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Not stressing about the litter right now. He was on stove pellets before and I strongly disliked them, the pine smell bothered my nose and I was dumping out 20 dollars worth every week.

He is staying at the vets for the night. It was expensive, more than I was prepared for, but I have to do what I have to do I guess. Let me know if the receipt looks about right. They wanted to do some other blood test and a fructosamine test but that pushed it over $450 and I couldn't do it. oh and he weighs 5.5 kilos.

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Don't know Canada prices but I do know the fructosamine test would have told you definitely if he was diabetic. I'm lucky where I am in the boonies of Nebraska my vet is very cheap...with my first diabetic a week's stay at the vet's with all the test and 3 days in intensive care it only ran me $200.00 but then again an office call here is only $15, so I always have sticker shock when others talk about their vet bills.

Mel, Maxwell, Musette & The Fur Gang
 
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Fructosamine was about 70? If he has to have it for a more clear answer we'll do it... but I was hoping this would be OK for now. We can't start treatment until after Christmas anyway.

He also has some dental issues so he needs a full dental done... that is about $400. :YMSIGH:
 
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pricewise it looks really good to me. not sure about the blood collection fee and the courier fee as i've never seen those on a receipt down here but otherwise everything looks good to me. i pay roughly $60 for the exam, nearly $200 i think for a complete blood panel and $15-$20 for overnight stays.

as far as whether anything is missing, i would say no for right now. the blood panel will have a glucose reading on it which might be helpful as far as whether he's diabetic or not. if it's in the range of normal to high normal then i'd lean away from diabetes needing insulin right now and moreso vet stress factoring in but if it's sky high, i'd go with he IS diabetic and gonna need insulin sooner than later, assuming there's no sign of infection. if he's normal to high normal i'd keep him on the food you've changed him to and watch his glucose level periodically because he could still be diabetic but controlled by the diet and if it were to get out of control you'd want to catch it early again.
 
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The courier fee I think is for sending the blood sample to the lab... and the other fee is just for drawing the blood I guess.

The kind-of-good thing about him staying overnight is I'm sure they'll feed him a Hills food (saw the posters all over) that will probably bump his BG up high enough to cause alarm... Anyways I just called and they are keeping him for the afternoon to do a glucose curve... but she called it an insulin curve so... does that mean..?
 
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That more than likely means....Welcome to the Sugarcat dance...you are now officially the proud owner of a Diabetic.

Now that might sound like bad news, but I think a lot of us here will tell you that it is a blessing in disguise. I own and have owned lots of cats over the years...13 currently, but I have never had the strong bond to any of them like I do with my two sugarcats. There is just something very special about treating a diabetic cat, you move out of the realm of owner and pet to partners in a beautiful and yes sometimes highly frustrating dance.

I have also learned more about all of my cats in the little over year that I have been dancing with my extra sweet kitties, I am so much more aware of the whole cat than I ever was. And the coolest part is you have already found us, and we will be here to hold your hand and paw every inch of the way. We will be a shoulder to lean on, an ear to vent to, and we will laugh with you, cry with you and cheer on every success.

Mel, Maxwell, Musette & The Fur Gang
 
Re: Adopted an ill cat. * Scooter is staying @ the vets

Okay. But we never really talked about an insulin curve in the office. So do you think his BG was high on the blood panel and now they're doing the curve to monitor it?
 
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Possibly. Is that why they wanted to keep him for the day? I may have missed the reasoning for that in an earlier post of yours.
 
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Ah yes... that's what I figured.

I'm relieved in a way, because I was going in expecting diabetes to be the answer... I've had weeks to mull over what I was going to do, and deal with what it's going to be like... so the diagnosis is not a shock for me. And I've already found DCIN so once I send them his paperwork I can get a bit of help. :smile: It's all good. I didn't realize how attached I'd grown to him until he was gone for the night. I kept accidentally calling him and looking at his cans of food and thinking "oh crap I forgot to feed Scooter" ... :lol:

ETA: They told me yesterday he'd be ready in the morning, and nothing was really said about a glucose curve. Just what was on the paper. So I called this morning and they said they were keeping him later to do the curve. Which is fine. Leaving him there overnight was my choice, he had peed all over in the carrier and they couldn't do the urinalysis and ultrasound until he filled up again... and I didn't want to have to drive back and forth just to have him pee in the carrier again. They have really nice boarding areas and it was cheap (they charged me boarding - not hospitalization) so I figured that was the best thing to do.

