King

[King]

I'm going to the hospital tomorrow so I left my cat at the vet until Sunday. injects caninsulin. we talked with the doctor to either increase his units (he is doing 2) or try lantus. I told her I prefer lantus. I hope I made the right decision

 

[tiffmaxee]

I hope surgery goes well and they start lantus.

 

[King]

I hope surgery goes well and they start lantus.

Ty ❤

 

[Yanna]

I hope surgery goes well and they start lantus.

Hi Elise! I hope you are well!

Maria is boarding her cat in a clinic that closes at 21:00, with no staff around until 9:00.
They are going to switch to Lantus, which is good.
Current dose of Caninsulin is 2u.
What would be safe for King under the circumstances? What do you think?

 

[tiffmaxee]

Hi Yanna. Looks like King bounces from yellow as well as blue. It will take 5-7 days for the depot to build. I’m thinking 4.0 or 4.5 but would like to see what others think so I will tag a couple. Bron is sleeping now but will be on later, @Wendy&Neko @Bron and Sheba (GA)

 

[tiffmaxee]

Hopefully we will hear back. I’ve also sent a pm fir a few to look at the spreadsheet.

 

[tiffmaxee]

@Yanna

Can you clarify whether she’s been giving 5 like on the ss or 2 units?

which syringes were being you with Caninsulin? U40 or U100? Would need to be converted to find the equivalent I am told. Will King eat well at the vet’s? A ll this needs to be taken into consideration when choosing a beginning dose of Lantus.

 

[Yanna]

@Yanna

Can you clarify whether she’s been giving 5 like on the ss or 2 units?

She's been giving 5u of Caninsulin with u100 syringe (vet's 1 instructions)

According to the conversion chart, that's 2u caninsulin assuming she used a u40 syringe

Are the calculations right?

Vet 2 will keep King in her clinic until Sunday, she's going to switch to Lantus. The clinic is open 9:00 - 21:00, no one around to monitor King after they close.

 

[tiffmaxee]

Thanks. That helps. I would think going down to 1.5 would be safest. Let’s see more opinions.

 

[tiffmaxee]

Ok. So as long as the vet uses U100 syringes give 1.5. That’s a little less the equivalent to what you were giving. Will the vet do that?

 

[tiffmaxee]

Congratulations on the new baby. I’ll look at your ss.

 

[King]

Congratulations on the new baby. I’ll look at your ss.

Ok ty ❤