Rufus the difficult.W

[Bigred]

Hi

My 13 year old Maine Coon, Rufus, loves being difficult. He's currently in his third session of diabetes, and he may be going into remission again as he had a hypo last night. To add to the fun he was recently diagnosed with kidney disease during a set of tests that showed that his diabetes had been under control for the past couple of months. So this change is new.

He's on protaphane which I think is also called humulin.

 

[Larry and Kitties]

Using the term Humulin is a poor choice since Humulin is Eli Lilly's trade name for a family of inslus that range from the fast acting R insulin to the slower N/NPH insulin. There are combinations of N/NPH and R also available.
Googling shows that protaphane is a N/NPH insulin. That is not the best for most cats since it only lasts 8-10 hours.
What is the dose yo are giving and how often?
What are you feeding?
Most of us here test our cat's BG using a human BG meter.

 

[BJM]

Since what you've got is similar to the Humulin/Novolin insulins, here is our guide for using them most effectively. Note that with this type of insulin, it is advised you test, feed, wait 30 minutes, then inject the insulin, to help buffer the fast drop in glucose caused by this type of insulin.