Overall I'm really pleased with the care offered at this office, it was a bit of a brief visit, but they treated him like he was their own cat, gave him tons of belly rubs and head kisses and nice toys and blankets in his overnight pen. Dr. Oz is very nice and realistic, and he was all for home testing if it is diabetes (which it sounds like it is at this point). Will report back later :D
 
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If you haven't gotten a meter already might as well get ahold of Lori and Tom (GA) that run the newbie kits and get her busy sending one out to you...Now that you are part of the FDMB family, Might as well get ready to join the Vampire Club as well. :-D

Mel, Maxwell, Musette & The Fur Gang
 
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I think Celine from DCIN will be sending me one... we have been in touch over e-mail for the past few days. How thrilling though. :-D
 
Re: Adopted an ill cat. * Scooter is staying @ the vets

If they suspect he's diabetic, they will do the curve, checking his BG every couple of hours or so. It is probably a little higher than it would be if you tested him at home, since he's at the vet's office (What chedic would call HELL if he could speak English....). :lol: My Cedric was only on insulin for a month, and I am here in the US so my numbers are differnent, but if you click on the spreadsheet below, you can see where I did 3 different curves on him. you can also see how much insulin he received at the start of the curve.

i know the bills can be tough - my rescue's bill was $1600 - but Scooter will love you for taking care of him!
 
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honestly, don't waste your money on a curve at the vet. It's not going to tell you anything real - the cat is not in his home environment and stressed. All this factors into not getting the best numbers that you will get at home.

so save your money, get a meter and start home testing, do your own curve at home

that's my 2 cents.

oh and I saw the invoice and saw that they used IDEXX lab - some of my friends as well me, have had issues with the test results from this lab - going forward ask them to send it to Antech - they have a better track record of test results.

Just an observation.
 
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Hillary & Maui said:
honestly, don't waste your money on a curve at the vet. It's not going to tell you anything real - the cat is not in his home environment and stressed. All this factors into not getting the best numbers that you will get at home.

so save your money, get a meter and start home testing, do your own curve at home

that's my 2 cents.

oh and I saw the invoice and saw that they used IDEXX lab - some of my friends as well me, have had issues with the test results from this lab - going forward ask them to send it to Antech - they have a better track record of test results.

Just an observation.
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Thanks, I didn't ask for the curve nor did we talk about it previously so if they try to sneak a charge in on me for it I'll be a little bit angry.

I'll keep that in mind if he needs blood testing again but I think they got the results from it back already, we'll see.
 
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Hillary & Maui said:
- going forward ask them to send it to Antech - they have a better track record of test results.
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I would not agree with that but will say that all labs....all tests can have glitches. That is why i stress so strongly not to count on any one value to diagnose any disease. Re-check and look for repeatability.

Also, most vets have accounts at one lab - not two - so you typically cannot request a specific lab.
 
Re: Adopted an ill cat. * Scooter is staying @ the vets

Back home with Scooter. They didn't end up doing the curve because of the issues you guys mentioned above (high stress environment, etc). We opted to do the fructosamine test instead, and the results will be back as well as the IDEXX stuff tomorrow. So that was another $64. I'll be getting photocopies of the results in the mail.

So for now we still don't have a 100% sure diagnosis but Dr. Oz nodded when I asked if he thought it was diabetes. He had small amounts of glucose in his urine and a minor UTI but they both were likely stress induced so we'll keep an eye on him. In the meantime we talked about treatment options and we are going to go with Lantus and home BG testing to determine the proper dose. He also needs a dental ASAP but I will try to brush him as often as I can in the meantime.
 
