MLopes
Member Since 2016
good morning!
sorry but i´m trying to understand how FDMB works. i already oppened an intruduction thread but i think i've also used it to get some help...
so i will reproduce here (hope here is the right place) almost all i've written there.
our female 5 year old (march/27) cat Rebecca as been diagnosed diabetes yesterday. glicose levels around 500.
Rebecca is, and always have been, a thin cat. she was 3,9kg till two weeks ago. she's now 3,2kg. she's very, very, very, very esquisite about food. she had a mixed dry/wet food diet. since day before yesterday she decided to stop eating her dry food (Bozita Feline Diet and Stomach, low fat because of her previous pancreatites). she's now eating Apllaws cans only (it's not a complete type of cat food so i need to do something fast).
i've got no problem testing her (already tried today) and give her insulin (tried today with serum). i have a very precise 0,3uL glucometer and 33b lancetes. she's easy to test because she bleads easely and the glucometer needs very little blood.
my main problems are:
- considering she´s not obese (on the contrary), how to manage food? what kind of food, wet vs dry? with or without carbohydrates? high quality supplements (taurine, etc) if we decide to keep her exlusively on wet food?
- which insulin to give her? our vet uses caninsuline. i talked to her about glargine like Lantus but she's not very into to it because of the dosage. after our test today (before the morning feeding) considering she´s eating very little aour vet recommended a 0,02 caninsulin dose twice a day and testing every 2 hours the next 4 days. she says that Lantus Solostar pen probably as not such a small dose.
thank you for your time and any help you can give us. when giving any suggestions don't worry about the costs since, fortunatly for us, money is not a problem.
thank you.
sorry but i´m trying to understand how FDMB works. i already oppened an intruduction thread but i think i've also used it to get some help...
so i will reproduce here (hope here is the right place) almost all i've written there.our female 5 year old (march/27) cat Rebecca as been diagnosed diabetes yesterday. glicose levels around 500.
Rebecca is, and always have been, a thin cat. she was 3,9kg till two weeks ago. she's now 3,2kg. she's very, very, very, very esquisite about food. she had a mixed dry/wet food diet. since day before yesterday she decided to stop eating her dry food (Bozita Feline Diet and Stomach, low fat because of her previous pancreatites). she's now eating Apllaws cans only (it's not a complete type of cat food so i need to do something fast).
i've got no problem testing her (already tried today) and give her insulin (tried today with serum). i have a very precise 0,3uL glucometer and 33b lancetes. she's easy to test because she bleads easely and the glucometer needs very little blood.
my main problems are:
- considering she´s not obese (on the contrary), how to manage food? what kind of food, wet vs dry? with or without carbohydrates? high quality supplements (taurine, etc) if we decide to keep her exlusively on wet food?
- which insulin to give her? our vet uses caninsuline. i talked to her about glargine like Lantus but she's not very into to it because of the dosage. after our test today (before the morning feeding) considering she´s eating very little aour vet recommended a 0,02 caninsulin dose twice a day and testing every 2 hours the next 4 days. she says that Lantus Solostar pen probably as not such a small dose.
thank you for your time and any help you can give us. when giving any suggestions don't worry about the costs since, fortunatly for us, money is not a problem.
thank you.
