beclt
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Hi Everyone!
My name is Becky and I am new to this board. My husband and I have newly diagnosed cat, Cali, who is about 5 years old. I had an idea that she may be diabetic as she started to crave water from odd places like our drinking cups and vases of water. I had an older cat growing up that had diabetes (untreated) and acted the same way. Luckily, our vet said we caught it early because we could recognize the signs.
Our vet put us on Humuin. We started at 2 units, once a day. Our cat HATES the vet so going there to do a curve and other tests are not an option. She would be so stressed it would skew the results. Therefore, we have to figure it out for ourselves at home. She was still acting out, even trying to get into the shower with us to get to the water. He suggested we go to 2 units twice a day. From what I have heard (I spoke to Lori today) this is way too high. We received a newbie kit and her tests are coming in over 500, which makes us very nervous.
We are very clueless as what to really do. We've heard so many things (different insulin, where to inject, what is normal, etc) that we don't know where to turn. We are trying to do everything possible to make our cat comfortable but are terrified we are only hurting her in the end as we continue to aimlessly poke and prod her. We've hired a pet sitter for when we travel ($$$$!!) and are trying the best we can, but obviously need help.
We'd appreciate any help and knowledge that you all have in hopes of getting our Cali back to normal.
Thank you!
Becky
My name is Becky and I am new to this board. My husband and I have newly diagnosed cat, Cali, who is about 5 years old. I had an idea that she may be diabetic as she started to crave water from odd places like our drinking cups and vases of water. I had an older cat growing up that had diabetes (untreated) and acted the same way. Luckily, our vet said we caught it early because we could recognize the signs.
Our vet put us on Humuin. We started at 2 units, once a day. Our cat HATES the vet so going there to do a curve and other tests are not an option. She would be so stressed it would skew the results. Therefore, we have to figure it out for ourselves at home. She was still acting out, even trying to get into the shower with us to get to the water. He suggested we go to 2 units twice a day. From what I have heard (I spoke to Lori today) this is way too high. We received a newbie kit and her tests are coming in over 500, which makes us very nervous.
We are very clueless as what to really do. We've heard so many things (different insulin, where to inject, what is normal, etc) that we don't know where to turn. We are trying to do everything possible to make our cat comfortable but are terrified we are only hurting her in the end as we continue to aimlessly poke and prod her. We've hired a pet sitter for when we travel ($$$$!!) and are trying the best we can, but obviously need help.
We'd appreciate any help and knowledge that you all have in hopes of getting our Cali back to normal.
Thank you!
Becky