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Please note on my Dental Health section linked below that you do NOT want to start trying to train a cat to accept brushing until AFTER he gets his teeth cleaned. If he has any painful spot in his mouth, you will just set this up to be a painful/negative experience. It is hard enough as it is to get cats to accept toothbrushing....we need to make sure that we do it only after the mouth gets a clean bill of health. So...hold off on that for now.

http://www.catinfo.org/?link=makingcatf ... tal_Health
 
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Alright, thanks.

It's not too bad, he's just got a bit of swelling/redness around the gums. My sister is a registered CDA so I know how it works lol.

I won't be able to have the dental done for a while unfortunately. I hate to put it off but this has hit me really hard all at once... I'm unemployed so it's tough. :YMSIGH:
 
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Results in from the test today - yep, diabetes.

fructosamine was 538
glucose was 333 (18.5 mmol, this is with stress, but after diet change)

I'm picking up the Lantus prescription when I get back on the 26th and hopefully getting that and my testing kit from Celine. I'll have the exact paperwork from the blood test when I get back too.
 
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No worries, this is do-able. we'll teach you. Would you read the post below - several of us have just given her a lot of good information on Lantus.

May Have to ReHome Diabetic Cat

by the way, would you post what the starting dose is that the vet suggests before you give a shot tonight? most cats only need to start with 1 unit, and then with lantus we wait 5-7 days before adjusting doses. if he needs a dose adjustment (which nearly every cat does) we only adjust by .25 units at a time. vets are primarily accustomed to using other insulins and adjustments are made differently. many vets suggest adjusting by 1 unit at a time and that can easily lead to too much insulin. i'm not faulting vets. many don't have much experience with feline diabetes and many who do are new to using lantus.

we'll help you with the dosing. all of us here do feline diabetes 24/7 365 days a year. cats who get on Lantus early in their diabetes and follow the Tight Regulation Protocol developed in Australia have an excellent track record of remission. i don't recall the exact number, but it's something over 80%. we can teach you how to do that.
 
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Not going to be shooting until I get back from xmas holidays on the 26th, I'll let you know what the dose regimen is when I get back. My landlord will be feeding him over the holidays :)
 
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Hi Dr Lisa
Thanks for the comments about the litter. Oh now, I'm confused. I was under the impresson that the clay was cakey in the intestines, etc. I did read your litter info on your website a while back but I think I read something since then and so now I'm confused.

I must say I absolutely love the green bag of WBCL (and I haven't even tried the multi cat formula, and if that's even better--wow, cuz the green kind is GREAT! Super light, doesn't crumble, much much easier to scoop and feel like things are clean. Yes, the clay gets massively stuck to the pan and scooper especially if you accidentally crack open a chunk.

I have not noticed any dust, but then maybe I haven't noticed. I keep the litter box in a big walk in closet so maybe it's just not entering the rest of my place from there. I'll keep an eye out. I have a Miele vacuum which was the best cat-cleaning purchase I've ever made since it sucks up everything.

Jaguar, hope things are better. too bad you are not closer, I would help you out if you were in NYC and I would donate a carrier to you, too. If you just reach out a little more you might be able to get more support, both with supplies and help. Glad to hear that kitty is finally eating the wet. Yes, I think they sniff their nose at it for as long as they can get away with it and then just one day simply succumb. I have a foster cat who was only on dried organic and refused to even sniff the expensive low carb, no grain kinds. Now he gobbles it up. At first I was sprinkling a few crunchies on it to get him to eat the crunchies, then also some freeze dried chicekn (Luv a littles) and also some Forti-Flora probiotic powder. All those things made him eat it and now I don't have to sprinkle any of it on there. Also, I've tried to limit feedings to twice a day so the cats are hungry and grateful for any grub when they can finally eat (rather than feeding them whenever I go into the kitchen.)

good luck and thanks for spending the time to come to this site and work on trying to make it work with Scooter even though he's not the lovebug you'd hoped. He's gone thru a lot and he may be thinking that YOU'RE not the lovebug he'd wanted, or he's simply afraid to get too close since he's alreayd been dumped before. So give it time if you are able...you are already doing the right thing by him so sounds like in your heart you are giving the little guy a chance.
 
