albertresidence
Member Since 2019
I've been doing Feline Rescue Work since 2007. Our Rescue pulls "Time Stamped" kitties of the Euthanasia List at a local, high kill shelter to give them a second chance in life. I take in the medical urgent cases and provide Senior and Hospice care for kitties in their golden years. Interestingly, I never had a diabetic foster kitty and then comes beautiful little Edith. She was on the list to be euthanized and we took her under our wing. She was transported to a Vet that our Rescue works with. That's where she was diagnosed with diabetes.
The Vet office fell in love with her and welcomed her to stay as their office kitty. Things changed,... so little Miss Edith is now with me. Per Vet she is on 2U of Lantus SID (in the morning, after breakfast) and the diet, per Vet, Fancy Feast - classic - pate but all fish flavors. No other instructions were giving to me, just to keep her on the insulin and feeding her FF. Basically telling me that I have to blind dose her. Since I never had a diabetic foster, I started to research Feline Diabetes to educate myself. I learned that you have to test their BG at home. I bought the glucose meter ReliOn Premier Classic, test strips and lancets a couple of days ago at Walmart and started checking her BG levels. I purchased different flavors of classic FF other then fish but also started looking into other wet foods with better ingredients for a diabetic cat with the focus on low carb - high protein.
Poor Edith's BG level is all over the place, from 380 - 441 mg/dl in the AM before her breakfast and insulin injection. The lowest it has ever dropped was 227 (6 hrs. after insulin). Even though I'm new to FD, it is very clear to me, that the dose and frequency prescribed by the Vet is not appropriate to control her BG. I have read that Lantus should be given BID since it "weans off" after 12 hrs. So, what do I do? How can I find the proper dose of insulin for Edith? I'm not home all day so it is almost not feasible for me to test Edith multiple times during the day. I apologize for the long intro. Edith and I appreciated any advice you can give us,... Thank you!
The Vet office fell in love with her and welcomed her to stay as their office kitty. Things changed,... so little Miss Edith is now with me. Per Vet she is on 2U of Lantus SID (in the morning, after breakfast) and the diet, per Vet, Fancy Feast - classic - pate but all fish flavors. No other instructions were giving to me, just to keep her on the insulin and feeding her FF. Basically telling me that I have to blind dose her. Since I never had a diabetic foster, I started to research Feline Diabetes to educate myself. I learned that you have to test their BG at home. I bought the glucose meter ReliOn Premier Classic, test strips and lancets a couple of days ago at Walmart and started checking her BG levels. I purchased different flavors of classic FF other then fish but also started looking into other wet foods with better ingredients for a diabetic cat with the focus on low carb - high protein.
Poor Edith's BG level is all over the place, from 380 - 441 mg/dl in the AM before her breakfast and insulin injection. The lowest it has ever dropped was 227 (6 hrs. after insulin). Even though I'm new to FD, it is very clear to me, that the dose and frequency prescribed by the Vet is not appropriate to control her BG. I have read that Lantus should be given BID since it "weans off" after 12 hrs. So, what do I do? How can I find the proper dose of insulin for Edith? I'm not home all day so it is almost not feasible for me to test Edith multiple times during the day. I apologize for the long intro. Edith and I appreciated any advice you can give us,... Thank you!
