My little joy Cupcake needs help

[Cupcake]

Me and Cupcake are saying good morning

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Oh, I don't know how to put a picture, not a link here. This photo was taken last Christmas. He was about 15,4 lbs (7 kg) then and now he is only 11 lbs (5 kg).
Katiesmom, hello and thank You for Your compliments to my muffin

Considering the numbers of today's AMPS I think that I shouldn't have decreased the dose by 2U last night. If such the situation will occur again I will try not get scared and keep 3U despite the blues. Am I thinking right? Well, I know that every case is different.

Hello Wendy&Tiggy! Greetings from the small and cosy country near the Baltic Sea for You too!
Thank You, my worries are fading away little by little.
Till the diagnose (You call it DX, yes? ) I used to feed him dry food (Acana, Orijen, Taste of the Wild) and wet food (mostly Almo Nature). After the diagnose I've read every word at CatInfo.org. I'm feeding wet food (Bozita, Catz Finefood, Carny) + raw now. It's really difficult to find low carb wet food here. My dearest husband went even to Poland to buy Catz Finefood! I usually give him raw (beef liver, poultry hearts, beef, chicken and turkey filet) every morning and he always has wet foot 24/7. Sometimes I pump a dose of salmon oil into his wet food, sometimes I give him a quail egg.

I'm going to take Cupcake to a vet this weekend. Will try to find out everything about syringes.
Hugs to all! Thank You You are here!

 

[Hillary & Maui (GA)]

You don't necessarily change the dose just based on one test. Please stop second guessing and stick with one dose for the next 3-5 days. If you change the dose for each shot, you will have a much harder time getting Cupcake regulated and potentially into remission.

Yes, remission is possible. But you need to follow the protocol in order to get there. Now that you have a spreadsheet going, if you would like to, you are more than welcome to post daily on the Lantus forum. The people there will be able to help you with dosing, when to change, when to hold, etc and someone is always over there all the time.

Just something to consider. Of course, you may also continue to post here on health too.

 

[Cupcake]

Hillary & Maui, thanks for the reply. I've just wrote on the Lantus theme. Sorry, I'm just a noob here that's why I have so many doubts

 

[Hillary & Maui (GA)]

No need to apologize, you need to learn to trust your judgment and please read the protocols about using Lantus, that will help you to feel more confident too.

 

[Cupcake]

Hillary & Maui,

I've even printed them and having in my hands now. However, I do not understant where is my nadir? Why I see those blues just before PMPS? Carryover, overlap... I've read the theoretical part but still do not know what to.

 

[BJM]

Cats may vary in when the nadir happens.

On the average, it is between 5-7 hours after the shot. Your cat seems to run later.

 

[Wendy&Tiggy(GA)]

Thats good on the food!

The key to Lantus is consistency.

It is a depot insulin. That means it takes a few days to build up in the cats system. Or a few days to drain.
So you dont see the impact of a dose change for 2-3 days after you start the dose.

So its important to give the same dose ( as per protocols you see here) for at least 3 days consistently to see how that dose is working before you change it. Unless he drops under 50 in which case you would reduce immediately.

Wendy

 

[Dusty Bones]

Almost looks like Cupcake is bouncing like Dusty was. His numbers going from low to high overnight. If it continues do what I did and stop the insulin to let him stabilize. You're doing great!

 

[Hillary & Maui (GA)]

If it continues do what I did and stop the insulin to let him stabilize. You're doing great!

This is not good advice, you don't want to stop giving insulin to let him stabilize. Not sure where you got this information from, but it's not a good idea and could be potentially dangerous advice.

 

[Dusty Bones]

If it continues do what I did and stop the insulin to let him stabilize. You're doing great!

Not sure where you got this information from, but it's not a good idea and could be potentially dangerous advice.

That was from my personal experience with Dusty and great advise from Cupcake and others. I'm glad no one told me not to do what I did, Dusty's now 4 days from OTJ. Cupcake, by all means follow established protocols.