New here! Constant bouncing - very sensitive to carbs?

zuckerschnute_nami

zuckerschnute_nami

Member Since 2026
Hi everyone! :)

I’m Henning from Germany, and my cat is Nami. She’s 11 years old and was diagnosed with diabetes on May 11th, 2026. Currently she's on 1.5 IU ProZinc and not on any other medication, although she does have FORL. She had some infected teeth removed in May 2026 due to that.

We home-test using a GlucoMen areo GK (human-calibrated), and we test at minimum AMPS and PMPS.

Nami’s diet is 99% Macs and MjAMjAM (German brands), with flavours below 5% carbs according to the manufacturers’ information + provided calculator. She usually eats around 3 meals a day, but food is always available for grazing throughout the day and night (due to our two other boys). As treats, she gets freeze-dried chicken and tuna, plus sometimes a small amount of cold-pressed dry food (around 7% carbs).

One thing we’ve noticed is that Nami seems to be very sensitive to even small amounts of carbohydrates. Even with foods containing only 1–2% carbs, her BG sometimes seems to rise very quickly after eating. We’re wondering how to avoid the constant bouncing between numbers? We can't seem to get her below 300 or even 400 most pre-shot numbers.

Her last curve was actually quite nice, with her glucose in the 70s around +6. Most of the time, +6 seems to be her nadir, although occasionally we’ve seen her glucose start rising again as early as +4 after the shot.

We’re still learning and would love to hear from anyone who has experience with cats that seem particularly sensitive to food / bouncing and/or have a relatively early nadir.

Thanks in advance!
 
Hello! Welcome to the FDMB! I see that some of her food is dry food. I know that it is low carb dry food, but I have seen even low carb dry food raise blood glucose. How often does she eat this, or is this the food that she grazes on? Is there a point in the cycle where the dry food is taken up? I do not recommend feeding much food after nadir at all if possible. And I am sure you are aware that Nami should not eat for two hours prior to the AMPS and PMPS tests.
 
zuckerschnute_nami said:
n, although she does have FORL. She had some infected teeth removed in May 2026 due to that.
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Do you think she still has FORLs in her mouth? Or was that all taken care of in May? I have been through that with several of my cats this year. We had a spring and summer full of dental procedures and tooth extractions ( and now two have stomatitis, but it’s being treated with a new drug combination.

I hope Nami’s problem teeth are all gone. FORLs are so painful.
 
Hey, thank you very much!

The dry food is just used as a snack for her for playing. She can't eat most of the snacks because she is very sensitive to allergies. She gets a maximum of a teaspoon per day in the evening, not even everyday. The dry food is new, befor she got no dry food at all and had the same bounce.

She gets her food mainly for the AMPS and PMPS, but we have two more cats and are out for work, so we cannot always assure the food breaks before the next shot.

Her FORL was taken care of in May, with the insulin starting right after it. They took out two bad teeth and cleaned the rest. Since then she got way better and gained back her optimal weight.
 
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