? Out of remission and wanting to change insulin

Sara and Mr. Kitty

Sara and Mr. Kitty

Member Since 2018
Hello everyone! Mr. Kitty recently came out of remission due to the stress (we think) of our other cat being really sick with IBD - or it could be that we changed his food from Zero Mature to Dr. Elseys's (also eats FF like a pro) I don't know what happened. We have a vet appointment Thursday to rule out dental work just in case. He was originally dx in 2018 and put on 3U/day of Vetsulin, and with the help of everyone here and a low carb diet, we were in remission within just a few months. I was so stressed during that time because Vetsulin dropped him so low so fast and I felt like I was testing him every 2 hours because his numbers so were so inconsistent. It's been a great stress free 9 months but I know it's time for him to start insulin again. I am researching and leaning towards using a either a depot insulin or PZI. I say PZI because it seems similar to Vetsulin, which we are accustom to. Does anyone have advice or willing to share their experience? Thank you.
 
Hi :) We started with vetsulin , went into remission and am currently using Lantus which I would highly recommend. Vetsulin seemed to crash Elmo and was difficult to keep consistent results. Lantus is far more gentle and the depot is a wonderful feature. Of course ECID as well as every Bean .
 
Hello there, sorry you are back in the FD dance. My girl started on Caninsulin (called Vetsulin in the US) and we switched to Lantus first, then a couple years later to Levemir. Both Neko and I were happy with the switch to Lantus. She just seemed happier, probably because the drops weren't as severe. And I didn't have to worry as much about getting food in at all at once. In Canada, Lantus was also much cheaper as the vial can be used around 6 months, or the pens/cartridges to the last drop. And as an added bonus, the U-100 syringes are 31 g instead of the larger gauge U-40 needles.
 
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