gremlinthekitty
Member Since 2014
Hi all,
I've posted here: viewtopic.php?f=9&t=120049
But I guess I should introduce myself in this forum. I'm Heather, my cat is Gremlin.
I like photography, so I'm going to include some pictures of Gremlin and his family.
Gremlin is 14 years old, I'm 28. I've had him for half my life. He was born at my house.
I still have his mom (Midnight) and have one more (Stitch).
My mom took care of Gremlin after I grew up and moved out, at least for a little while, but she passed away in 2006, and I got him back.
He's very special to me, because of the connection to my mom, and because he is so very sweet. He's a Manx (no tail). He was the runt of the litter, with a tiny body, but huge eyes, and ears, hence his name, Gremlin.
He was diagnosed with diabetes in 2010, and he's been OTJ twice, once for almost 2 years, and once for 6 months. I know a lot about feline diabetes, but not nearly enough. He's been on Fancy Feast Classic, almost exclusively (except for a few eggs, chicken breasts, and sometimes wellness) since just a few days after I found out he was diabetic. He uses Lantus with Freestyle lite strips.
This past November, he had a stinky mouth, and his numbers were high, so I took him into the vet, and they gave him a antibiotics shot, and scheduled a cleaning/extraction. After the shot, his numbers went back to the normal range and he went OTJ again, I stopped testing for about a month at that time, because my Father in Law was dying from ALS and we were 300+ miles away a lot of the time. He has been fine without tests in the past when he went OTJ, but... he was not OTJ for long. He did have his cleaning/extractions (3 teeth pulled), and a month later I tested, and he was high again. Ever since then, things have been very wonky. He hasn't responded like he has in the past, I think I may have overshot and not tested at nadir as I should have, I've changed dosages too often. Now I am just trying to get him regulated, and a proper dose picked out.
That's Gremlin's diabetes story, hopefully I can get some good advice on what to do next.
I love my kitty!
Here is Gremlin's chart: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/pub ... utput=html
I've posted here: viewtopic.php?f=9&t=120049
But I guess I should introduce myself in this forum. I'm Heather, my cat is Gremlin.
I like photography, so I'm going to include some pictures of Gremlin and his family.
Gremlin is 14 years old, I'm 28. I've had him for half my life. He was born at my house.
I still have his mom (Midnight) and have one more (Stitch).
My mom took care of Gremlin after I grew up and moved out, at least for a little while, but she passed away in 2006, and I got him back.
He's very special to me, because of the connection to my mom, and because he is so very sweet. He's a Manx (no tail). He was the runt of the litter, with a tiny body, but huge eyes, and ears, hence his name, Gremlin.
He was diagnosed with diabetes in 2010, and he's been OTJ twice, once for almost 2 years, and once for 6 months. I know a lot about feline diabetes, but not nearly enough. He's been on Fancy Feast Classic, almost exclusively (except for a few eggs, chicken breasts, and sometimes wellness) since just a few days after I found out he was diabetic. He uses Lantus with Freestyle lite strips.
This past November, he had a stinky mouth, and his numbers were high, so I took him into the vet, and they gave him a antibiotics shot, and scheduled a cleaning/extraction. After the shot, his numbers went back to the normal range and he went OTJ again, I stopped testing for about a month at that time, because my Father in Law was dying from ALS and we were 300+ miles away a lot of the time. He has been fine without tests in the past when he went OTJ, but... he was not OTJ for long. He did have his cleaning/extractions (3 teeth pulled), and a month later I tested, and he was high again. Ever since then, things have been very wonky. He hasn't responded like he has in the past, I think I may have overshot and not tested at nadir as I should have, I've changed dosages too often. Now I am just trying to get him regulated, and a proper dose picked out.
That's Gremlin's diabetes story, hopefully I can get some good advice on what to do next.
I love my kitty!
Here is Gremlin's chart: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/pub ... utput=html
