Melanie and Smokey
Member Since 2010
Flapjack's spreadsheet
Hello! I don't get here much these days, the kitties keep me busy! We have a new guy in the house trying to get control of his BGs. He has been in the shelter for a couple months without much luck on getting him under control. Finding him to be a HUGE bouncer, quick down and back up swings. Any suggestions to knock him out of the cycle?
Flapjack history - he came from the pound towards the end of December. He is 7yrs, was pretty underweight, but is looking pretty healthy now. The vet started him at 2U, he quickly dropped and the shelter dropped him to 1U, he found 37 one day while I was there and I suggested they try 0.5U. They maintained the 0.5U and he flattened out in the 200s (preshot tests mostly). When the tech texted me that he was staying in the 300s, I recommended he go back up and maybe into foster to get a better picture of what he is doing I only have the preshot tests that came with him on his med log, there is more history that I don't have, I entered what I have.
We took him along with another diet controlled diabetic into foster so he shares a room with Posh. They seem to get along well and both seem less stressed.
I was hoping the bounces would settle down, but he seems to be running shorting bounce cycles instead. Any suggestions? He eats Fancy Feast, Chicken or Turkey and Giblets, one can at shot time, 1/2 can when I do his out-the-door or to-bed test.
Look at this handsome boy!
His roomie Posh (she is diet controlled)
Hello! I don't get here much these days, the kitties keep me busy! We have a new guy in the house trying to get control of his BGs. He has been in the shelter for a couple months without much luck on getting him under control. Finding him to be a HUGE bouncer, quick down and back up swings. Any suggestions to knock him out of the cycle?
Flapjack history - he came from the pound towards the end of December. He is 7yrs, was pretty underweight, but is looking pretty healthy now. The vet started him at 2U, he quickly dropped and the shelter dropped him to 1U, he found 37 one day while I was there and I suggested they try 0.5U. They maintained the 0.5U and he flattened out in the 200s (preshot tests mostly). When the tech texted me that he was staying in the 300s, I recommended he go back up and maybe into foster to get a better picture of what he is doing I only have the preshot tests that came with him on his med log, there is more history that I don't have, I entered what I have.
We took him along with another diet controlled diabetic into foster so he shares a room with Posh. They seem to get along well and both seem less stressed.
I was hoping the bounces would settle down, but he seems to be running shorting bounce cycles instead. Any suggestions? He eats Fancy Feast, Chicken or Turkey and Giblets, one can at shot time, 1/2 can when I do his out-the-door or to-bed test.
Look at this handsome boy!
His roomie Posh (she is diet controlled)
I know we have 3 because we used 3 trays feeding Manny and Tinkerbell so we'd always have a clean tray to fill. We lost Tinkerbell to cancer last week 
, so we have her feeder free and if I can find the other one... We do lose the benefits of using food for socializing Posh more if we go to feeders. She is doing amazing with us right now because she wants food out of us, at the shelter all she would do is try to bite me when I tried to pet her 
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