Kristoph89
Member
Hello all!
My cat Casey was diagnosed last month with diabetes and I've been on and off the board regarding asking q's. Everyone has been such a great help here that I wanted to post a new question regarding his insulin dosage and eating.
So first off, Casey is doing great. He barely even notices me giving him his shot and I've got quite accustomed to giving it to him. Here is a little background before I get to my question on Casey's situation since he was diagnosed at the end of March:
Casey got diagnosed around the 3rd week of March with diabetes. He had a blood test (I suspected something was wrong when I noticed he was losing weight for no reason and drinking a lot more water than usual along with peeing more). When the results came in his blood sugar was 504. So my vet started him off at 3 units, twice daily of ProZinc Cat Insulin. At that time, after doing some home research, I switched Casey's food to a low carb, high protein diet. I chose Evo canned wet food and dry food. Since Casey always ate Iams dry food, I slowly made the switch to canned food.
After two weeks on insulin, I took him back to the vet for his first BG curve. According to the vet his #'s were still high (in the low 400's) so she bumped him up to 4 units, twice a day. At this point he was eating canned Evo in the a.m. and p.m. and I would leave a bit of dry Evo Weight Management in his food bowl during the day in case he got hungry.
After 3 weeks, I took him back in for his second BG curve. According to the vet this time, his #'s were still slightly (in the low 300's this time) and she bumped him up to 5 units, twice a day. At this point she said I don't need to bring him back for at least 6 months to a year unless I see a change in him.
Now at this point I changed him over to Wellness canned food along with Wellness Core dry food. I give him a can (5.5 oz) and a half a day and just keep a bit of dry food in his dish during the day in case he gets hungry.
Now my question here is: is 5 units, twice daily seem like a lot of insulin to be giving him? Seems to me that since he is on a high protein, low carb diet his insulin intake should be lower than that. Am I doing something wrong when I feed him? Is Evo or Wellness not a good brand?
I'm totally stumped! If anyone has any insight to give, it would be greatly appreciated confused_cat
Kristy and Casey
My cat Casey was diagnosed last month with diabetes and I've been on and off the board regarding asking q's. Everyone has been such a great help here that I wanted to post a new question regarding his insulin dosage and eating.
So first off, Casey is doing great. He barely even notices me giving him his shot and I've got quite accustomed to giving it to him. Here is a little background before I get to my question on Casey's situation since he was diagnosed at the end of March:
Casey got diagnosed around the 3rd week of March with diabetes. He had a blood test (I suspected something was wrong when I noticed he was losing weight for no reason and drinking a lot more water than usual along with peeing more). When the results came in his blood sugar was 504. So my vet started him off at 3 units, twice daily of ProZinc Cat Insulin. At that time, after doing some home research, I switched Casey's food to a low carb, high protein diet. I chose Evo canned wet food and dry food. Since Casey always ate Iams dry food, I slowly made the switch to canned food.
After two weeks on insulin, I took him back to the vet for his first BG curve. According to the vet his #'s were still high (in the low 400's) so she bumped him up to 4 units, twice a day. At this point he was eating canned Evo in the a.m. and p.m. and I would leave a bit of dry Evo Weight Management in his food bowl during the day in case he got hungry.
After 3 weeks, I took him back in for his second BG curve. According to the vet this time, his #'s were still slightly (in the low 300's this time) and she bumped him up to 5 units, twice a day. At this point she said I don't need to bring him back for at least 6 months to a year unless I see a change in him.
Now at this point I changed him over to Wellness canned food along with Wellness Core dry food. I give him a can (5.5 oz) and a half a day and just keep a bit of dry food in his dish during the day in case he gets hungry.
Now my question here is: is 5 units, twice daily seem like a lot of insulin to be giving him? Seems to me that since he is on a high protein, low carb diet his insulin intake should be lower than that. Am I doing something wrong when I feed him? Is Evo or Wellness not a good brand?
I'm totally stumped! If anyone has any insight to give, it would be greatly appreciated confused_cat
Kristy and Casey