Problem with new diabetes kitty... help please

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Sorry I said yes let him eat after you shot him

- don't feed for two hours before the shot so that the pre shot test isn't influenced by food.
- then test, shoot and feed


Wendy
 
you can feed the cat anytime,

typically the only time people don't feed is 2 hours before giving shot - and that is ONLY if you are home testing, this way you get the amps or pmps - morning or night preshot number that is not food influenced.

if you are not home testing, then feed the cat whenever you like. if you want to give several mini meals over the course of a day, go for that.

usually we say test, feed, shoot or test, shoot, feed, - meaning do the preshot test then feed and shoot insulin - you can feed the cat and shoot the insulin while eating.
 
Okay, it's been a stressful week and then to top it off the water company told us Saturday that there is E coli in the water... No brushing teeth, showering, washing hands, clothes, dishes.... my dogs were throwing up but they aren't anymore. Well, Char has still been very very hungry so today I gave him an extra .01 of insulin. Now I am getting ready to figure out what to give next... I am going to try and start testing his blood sugar tomorrow. It was too hard last week. I didn't get any sleep and had just started a new job. My goal is to start tomorrow. In the mean time I gave him an insulin shot at 7:30am and then another at around 4pm. Usually we do 12 hours apart. Now I don't know what to do next. Should we give him another now and keep it at the 12 hours just increase the amounts by .5 each time or a whole .1??? He just was still crazy hungry...
 
Hi again Linnea!

Do NOT give any more insulin tonight! Figure out a time that will work for you so you can give it every 12 hours. The same dose, every 12 hours (give or take no more than 15 minutes)

You don't give more insulin just because Char is hungry. He'll be hungrier than normal until he's better regulated. Just feed him like you always have, but take any food up 2 hours before shot time once you're testing. Since you're not testing yet, you can leave food down

In the morning, when you decide on a time you can give shots 12 hours apart, give him 1 unit. That's a fairly safe dose, although without you home testing yet, we can't know what dose is best for Char. I might even only give him .5 to start with since you're not home testing yet. I will get one of the more experienced members to check in and give you her opinion

It's REALLY important that you start home testing. I was hoping you'd been able to do that a little during this last week while you were changing to low carb foods, but understand that your life has been pretty crazy.

Once you start giving the Lantus 12 hours apart, you want to HOLD the same dose for at least 6-10 cycles, so if you're giving 1 unit, make sure you stay with 1 unit, no more, no less.

I can't find a picture of 1 unit, but if you look at this picture, this is .25 .... 1 unit would be the 2nd line (the first line closest to the needle is 0..the little line in between is .50 and the next line is 1 unit
025unit-1.jpg


PLEASE start testing as soon as possible. The last thing we want is for you to have a hypo situation that could cost you Char's life...or 1000's of dollars in vet bills!!
 
Sorry to hear it is so stressful!

There could be two reasons he is so hungry - not enough insulin or too much!! Hypo makes them hungry too. So you do not want to shoot more than twice a day and you do not want so shoot normally less than 12 hours apart - especially if not testing!

Lets get you testing so you know whats going on - let us know how you get on today. Some cats are easier to test than others - so try three times, give three treats and walk away and try a few hours later if unsuccessful.

Wendy
 
Would you please add some information to your signature? It would really help us to help you better.

Info we like to see includes your first name, your cats name age and sex, diagnosis date, insulin used, food fed, meter used for testing (if you have one), any complicating medical conditions your cat has like CKD or IBD or asthma.

Linnea & Char Char, male, age ?, 15 lb
DX xx/xx/2013
Lantus & xxx meter
low carb food (list kinds - I'e. FF classic, Friskies pate, Wellness)

Would you be willing to do that for us please?
 
I'll add kitty stuff tomorrow. Trying to get tested tonight.

Quote :"It's REALLY important that you start home testing. I was hoping you'd been able to do that a little during this last week while you were changing to low carb foods, but understand that your life has been pretty crazy".

Char has been on low carb food now for about two weeks. That is not new.
 
Thank you so much for adding that information to your signature.

Do you have any test data to share with us? Would you like our help in getting a SS (spreadsheet) set up and linked to your signature? Both Wendy and Deb have helped people to do that. Let us know.

How is Char Char feeling today? The 5 P's and appetite?

Just as important, how are you doing?
 
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