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Walker's Mom said:
Thank you for letting me know that! The only thing I know to do is rub honey on his gums to get him to eat the sugar. Are there other things that I would do?
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You would need to test every 30 minutes and keep giving honey till the BG #'s go up, past the hypo #'s (thank you, @granadilla for pointing out the AlphaTrak hypo #).

If Walker does go hypo, post in The Main Forum so more members will see your post and be able to guide you.

If you need the link to The Main Forum, let us know.
 
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Walker's Mom said:
Regarding teeth, what is the safe way to clean sugarcats? My kitty is 10 years old and with all his current health issues I'm concerned about putting him under anesthesia.
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Many sugar cats have had dental cleanings under anesthesia successfully. A 19 year old sugar cat here had a cleaning in April. You'd want to discuss with your vet when a cleaning should be done. Current blood work and an exam are necessary prior to a dental cleaning. There is no way to do a successful, thorough dental cleaning (and extractions, if needed) without anesthesia. There are many good discussions on dental cleanings in the forum. You can type in the word dental in the Search Box in the upper right hand corner at the top of the page. Or you can start a new thread in the Main Forum.
 
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Walker's Mom said:
His numbers in the morning have been in the high 500s which is why the vet went to 4 units at night.
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That may be because he is going too low and then bouncing up to compensate, plus, because in is Novolin NPH, that wears off after 8-10 hours. Giving more risks a hypoglycemic attack.
It'll be rough, but set the clock to get up about +3 or +4 hours after the evening shot to test him to see how low he is going, for his safety.
 
sorry, I canon future out how to post a new thread -- new to the site:

Subject: Hills Metabolic + Urinary canned food

Hello --

My 10-11 year old boy was diagnosed with diabetes less than two weeks ago. We'd been feeding him Hills Prescription c/d for 8 years since he had a blocked bladder and emergency surgery in 2007 when he was about 2.

I am sad to only be researching cat feeding now, but am convinced that he became moderately overweight and now diabetic because of a very high-carb diet (almost 45%) for almost his whole live. Now my vet tells me to switch to Hills Metabolic + Urinary canned food, which is pretty much prohibitively expensive, tho I did buy 24 of the 2.9 ox cans for $40!!!! (at one can per feeding -- 12 days!)

I wrote a letter to the company, basically questioning whether his diabetes is a result of eating their food his entire life….Of course, they are very concerned about his health and have a 100% refund policy (what? for 8 years???) Oh, and they are going to send me some coupons…

Two questions: is it true when they tell me that the "dry matter" % of the metabolic + urinary is only 6.0%?? Also, can I switch him to some other low-carb food without harming him now that he is on 1.5 units of insulin twice a day? I have not started home testing -- he just had a glucose curve done for the first time yesterday, after the first week of insulin shorts (he was at 2 units twice a day, but now we are lowering it). So he is doing fine, as far as I am told.

Help?
 
Welcome! Your kitty is adorable! To post a new thread, look at the top right hand corner. You'll see a blue box marked 'post new thread'. Click on it and a box should come up for you to write your questions in. I'm new here and can't answer all your questions, but I would think that switching to a low carb canned food would be fine, but you must start home testing first! When you switch to the low carb food, blood glucose level can drop significantly and you risk your kitty's going hypo,which is life threatening. You can get any human meter to test. As far as which food to switch to, does your cat have any other problems? Since your vet wants you on metabolic + urinary food does that mean he still has problems with blockages? My cat did when he was young too and was on the c/d, but was weaned off it within a year. He's been on regular food up until the diabetes diagnosis and is now on strictly canned food-Fancy Feast. Please get the meter & begin testing as soon as you can. The people here will help you with any questions you have-they have really helped me! Again welcome!
 
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