Prozinc dose raised first week

[jhawki]

Cat just diagnosed 10 days ago. Started 2 units of prozinc on 16th. He gets it 7am and 7pm. Vet had me come a week later on the 23rd and skip dose. Still had breakfast that morning. At appointment, his glucose read 546. He upped my cats dose to 3 units…normal?

I also just switched him to purina DM dry food to graze on throughout the day, and he eats fancy feast classic pate with each dose. I’m scared to switch to anything too low carb too fast. Vet also tells me it’s unnecessary to test at home, so I have not tried.

 

[Nancita]

From my experience and new to this page, my cat was diagnosed June of 2021. We fed him all the wet and dry Rx foods as prescribed. At the time I was unable to home test or research due to family caregiver issues.

Fast forward to June 2026, I joined this page and learned to home test, along the way also learned the Rx foods were 20% carbs and contributed to the problem. Cats are obligate carnivores and only need mostly protein.

I switched him to the 3-low carb foods which I received as samples. Loki was on 1.25u twice daily. It’s good I was home testing because he became hypoglycemic the first meal (see August 6) and I treated him with Karo syrup and cut insulin to 0.5u and never looked back.

Walmart sells a ReliOn glucose test kit for $19 plus shipping. I bought platinum because it has an app in case I forget to mark things down.

Home testing is easy once you get the hang of it.