I like 1.5 u, Lisa.
I shld get the right ones with half markings in a few days. What size needle do you use with Teasel? The 5/16 or 1/2 inch ones?
I use 29G 1/2 inch needles on Teasel. I find these thin enough while being a bit less prone to bending and I like the slightly longer needle because it gives a little more margin depth-wise. My hands are crap so I need all the help I can get.I'm still reading all the stickies on there yet. The price of Lantus is the hardest part to consider. The dosing doesn't seem to be as flexible as the prozinc. Smokys BG's seem to be stabilizing again. I ordered the u100 syringes and they sent me the wrong order so I had to return it.
I buy my U100 syringes with half unit marks from my vet because it's hard to find those at a human pharmacy here and the price is the same. I pay $25 CAD per box of 100 and can buy OTC if a human pharmacy stocked them. You can probably get them cheaper where you are.
Yes, the AT meter has to be set at whatever cat code number is on the vial of AT strips. Having said that, I've had cat code 38 for several AT vials in a row. There isn't a large number of different codes. My FS strips end up costing me about $36 CAD for a vial of 50.
No, you leave the AT meter set at the cat code from your current vial of AT strips. Ignore any code on the FS vial. When I mention FS strips, I'm referring to Freestyle Lite strips, the ones that have the butterfly on them and are identical in appearance to the AT strips. They are, in fact, identical. They're both made by Abbott/Zoetis. The difference is that the AT strips undergo special batch testing to ensure they work properly in the AT meter when it's set at the cat code on the vial.
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Could you put some meat snacks in his Petsafe so you're not messing with his canned food meals?I cooked a pork chop for him but he won't eat it mixed up in his canned food. I cut some of it up for him and he ate it that way. Smoky loves meat and would probably do well on a raw food diet. Unfortunately, that's not something I can afford to do right now. If he gets too filled up on the meat he won't eat his regular food. He doesn't like the pet feeder as the compartments are smaller than his bowl. He will eat out of it and has already learned that when he hears tray turning to come and look for food.
Sounds like a plan! Many people here swear by a raw food diet but it can be expensive. I have three eating in separate rooms and different foods. Too complicated ...
I know what you mean. My roommate has two civvies, one eats his food in kitchen, the other cat eats her food in roommates bedroom, and smoky eats in my bedroom.
Actually, that's a nice drop. Is he still feeling OK today?
Smoky is looking a bit out of sorts. I think he might be a little nauseous so may give him some cerenia tonight. His appetite has dropped a lot today. He was 174 for PMPS so debating between 1 or 1.5 units to give him tonight. The other option is to skip his shot, give him the cerenia, and see how he is in the morning. I suspect he may be having a flare up from his pancreatitis.
Beef tends to raise his BG's somewhat.
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Maybe 1 u or 1.25 u? Maybe give him the cerenia to nip it in the bud and get him eating?
Are you going to try the cerenia?I think 1.25 might be better so his BG doesn't go up too much. It's odd that he was doing OK last night and today only eating half as much, 3 cans so far instead of his usual 4 to 5 cans of FF. I hate to wait him up to give him his shot soon.
Hi Lisa,
Hi Mogs,
Smokys appetite seemed better, he ate almost 2 cans of FF this morning. He still seems a little out of it.
When Teasel was on Cerenia it made him a bit spacey. It's a once a day med so it likely hangs around in them for a while.
I've used a similar supplement, Hepatosyl, and our vet said it's OK to give regularly but I suggest you check first with Smoky's vets because they will have his full history and will be able to assess whether it's OK for him to take to help resolve the flare and perhaps continue on with regularly thereafter.
Could possibly be due to pancreatitis. If the malodourous stools are yellow/pale/clay-like in colour and have a sort of 'fluffy'/marshmallowy texture (steatorrhea - see if the stools will float in the toilet bowl) that may be suggestive of exocrine pancreatic insufficiency which could be a temporary issue that resolves after a flare or could be chronic if it persists after a flare subsides, in which case pancreatic enzyme supplementation would be indicated.
The vet I take smoky to said to give him 1/4 tab of cerenia every three to four days. Is it normal to give it once a day?
Hi Mogs,
From Teasel's pill bottle:
From Teasel's buprenorphine prescription:
Looks like Smoky's bupe is more concentrated than Teasel's but the dose is about half the volume. I was given an empty dosing syringe with the correct dose level marked on it. If you have a sense that Smoky is in pain you might want to give him some bupe. It's a narcotic so it can make him a bit spacey too.
If you can't check him mid day then maybe it would be better to wait until tomorrow evening. Or - you could give him a dose now and then the next dose tomorrow early evening. He'd get some benefit right now and then the next dose could be the start of the every 12 hour regimen.I am a little worried about giving him bupe and then going to work all day.
He's giving you some exciting times I see - 2 u was a bit high after all. And a no shot this AM. Good call if you can't monitor. I realize there are limitations in deciding on a dose based on the result of that same dose in the past.
