Hi. My name is Colleen and I have 3 fur babies Figgy, Newtie (aka Fig Newton) and Nicky (aka NiNi). All are rescues that all came with their own challenges. Figs we found separated from his Mom to soon with an umbilical hernia and filled with parasites. Newtie, a hurricane Sandy survivor who was approx 12 weeks old covered in ringworm and has had seizures but it's under control. Figs and Newt are a year and a year and a half, friendly, playful and not hand shy at all. Last but not least, Nicky...Nicky is our newest addition we found at a shelter a week before Christmas. She is approx 8-10 yrs old, was in a cage for at least 6 months before we took her home, missing teeth and it took a lot of work to get her to trust us enough to not hide under the bed all day. She was spayed at the shelter and when I took her home the incision just didn't look right, this is where the challenges begin, I decided to not wait the suggested 10 days to take her to the vet and when we got there her incision was infected, more than a few teeth missing and her mouth was black. We gave her antibiotics and cleaned her everyday till it was better. Her mouth was so bad the vet suggested we take blood and urine and do a dental on her. Her results came back that she is diabetic. My vet feels it is fairly new (no keynotes?). Her glucose was 297 and crystals in urine. We started her last night on glargin (one unit, twice a day) and will return to the vet in 5 days to test. Needless to say, we can't do her dental until this is under control. I'm a nervous wreck! This is what I've done, if you think I've done anything wrong or should do it another way, all advice and suggestions are welcome.
Last night was her first injection....all furbabies got a mixture of the new diet (Royal canin renal LP) and there old diet (they always either ate Fussie cat chicken or red barn beef and I would leave out Fromms grain free dry for picking, I have eliminated dry). They all gobbled down the food except for Nicky - she maybe ate half. I waited about 20 min then my husband helped me give her the injection. I had to entice her with treats to get her close enough to me, I did the injection on the kitchen table. She runs a little if you even walk fast in the same room as her.
This morning, I put food down again as last night, Nicky ate half of what I put down for her, Figgy refused to eat, Newtie ate a small amount. I waited 20 min and gave Nicky her injection. It wasn't easy, my husband was at work and she doesn't like to be held still.again, treats were given to everyone before and after. Here's the problem, figs hasn't eaten, Newtie just a little so I left the food down....Nicky is now eating more. Do I remove all food after the injection? It's impossible to keep them separated to eat. Should I give them a small amount of food later then dinner and give injection then? I feel like if I take care of Nicky's needs the other 2 suffer and vise versa. Thank you so much and I'm sorry for the short novel
Last night was her first injection....all furbabies got a mixture of the new diet (Royal canin renal LP) and there old diet (they always either ate Fussie cat chicken or red barn beef and I would leave out Fromms grain free dry for picking, I have eliminated dry). They all gobbled down the food except for Nicky - she maybe ate half. I waited about 20 min then my husband helped me give her the injection. I had to entice her with treats to get her close enough to me, I did the injection on the kitchen table. She runs a little if you even walk fast in the same room as her.
This morning, I put food down again as last night, Nicky ate half of what I put down for her, Figgy refused to eat, Newtie ate a small amount. I waited 20 min and gave Nicky her injection. It wasn't easy, my husband was at work and she doesn't like to be held still.again, treats were given to everyone before and after. Here's the problem, figs hasn't eaten, Newtie just a little so I left the food down....Nicky is now eating more. Do I remove all food after the injection? It's impossible to keep them separated to eat. Should I give them a small amount of food later then dinner and give injection then? I feel like if I take care of Nicky's needs the other 2 suffer and vise versa. Thank you so much and I'm sorry for the short novel
