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Mrs.Peck

Mrs.Peck

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I have a rather stupid question. Can hunger cause a spike in blood sugar? I know generally a fasting blood glucose is lower. My reason for asking is generally Big Cat and his non-diabetic brother, Yayo eat around 7 am, 7 pm, and a snack at 11 pm (the 11 pm snack is to bribe his brother who takes Prozac into being a good boy for his pill). I usually let the food out in between feedings to graze. I try to take it up two hours before testing. Sometimes that doesn't happen in the evening depending on my schedule. I usually note if food wasn't picked up. They always had food left over. However, lately they've been eating all of their food and not having much for later grazing. It seems like the days where he's eaten all his food and is super hungry in the evening are the days his BG is higher. Could his higher BG be caused by being extremely hungry? Generally when I check him a few hours after eating he's back in green numbers. Could a 3 or 4 o'clock snack solve his problem? I'd even be willing to by an automatic feeder if an afternoon snack would help his levels. Or do you think hes hungry then because his BG is slightly elevated? I feel like this is which came first the chicken or the egg.
 
I've been reading that even on this low carb diet cats still need to free feed. I shoot at 8:30am/please and pull food at 6 am/pm. But after the shot I put out the food and I don't put out just enough for that feeding... Theres enough to let them graze for a few hours. It's what they do. That might be why one if them is gobbling it up so fast.... They are afraid it won't be in a bit. And if they think there won't be food for hours they might be stressing which might raise the BG level.
 
Btwinny said:
I've been reading that even on this low carb diet cats still need to free feed. I shoot at 8:30am/please and pull food at 6 am/pm. But after the shot I put out the food and I don't put out just enough for that feeding... Theres enough to let them graze for a few hours. It's what they do. That might be why one if them is gobbling it up so fast.... They are afraid it won't be in a bit. And if they think there won't be food for hours they might be stressing which might raise the BG level.
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That's interesting! Thanks for the feedback. Maybe I need smaller more frequent meals for them to graze on.
 
Smaller more frequent meals generally do work best for diabetic kitties. I wonder though if he’s dropping too low during the day and that’s what’s causing him to eat all the food, and then by the time you check him he’s bouncing from the low numbers..?

Never mind. I see he’s actually not getting insulin right now so going too low isn’t a concern!
 
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