Should I skip the insulin shot?

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Have you had a chance to look at the information on dosing in the Prozinc forum?

A couple of suggestions...
Please get a pre-shot test every single time you plan on giving insulin. Without a pre-shot test, you have no way of knowing whether it's safe to give insulin. Today was a good example. You also need to get at least one test during each cycle in addition to your pre-shot test. You need to know how low the dose is taking Nathan's numbers. The information will let you know if Nathan needs a dose increase or a reduction.

I'm not sure what dry food you're feeding Nathan. The vast majority of dry foods are high in carbohydrates. Looking at Nathan's numbers, you may be giving him one of the lower carb dry foods. Could you indicate what you're feeding your cat?
 
Sienne and Gabby (GA) said:
Have you had a chance to look at the information on dosing in the Prozinc forum?

A couple of suggestions...
Please get a pre-shot test every single time you plan on giving insulin. Without a pre-shot test, you have no way of knowing whether it's safe to give insulin. Today was a good example. You also need to get at least one test during each cycle in addition to your pre-shot test. You need to know how low the dose is taking Nathan's numbers. The information will let you know if Nathan needs a dose increase or a reduction.

I'm not sure what dry food you're feeding Nathan. The vast majority of dry foods are high in carbohydrates. Looking at Nathan's numbers, you may be giving him one of the lower carb dry foods. Could you indicate what you're feeding your cat?
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Thank you very much.

I will test him today during the circle.

The dry food now I feed him each time is: 10g nutro feed clean wholesome essentials + 2-3g tiki cat born carnivore + 2-3g hill's science diet adult sensitive stomach & skin. It is a lot of words and won't fit in my signature.

They are NOT low carbs dry food. I am in the process of transitioning from mixture of dry/canned food to all canned food. But I am doing it slowly to avoid rapid drop of BG.
 
JanetNJ said:
ok not bad... ProZinc tends to peek at about 6 hours. If you skip the dry and just feed wet the numbers will improve.
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Thank you very much. I will test at +6 or +7 today.

I also hope feeding him all wet food will bring the BG even lower, but have to do the food transition very slowly.
 
JanetNJ said:
Wow it even dropped a bit more this morning! Great! Do keep an eye on him today... You may find you will have to reduce to 1.5 so you can get two shootable numbers.
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Yes. I will also test at PMPS today to see what BG will be. If it is low again, I will call the vet tomorrow and show him the numbers.
 
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