Kitty 40 (2.2) at +3. Too early for a reduction?

Aiden Curry

Aiden Curry

Member Since 2020
Basically the title, we have the situation under control, she was up to 3.4 after feeding a nice saucy treat. But could she be on too much insulin? We are following TR, and she earned a reduction 12 hours ago after a measurement of 32 (1.8).
 
We don't like to do back-to-back reductions-- often they don't hold. Yes, she could still be feeling the effects of "too much insulin", but it's probably more the depot from the old larger dose than her new reduced dose that is doing it.

So, for now, hold the line on her new dose. Good work keeping her safe!
 
Responding to bump this up -- hopefully an advanced person can respond.
But I will copy/paste this from the sticky:

"If kitty drops below 40 (long term diabetic) or 50 (newly diagnosed diabetic) reduce the dose by 0.25 unit. If kitty has a history of not holding reductions well or if reductions are close together... sneak the dose down by shaving the dose rather than reducing by a full quarter unit."

I'm not sure which point applies here.
2.2 = 39.6 and is therefore below 40, but the reductions would also be very close together.
 
Yes, with the official rule here, I do want to add that the new vs. long-term diabetic distinctions are based on experience with lots of cats failing to hold reductions under the newly-diagosed standard.

But, Kitty was asking quite insistently for that reduction before she dropped below 40 yesterday, and now she's done it again. Going forward, it might be reasonable to think about relaxing the strict rule about reductions back to something more like the rule for newly-diagnosed diabetics. If you do that, and she keeps failing to hold the reductions, then you can always go back to the long-term diabetic standards, right?
 
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