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[EAshley]

Hello,
I’ve been managing my cat, Buddy’s (he’s almost 16) diabetes for over a year now. Along with my veterinarian.... and things were going really well until just now. My last official curve was about three months ago and all was well. He’s been on one unit of Lantis twice a day. I started to do a curve this morning and was a bit shocked at his first number which was 320. He hasn’t been in the 300s in a very, very long time. I believe I know what happened. I have two other cats with IBS and they have a special dry food that unfortunately Buddy loves! He accidentally has gotten into theirs and then stupidly I’ve been actually giving him some this last month. I figure this is the culprit? So I will never actually give him any of that ever again and keep him on his wet food with occasional Dr. Elsey’s Protein dry. I feel just terrible because he’s been doing so wonderful! His curves have been excellent! I actually have an appointment to see the veterinarian on Monday. So after this curve I will send it to her and then we’ll discuss things on Monday but just needed to reach out to someone who would understand and possibly have some insight. Thank you in advance for any help and understanding. It’s been a long year and a month on the diabetic journey and I was hoping one day he would go into remission! Perhaps this tells me that his diabetes is really affected by diet! I should’ve known better. Ashley

 

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[Wendy&Neko]

What "special dry food" are you giving the other cats? Most vet dry food, if that is what you are giving, is very high in carbs. A low carb wet or raw food diet with novel protein is better for IBD anyway. The other possibility is that Buddy has been going low when you haven't been testing him, and is bouncing. Here is our definition of bouncing:
Bouncing is simply a natural reaction to what the cat's system perceives as a BG value that is "too low". "Too low" is relative. If a cat is used to BGs in the 200's, 300's, or higher for a long time, then even a BG that drops to 150 can trigger a "bounce". Bouncing can also be triggered if the blood glucose drops too low and/or too fast.The pancreas, then the liver, release glucogon, glycogen and counter-regulatory hormones. The end result is a dumping of "sugar" into the bloodstream to save the cat from going hypoglycemic from a perceived low. The action is often referred to as "liver panic" or "panicky liver". *Usually*, a bounce will clear kitty's system within 3 days (6 cycles).

It's hard to base dosing decisions on just one curve.

 

[EAshley]

What "special dry food" are you giving the other cats? Most vet dry food, if that is what you are giving, is very high in carbs. A low carb wet or raw food diet with novel protein is better for IBD anyway. The other possibility is that Buddy has been going low when you haven't been testing him, and is bouncing. Here is our definition of bouncing:
Bouncing is simply a natural reaction to what the cat's system perceives as a BG value that is "too low". "Too low" is relative. If a cat is used to BGs in the 200's, 300's, or higher for a long time, then even a BG that drops to 150 can trigger a "bounce". Bouncing can also be triggered if the blood glucose drops too low and/or too fast.The pancreas, then the liver, release glucogon, glycogen and counter-regulatory hormones. The end result is a dumping of "sugar" into the bloodstream to save the cat from going hypoglycemic from a perceived low. The action is often referred to as "liver panic" or "panicky liver". *Usually*, a bounce will clear kitty's system within 3 days (6 cycles).

It's hard to base dosing decisions on just one curve.

Thank you for your response.
I appreciate learning about the bounce...