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My hat is off to you for stepping up and getting things figured out. Kazi's diagnosis came after 11 years of owning and loving her...not sure I would have been so willing to make it work with a cat I had no real relationship with. In all honesty I think we are more tightly bonded than we ever were before the pokes began for her. I hope the same happens for you and your kitty - you will be amazed at how much better he feels once you get his BG under control. I would be willing to bet his personality staarts to shine for you soon. =)
 
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Thanks, we might be working on borrowed time here, my landlord says GET RID OF THE CAT because the litter box still smells if no one is home to clean it every day (like when I was gone over Christmas). I just can't wait for DCIN to send the Lantus to me so I will have to pay for the first prescription and a cheap meter just so we can get started. :YMSIGH:
 
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Jaguar said:
Thanks, we might be working on borrowed time here, my landlord says GET RID OF THE CAT because the litter box still smells if no one is home to clean it every day (like when I was gone over Christmas). I just can't wait for DCIN to send the Lantus to me so I will have to pay for the first prescription and a cheap meter just so we can get started. :YMSIGH:
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Have you been in touch with Celine about the Lantus and meter?
 
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tuckers mom said:
Jaguar said:
Thanks, we might be working on borrowed time here, my landlord says GET RID OF THE CAT because the litter box still smells if no one is home to clean it every day (like when I was gone over Christmas). I just can't wait for DCIN to send the Lantus to me so I will have to pay for the first prescription and a cheap meter just so we can get started. :YMSIGH:
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Have you been in touch with Celine about the Lantus and meter?
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Yes. She sent the meter yesterday but shipping is soooo slow, I don't expect to get it for another 3 weeks and I just can't wait that long. Even if I have to buy a new meter and return it when I get hers... I just need it now.
 
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As far as your landlord goes, here's a coupon that was posted in The Supply Closet for Free Litter after the rebate. It says it is good for people that don't scoop as much. Maybe, you could get it and use it on the days or weekends when you are gone. Just a thought.
 
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Jaguar said:
the litter box still smells if no one is home to clean it every day
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Unfortunately this is going to happen with a litter box of any cat, diabetic or not if it isn't cleaned at least daily. There are 13 cats here and 15 litter boxes, all of which are cleaned at least twice day. Yes, I spend a great deal of my day scooping litter boxes, and sweeping up litter and fur around the house but that is what I signed up for when I adopted my cats. Although, because of keeping my litter boxes clean, my cats don't go outside of the boxes and on several occassions from several different friends I have been paid the highest compliment that a cat owner of multiple cats can hear "I know you have a lot of cats, but your house doesn't smell catty!"

Cat ownership just involves daily little box duty. If we need to be away for even one night we either have a friend stop by to feed and scoop boxes or we hire someone to do it.

Mel, Maxwell, Musette & The Fur Gang
 
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I just send you another email R.

Unfortunately that coupon cannot be used in Canada. :(
 
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MommaOfMuse said:
Jaguar said:
the litter box still smells if no one is home to clean it every day
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Unfortunately this is going to happen with a litter box of any cat, diabetic or not if it isn't cleaned at least daily. There are 13 cats here and 15 litter boxes, all of which are cleaned at least twice day. Yes, I spend a great deal of my day scooping litter boxes, and sweeping up litter and fur around the house but that is what I signed up for when I adopted my cats. Although, because of keeping my litter boxes clean, my cats don't go outside of the boxes and on several occassions from several different friends I have been paid the highest compliment that a cat owner of multiple cats can hear "I know you have a lot of cats, but your house doesn't smell catty!"

Cat ownership just involves daily little box duty. If we need to be away for even one night we either have a friend stop by to feed and scoop boxes or we hire someone to do it.

Mel, Maxwell, Musette & The Fur Gang
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Yeah I understand this, but because we are new to the area we have no friends/family nearby (my aunt just moved away) to help with the litter box. I will see what I can do about hiring someone to do it but I'm still a bit weary of someone coming into my house or taking Scooter to their house... plus the fact that he needs injections and the glucose testing... maybe I will just board him at the vet.
 
