To get a cat into remission, diet controlled status, you do have to get Ninja's blood glucose numbers into the low blues <150 and then the higher greens (60-99) colored ranges. (SS color coding shows you what these are.)
It's usually the mid-cycle numbers that come down first. Then the AMPS and PMPS BG levels.
Yes, 1.75U should have been ok last night. Hind sight is great, you almost need eyes in the back of your head sometimes to understand what would have worked.
If you are unsure, it's always better to be safe than sorry.
Exactly Juls. You may not be an "expert", but you provide good guidance. None of us are "experts" here.
Most of the following is in the hypo instructions, which hopefully you printed out, read, understood and keep with your hypo kit.
If you get a BG <50, scream for help over on the Feline Health (Welcome & Main) forum.
Put the 911 prefix on your post and people will see that and come to help.
Once someone responds, you can edit the title and take the 911 off.
Let people know it's the first time your cat has had such low numbers.
Feed a tiny bit of regular food to bring the numbers up.
Test again after feeding that little bit of food, in about 20 minutes.
Depending on when the <50 occurred in the 12 hour dosing cycle, determines how much time you may need to spend bringing the BG readings back up to a safer level.
"Rinse and repeat" the food, 20 minutes later test steps until the BG's are rising for at least 2 consecutive BG tests.
Simple sugars like honey or corn syrup or pancake syrup bring numbers up quickly, but they wear off fast too. That is why a little bit of regular food is best, because the effects of food last longer than the sugars.
If the numbers keep going down even after a bit of food, then it may be time to break into your hypo kit and pull out one of these medium carb foods. Like Fancy Feast Gravy Lovers. Squeeze out the gravy from the can and give your cat about 1 to 2 teaspoons of only the gravy. Most cats will lick that up eagerly.
You can also add a small (think the size of a corn kernel) size drop of that simple sugar to the regular low carb pate food, to increase the carb level.
We take low BG readings seriously and most people on-line here are able to guide you through the feeding and testing required to bring those BG readings back up to a safe level.
No harm in feeding Ninja a bit when you saw those low (non-diabetic normal) BG readings yesterday AM cycle.
The dry food will keep the BG readings a bit higher too. Can take 3 days for the dry food to pass through a cat's digestive system.
p.s. Are you still feeding the dry Glycobalance regularly, or was that only because you got worried about Ninja's BG readings? Thought you had switched to Dr. Elsey's chicken flavor?
