New (sort of) user in need of some help.

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JackieTreehorn

Member Since 2022
Hey good morning, everyone,

Brief background about me. I actually discovered this website probably 13 years ago with my ex. This site was pretty instrumental in getting our cat (Marco) OTJ. Marco was a Maine Coon, very chill, really friendly cat, and was very easy to test and treat. This websites information was key in helping us put a spreadsheet together that enabled us to be successful.

Fast forward to 2022. My mother has a little guy named Skye who was recently diagnosed and at the office was tested in the 500s. He was given Lantus and was told 2 units twice daily. From my time here, and experience (albeit a bit foggy) I know that is way to much. Currently shes giving a fat 0.5 twice daily. Now the problem. Skye is 27 pounds and as feisty as he is big. He honestly, cannot be tested without risk of injury to him (or myself honestly), and my mother is nowhere near strong enough.

His behavior during the day appears normal, and I believe his urine output seems to somewhat normal (there are two cats in the home). The issue is he appears to be getting sick overnight. She's finding spit up (bile I believe?) in the morning. I believe hes getting a bit too low overnight. The challenge is of course not being able to test him without sedation.

He is on Fancy Feast Classic 2-3 times a day, but I believe it might be worth reviewing the food list.

Thanks everyone
 
I'm not sure you're going to find many folks here willing to give dose advice with no data on blood glucose #s. Do you think it would be possible to get a libre fitted so you could get an idea of what is going on with Skye and his BG#s?

Many cats can be trained to deal with tests with minimal fuss, so maybe the libre can give you some data while you work on acclimating Skye to some testing?
 
I have a freestyle libre and it is wonderful. I can scan many times a day and night. I get the vet to call in a prescription to the pharmacy and I use a coupon from something like good Rx. I really couldn't do it at all without the libre.
 
Some info and picture about the Libre on cats here:
FreeStyle Libre: video, demonstration, explanations, tips – discussion!

Is Skye getting access to food overnight? Many cats do go lower at night, so your hypothesis of lower numbers could be right. Also, 2-3 cans of Fancy Feast doesn't sound like the right amount for a 27 lb cat. On this web page: https://catinfo.org/feline-obesity-an-epidemic-of-fat-cats/#How_Much_Do_I_Feed
one formula you can use to figure a starting amount of food is: Required calories per day = [13.6 X optimal lean body weight in pounds] + 70. Is 27 lbs his optimal lean body weight? That seems rather large. If it was optimal weight, and the vet should have an idea what that should be, calories would be 437 calories. Which is more like 5-6 cans of Fancy Feast, depending on the calorie count per can. You do want to do any weight loss very gradually. The website page I linked also has a section on safe weight loss.
 
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