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I knoiw money is tight so this might not be an option, but when Cello was diagnosed and the litter box was gross I gave in and bought a litter robot (amazing self cleaning litter box) it is the only one that gets flawless reviews and I love it. It was $400 dollars though, so NOT cheap. I asked my whole family to pitch in to buy it instead of giving me Birthday/Christmas gifts. But I literally haven't cleaned the litter box in 2 months now. Just change a bag in a drawer once a week and it self cleans after ever single use, no smell, perfect for an apartment and great for diabetic cats that go a lot, since it cleans each time.
 
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That's pretty cool but I'm sure Scooter would clog one of those full in 2-3 days. Not really much more economical than scooping daily for me at the moment. I will look into one when I find employment though.
 
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Okay . So I got Scoot's Lantus today. 5x 3ml pens, it was about $105. I also got him a Bayer Contour meter, strips, lancets.. and some syringes.

I tested the meter once on myself and my boyfriend to get comfy with it. I tested 5.7 and he 5.9. I tested Scooter and he was 19.1 (344) after eating !!! He squirmed a bit, bf had to restrain him a little, but it was easy peasy, got a reading on the first test lol. I'm a natural! He doesn't mind the lancet device at all either so I can use that to poke him :-D

Now should I continue testing and do what I can of a curve, or start with a low dose and go from there?
 
Re: New - adopted an ill cat. * When to start Lantus?

Welcome to the Vampire Club!!! And on your first try!!!

A curve isn't going to tell you much at this point as Lantus needs to build up a shed, and that normally takes about 3-5 days for the dose to "settle".

I would start him on a nice low dose, either .5u or 1u twice a day, make sure you test before food and shots as well as trying to get a +6 (which should be right around his nadir). And any additional tests you can get in just to see how the dose is working for him, as well as establish a routine for testing. Now is a good time to pick when you want his shots to be a Lantus likes them as close to 12 hours apart as you can get.

Mel, Maxwell, Musette & The Fur Gang
 
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Woo thanks :-D Was easier than I thought it would be, everyone psyched me into thinking that it was gonna be some nightmarish process.. but it was over in all of 60 seconds lol.

I think I'll do an 11/11 schedule... gonna suck to wake up at 5 am to test because I don't think I can do it alone yet, but we'll see. BF is getting better, he used to tell me about how he wanted to be a doctor and I told him this was a good time to get some experience with diabetes... and he liked that :-D

I think I'll start at 1U, my vet suggested something like that too. Here we go.
 
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LOL caring for a diabetic cat was just the push I needed to go back to college to become a Vet tech...If you have to do it alone and Scooter gets too squirmy, just turn him into a kitty burrito, wrap him up in a big bath/beach towel so only his head is showing. And don't forget the low carb treats for every test it won't be long and he will come running for those ear pokes, because in his mind ear poke equals treats.

For Musette the magic treat was low fat cream cheese, for Maxwell it was a good long brushing, so just got to find what Scooter really loves and use that as a reward for those ear pokies.

Mel, Maxwell, Musette & The Fur Gang
 
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LOL... My vet told me I should look into going to vet school... I had already done so much research on diabetes he really didn't have to explain much to me, my BF was asking questions while *I* answered and the vet nodded away! It started with my obsession with pet rats and their health/husbandry/genetics etc... bless them. :smile:
 
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LOL For me it started with pet rats, moved on to horse (raised Arabians for years) now FD cats. My vet is still trying to talk me into going on to be a vet, once I get through tech. But at my age, don't think I'm up to that much schooling and really the reason for the Vet Tech degree at all is to work in rescue, my husband and I have both talked about buying a place in the country and land so we can open a rescue for sugarcats as well as a bed and breakfast for "special needs" animals.

We have both fallen head over heels in love with our sugarcats, and while we love all our cats it has already been decided that as our herd thins their places will be filled with more sugarcats. Like kittens, love cats....lol

Mel, Maxwell, Musette & The Fur Gang.
 
