mg/dL is been in the low/mid 100's the past 3 days w/o insul

[concrete]

Hi,

I have noticed that my Zoe's sugar has been lower than usual for the past three days. He is not well regulated yet and his dosage is 2 units twice a day of Prozinc.
Normally if I test him in the morning he is somewhere around 350 but the past few days he has been at 112-157. I did see that a few hours after food he was at 240 which is still a bit low to him. His dosage was upped from 1 unit to 2 units about 3 weeks ago. He is eating.

Two things happened recently that may/may not have anything to do with it. He has recently got fleas. I am doing my best to get them off of him but I do not want to use any chemicals as I have an infant in the house.
The other is almost a week ago his injection went into the skin fold instead of the open space when you are pulling up the skin on his neck. It made a bubble in that area, filled with the insulin I am assuming, and was gone the next morning (night shot)

He also threw up overnight the past 2 days

I have been skipping his insulin since his sugar was so low. I only give it to him if it is over 240 or so.

Could he be sick and it is effecting his insulin production? What about the fleas? Could it be stress? He urine has blood in it every so often. He has been to the vet for it but they just give him antibiotics and aren't sure if it is crystals, uti, or whatever. He is has blood in his urine now. Normally I just force him to drink a lot of water/broth and it goes away.
I also want to add that I usually can tell when he is in duress but he looks pretty normal at the moment. The fleas more than anything are annoying him.


Please help me out with some guidance, I don't want my little buddy to die on me.

Thanks,
Dan

 

[BJM]

Re: mg/dL is been in the low/mid 100's the past 3 days w/o i

You didn't indicate if your vet did a cystocentesis and culture. Take a look at this page by Dr Pierson and see if it gives you some ideas to discuss with your vet.

The dose increase from 1 to 2 units may have been too big a jump for your cat. Too much insulin might be making him feel unwell - how often are you testing? Have you run a curve at that dose? Maybe the increase should have been to 1.5 units.

Are you giving him 2 units only if he is over 240? I would guess that having the insulin go from 0 to 2 units and back to 0 across several days may not be working well for him, unless, perhaps, he is experiencing a "sputtering" pancreas that is trying to work and succeeds only intermittently. Folks over in the Prozinc forum may be able to advise you better on that.

 

[concrete]

Re: mg/dL is been in the low/mid 100's the past 3 days w/o i

Just reposted in the PZI forum, thanks.

I should have been more clear. I give him his insulin each morning and night, I was just saying that I skipped his shot when I noticed he was low.