't feed 2 hours before shot time!! grrrrr. I swear, that is when Tomcat is super starved! He is allowed to eat ANYTHING LC all day and all night long...fresh....whatever he wants.....all different types....but he is ho hum most of those "free feeding" times....but pick up that plate ....and all of a sudden!! I AM STARVED!!

it is always something right?

I hope you were able to feed River so he was comfortable, but not so stuffed he didn't eat a good shot time amount...

that is another problem!!!

good luck

~kelly
 
Kelly, Misty, thank you so much.
I hate slamming people, but just about everything my vet (my former vet) told me about how to treat diabetes was wrong.

"He's having a Somogyi."
"Don't test too often, just go by his behaviour."
"He's well-regulated."
"I've never seen a hypo; it's not a concern."
"He's looking good, so stop testing for 3 weeks."
"Roll the Lantus for a good minute each time."
"If you overfill the syringe, just inject it back in the vial."
"Prefill your week's syringes in advance."
"I don't know what his weight is, so I prescribed this dosage based on when I saw him three months ago. Do you think he's lost weight since then?"

and so on... grr_red

Now that I'm getting good advice I feel so much more hopeful. I'm holding that lightly, as I know diabetes is a slippery thing, but last night a friend commented something I'd been thinking, that I paid thousands of dollars, to my last penny, recently, to someone who didn't help, and actually endangered his health, and now I'm getting good advice freely. It should have been the other way around.

Thanks so very much.
 
Wow, I'm sure glad that is your former vet. The knowledge, expertise and generosity around here are amazing. :-D We give Zener a little freeze dried chicken if he's hungry after +10. It's zero carb and it helps to tide him over to PMPS.
Liz
 
While not getting good/accurate information from someone who you trust, let alone paying for that information is incredibly frustrating. In your vet's defense, I think they have an incredibly difficult job. They are expected to know about every problem/disease across several different kinds of animals. MDs only have to know about humans. Vets are expected to be well informed about cats, dogs, birds, snakes, guinea pigs, etc. It has to be a daunting task.

And the good news is that you found your way here and have access to the information you need to help your kitty get healthy.

If I can make a suggestion. It's important to get at least one test during the PM cycle in addition to your PMPS. Many cats experience lower numbers at night. In addition, if you don't test at night, you're missing half of your data.
 
So a test before you go to bed is a nice one to get every night. Think you can squeeze in a test then?
 
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