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Hahaha... I'm still young... but I screwed up so bad in high school, it would be a loooot of work for me to get into vet school and I'm not so sure it's what I want to do anyways. I'm still deciding. :-D
 
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ROFL...It only took me 47 years to figure out what I wanted to be when I grew up...lol

But I did realize finally that I am the happiest when I'm working with animals, from mucking out stalls to testing and shooting a diabetic cat, as long as it is an animal I'm happy...after 30 years of working retail if I never have to deal with the general public again I'm happy...lol.

Afterall animals don't care if you put on make-up this morning, have the right shoes to go with your outfit, or when you last colored and curled your hair...they take you in your jammies, with dirt under your fingernails and your hair yanked back in a ponytail...and still think you are just perfect in their eyes.

Mel, Maxwell, Musette & The Fur Gang
 
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Jaguar said:
and they don't talk back
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lol I see you haven't met my three siamese boys...lol They never shut up unless they are eating or sleeping...lol. Our eldest meezer we have nicknamed the Air Raid Siren he is so loud about demanding food at mealtimes. I don't even set an alarm clock anymore since Amon Ra is so much better at the job...hehe

Mel, Maxwell, Musette & The Fur Gang
 
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Well... I'd rather listen to a cat meowing all day than people complaining haha :-D Scooter can get vocal sometimes but only when he's REALLY hungry.
 
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hey - great job! glad the testing went easy. i want to encourage you to do some reading - the yellow starred stickies at the top of the lantus forum. you don't need to remember all of it, but at least reading through it there will be parts that will stay with you. i've reread them a ton of times and i still pick up a little bit.

especially read the one on taking care of lantus - it's expensive enough you want to know how to take care of it so it lasts as long as possible. also the one on the Tight Regulation Protocol - although that one is best with someone helping explain.

the one thing about your shot schedule to consider - lantus dosing is based upon the lowest point that a cat gets to in a cycle. we try to catch that lowest point. in general, cats go lowest mid-cycle, around 5-7 hours after the shot, although every cat is different. i test my cat preshot and 3 hours after his shot (+3) and either +5 or +6. from collecting data I know that's when he goes the lowest.

the routine that works best is to test, then feed, then shoot the insulin while scooter's face is in his bowl. at the beginning it might take you a half hour to do that routine, but as you get experience it'll just take a couple of minutes. the reason i'm mentioning it is because if you feed then test, the BG # will be higher because of the food.

so test, feed & shoot in that order.

it's also most likely to see numbers that need attention in the first half of the cycle. so if you are shooting at 11/11, you will still want to get at least one test after the evening shot if at all possible. many (most?) cats go lower at night. just something to consider with the schedule and how late you can stay up to monitor. sometimes i've done 6am/6pm, and that lets me check punkin easily until 11pm - so 5 hours after his evening shot.

1 unit is a good starting dose for most cats. even though the protocol says to hold the dose for the first 5-7 days, you do still want to be testing. some cats are very responsive to insulin and you don't want to be giving insulin without testing, imo.

i'd encourage you to begin posting in the Lantus Tight Reg forum tomorrow so we can help you learn how Lantus works and interpret how scooter's body reacts to the insulin. great job getting going! WOOT! :-D

Lantus Tight Regulation Protocol Insulin Support Group
 
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Thanks, I gave that a good read a while back but I'll refresh myself on it

How healthy is it to be feeding him on a 12/12 schedule? He is used to free feeding throughout the day but I'm sure in time I can switch him over..
 
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You don't have to feed only twice a day. I don't use lantus but it seems to work more effectively when multiple small meals are spread throughout the day.
Carl
 
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I see. I just didn't want food to skew the nadir or whatever. Should I hold off food from +6-8?
 
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I believe many lantus users try to keep most of the feedings in the first six hours of the cycle. As long as you keep track of the timing of the food, then you can account for the numbers that follow. Look for the BG boost from food to show up 1-2 hours after eating.
Carl
 
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