Jana & Tuxedo
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Hello, I am new here and felt that I should introduce myself and my cat Tuxedo. He is just turning 15 next month, and was diagnosed 2 weeks ago after me noticing that he just didn't seem right - hair coat poor, hovering the water dish and lots of pee. I work for a vet, so I know that isn't good. I was afraid it was CRF, so was a little bit relieved when it was DM. He started out on 1.5 units SID of Caninsulin. Thanks to you folks, I went and got a glucometer and did some curves at home - brought my findings to work and my boss was EXTREMELY impressed and now is going to recommend home testing to all our DM kitties - yay! Anyhow, our findings indicated that he needed BID insulin. So we decided on 1 unit BID, which I started on Wednesday. The first day of BID shots his #'s were 10.7, 8.6, 4.2 - 2nd day 10.1, 10.2, 6.1. Anyhow, the PROBLEMS I am having are: He doesn't like me doing the ear test in the morning...he wants breakfast and if I try to do it while he is eating, he then won't eat. Also, he likes to eat a few bites, then go outside for 10 minutes, then come back in and eat. (he has his routines you know) So what ends up happening sometimes is that he doesn't eat very much breakfast - he will often leave it sitting and want to knibble on it through the day. (it is canned food, of course) I don't want to only give him a small amount of food as he is loosing weight and want the calories in him. How do you all get yours to EAT all their food in one sitting?? I'm always worried about giving his insulin when he has only eaten about 4-5 bites of his breakfast. (he did have 1 hypoglycemic event on the 3rd day of insulin - because he hadn't eaten much) Dinner seems better because he is hungry, although last night he wouldn't eat much and seemed out of sorts. This morning I was able to test him just after he ate his bites and went outside - he was fine for the test if I do it AFTER he does his routine. It was 10.1. So I gave insulin - tried to get him to eat more, but now he is back to bed. I'm hating that every time I go to pet him now, he gives me a dirty look and doesn't want me touching him...sad. Sorry if I am rambling, but it's early...Any advice is much appreciated.