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Deb&Tiger(wa)

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Hi I'm new. Giving Prozinc 2ml twice a day after I feed her. Switched to wet food recently (it was hard, Tiger wouldn't give up dry food) She is 13yo. My ? is, She begs for food constantly and I'm wondering if I can feed her 3 times a day? If I do do I need to give meds 3 times too? My vet is on vacation. Just curious how others do it thanks
 
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Hi, glad you have found this site. You will be able to get much help here.

There are people who are expert with ProZinc, and someone will be on that can help you very soon, I am sure. You might change your subject to include ProZinc, so those people will go right to your post.

Sorry you have a diabetic, but glad you are here, since you do.
 
Hi Deb and Tiger,

Welcome! You are already two steps ahead. ProZinc is a nice mild, long lasting insulin and you are changing to wet lo carb food. You are giving a rather large dose to start with - we suggest new diabetics start at .5 or one unit twice daily.

The last piece is the most important. We test our cat's blood glucose levels at home so we can see how the insulin is working and whether the amount we are giving is safe to give. Here's how it is done: Video for hometesting It is especially important if you are switching to wet. When we changed our Oliver over from dry to wet, his numbers went 100 points overnight. If we hadn't been testing and just had given him the usual dose, he could have gone into hypoglycemia.

Here is some info on ProZinc: viewtopic.php?f=24&t=32799 There is alot of information in the document - don't feel like you need to absorb it all at once. :-D

Keep reading and asking questions. We have taught hundreds of people how to test over the internet; we would be happy to help you.
 
We were on langene?sp but she wouldn't eat the DM dry food and we couldn't get it under control. So did you feed 2 or 3 times a day? I did try home testing once and it was horrible. She bit and scratched me so bad and the vet was helping!!! Thanks
 
My diabetic kitty died (not from diabetes - he went into remission) but we fed him 3 cans of Fancy Feast daily when he was first diabetic. Early in his sugar dance, they are not processing their food well and can be literally starving even if they are eating more than usual. So we suggest feeding him more than you usually would. Once Oliver got regulated, we cut his food back to 2.5 cans a day. (he was a large Maine Coon).
 
We can help with the home testing. We all have tricks that helped us at first. It might be that she was stressed at the vet and would do better once she is home and relaxed. We suggest starting slowly - picking a place, maybe with a soft towel or blanket, putting her there and just playing with her ears and giving her a treat. Then you can add the warming part, with a rice sack or a pill bottle filled with hot water. One step at a time.

If you want to tell us your city and state, we might have someone who lives near you who could help you get started.
 
Until you get her regulated, she isn't able to use the food she digests, so she'll be hungry all the time.

Its OK to leave the canned food out for 12 hours, then put down fresh. Just make sure it isn't near the refrigerator exhaust vent (its warm air).

Until you get the blood testing regime working, you can get some data by testing the urine. You'll need KetoDiastix or a generic equivelant to dip into fresh urine. Getting the urine can be as simple as using a long handled serving spoon and quickly putting it under the cat while the litter box is being used. For cats that are less accomodating, a temporary substitution of non-absorbent aquarium gravel lets you slide the gravel to one side and dip the test strip in the fresh urine. The values indicated by the test strip give you a clue to the cat's status from a few hours previously because it takes a while to filter into the urine. That's why the blood testing is preferred. However, some data is better than no data, so this alternative may help infer status when taken along with appetite, water consumption, amount of urination, and behavior.
 
Deb,
You can feed as many times a day as you want or need to. Human diabetics are encouraged to eat several small meals throughout the day, which helps keep their blood sugar more regulated. Until her numbers are out of control, she's going to act like she's starving. That'll calm down as her numbers drop.

You only dose 2 times a day, twelve hours apart, no matter how many meals you feed.

You do not want kitty to eat for 2 hours before her BG test (I know they didn't go well for you in the past, but this time it'll be different!) that you do just before giving insulin.

At shot time (every 12 hours), the sequence is test BG, then feed, then give insulin, in that order. No food for 2 hours prior, but a feeding just before the shot - you need to get food in her before giving insulin, but you don't want that food screwing up your test number by boosting the BG and making you believe it's higher.

Oh, and I am hoping you meant "2 units", rather than "2ml" of insulin? 2ml would be 4 syringes full in a u40 syringe!

Welcome to our group!
Carl
 
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