nannersfriend
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We talked to Nanner's vet today and frankly I think I need to just start all over. I'm almost certain that he has been in a cycle of being given way to much insulin, had a bunch of carbs shoved down him, going hypo, and then rebounding way high. They started him off with 2U of humulin N and put him on science diet W/D, sure lets shove carbs down a diabetic, that's a great idea. Sorry. I'm still fuming. I don't think they could have done much more wrong if they had tried. It's a wonder the poor little guy is still with us. The vet just kept upping his insulin, they suspected his humans weren't giving him the insulin or at least not on a regular schedule, AAARRRGGG. Apparently they had multiple visits for "lessons" on how to give shots. The vet kept telling us how when he left to go to the shelter he was very well regulated and doing really well, yeah that's why his BG was off the meter yesterday morning and his litterbox was flooded, and I know it was cleaned the night before because we did it. I knew I should have brought him home the first day he was surrendered to the shelter. Ok enough of what was, I'll go pull some weeds or play a kill the monster game on the computer later and work off the frustration and anger about the whole thing.
This morning Nanner was at 247, so we did 1/2 can of friskies turkey and giblets, about 1/4 cup of dry (Iams digestive), and 1U of pro-zinc. Today he is feeling good, and there just isn't much in the litter box, yesterday it was flooded. He seems to be tolerating the canned well, no tummy upset symptoms at all, we've been giving him a little of the low carb canned for the last week or so as a treat when he gets his shots so I don't think it will cause tummy troubles. Tonight I'd like to just give him the low carb canned, and skip the shot and the dry food, providing his numbers aren't too high, and then see what his numbers are in the morning. Does it sound reasonable to go ahead with this at this point? I don't want to shock his system by changing food too fast, but so far he seems to tolerate the canned well, and he seems to be feeling SOOO much better today.
Paula and Nanner
This morning Nanner was at 247, so we did 1/2 can of friskies turkey and giblets, about 1/4 cup of dry (Iams digestive), and 1U of pro-zinc. Today he is feeling good, and there just isn't much in the litter box, yesterday it was flooded. He seems to be tolerating the canned well, no tummy upset symptoms at all, we've been giving him a little of the low carb canned for the last week or so as a treat when he gets his shots so I don't think it will cause tummy troubles. Tonight I'd like to just give him the low carb canned, and skip the shot and the dry food, providing his numbers aren't too high, and then see what his numbers are in the morning. Does it sound reasonable to go ahead with this at this point? I don't want to shock his system by changing food too fast, but so far he seems to tolerate the canned well, and he seems to be feeling SOOO much better today.
Paula and Nanner
