Issues with regulating and illness

Lisa A

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both my cats have had diabetes for almost 4 years and this past week they both stopped eating - I have run blood tests, urine tests and xrays and we can to figure out what it is ... on top of that when I check their glucose they are either very high or low ....not sure what to do ...since it is both cats I thought maybe viral but it has been 7 days now ... they are both typically on 3 units of Prozinc
 
And in the blood work, have they checked for both ketones and pancreatitis?
Sammy & Louie glucose

12/22
Sammy - 3 mg - 9:30 am - Glucose 86
Sammy - 12 pm - Glucose 101
Sammy - 5 pm - Glucose 346 - gave 3 mg insulin
Louie - 5 pm - Glucose 604 - gave 3 mg insulin

12/23
Sammy - 5 am - Glucose 376 - gave 3 mg insulin
Sammy - 12 pm - Glucose
427

12/24
Sammy - 5 am - Glucose 284 - gave 2-3/4 units
Sammy - 11 am - Glucose
318
Sammy - 5 pm - Glucose 402 - gave 2-3/4

12/25
Sammy - 4 pm Glucose - 170 - no insulin
Louie - 4 pm Glucose - 275 gave 2-1/2 insulin

12/26 - Louie and Sammy -

Sammy -NO insulin At 5 am 7:30 am at vet - 430
Give 3 units at 8 am

Louie - NO insulin at 5 am
730 am at vet -
570
Give 3 units at 8 am

Louis - 7 pm 626 Glucose gave 4 units
Sammy 7 pm 417 Glucose have 3 units

12/27
Sammy - 6 am - 502 Glucose gave 3 units
Louie - 6 am - could not get level but gave 3 units

Sammy - 530 pm - 329 gave 3 units
Louie - 530 pm - 510
Gave 4 units

12/28
Sammy - 5 am - 371
Gave 3 units

Lou- 5 am - 466
Gave 4 units

Sammy - 5 pm - 357
Gave 3 Units

Louie - 5 pm - 85
Gave no insulin

12/29
Sammy - 730 am - 566 - gave 3 units insulin
Curve at Vet-

10 am - 589
Noon - 376
230 pm- 344
700 pm - 438
Gave 3 units at 7 pm


Louie 730 am - 532 gave 3 units insulin
Curve at Vet
10 am - 607
Noon - 457
230 pm - 312
700 pm - 486
Gave 3 units at 7 pm

12/30
Sammy - 545 am - 612 - gave 3 units
Noon - 413
5 pm - 407 - gave 3 units

Louie - 545 am - 238 - gave 1 unit
Noon - 370
5 pm - 602 - gave 2.5 units

12/31

Sammy 545 am - ate food - 396 - gave 3 units
12:30 pm - 449
5 pm - 419 - gave 3 units


Louie - 545 am - ate food -
496 - gave 3 units
12:30 pm - 403
5 pm - 268 - gave 2.5 units


1/1

Sammy - 5:30 am -

Lou - 5:30 am -
 
Oh Lisa, I'm so sorry you typed all of that out! What we really need is to see the patterns to make sense of the times when the different numbers occurred. A list like this doesn't really provide that. Here is a link to the spreadsheet: http://www.felinediabetes.com/FDMB/threads/fdmb-spreadsheet-instructions.130337/

Here are my hunches:
1. Since it hit both cats at the same time, could be viral, or could be a bad batch of food (what are they eating for meals? what are they eating for snacks/treats?)
2. Pancreatitis - often accompanies diabetes in cats and causes them to stop eating. Could just be a coincidence that it hit them both around the same time.
3. Thank goodness we can cross ketones off the list
4. Dosing issue
5. They both decided they just don't like their food anymore.

So here are some questions when you're done with the spreadsheets:
1. again, what are they eating, and how long have they been eating it?
2. are they willing to eat treats?
3. are they eating anything? or are they completely off of their food?
4. have you tried syringe feeding, or did the vet recommend it?
5. have you tried any flavor enhancers? (tuna water, fortiflora, brewer's yeast, freeze dried treat/toppers, etc.)
6. any vomiting or diarrhea?
7. what is their activity level? is it typical to their normal behavior?
8. are they grooming? pooping? peeing? purring?
 
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