Transport for Bandit questions

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Lisa and Witn (GA)

Lisa and Witn (GA)

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Bandit will be coming to me on 6/27. He is coming from Ft. Lauderdale and will be in a car between 5-6 hours before he gets to my house.

He is currently on 5 units of Vetsulin twice a day. I am considering telling his owner to skip his dose that morning. I am not sure how well he will be in the car that long and concerned that he may get sick. Since someone else will be bringing him about half way to me, I am concerned that if he does get sick, he may become hypoglycemic. Since they may not have any experience with a diabetic cat, they may not recognize symptoms of a hypo. The owner does not home test either.

What do you think? Is this a good plan?

I already have his appointment scheduled with my vet for the following morning to have him checked out and to get on a better insulin.
 
My cat became hypoglycemic on a 7 hour car trip after she got car sick and vomited, and nearly died because of it, so I may be biased in saying skip the insulin or at the very least maybe reduce the dose. She was on a similar dose, 6u of Prozinc. I would also suggest asking them to give him an anti-nausea like Cerenia to at least prevent the chances of him getting sick in the car, especially since you don’t know what kind of traveler he is.

I hope the trip is smooth and you enjoy your new sugar kitty :bighug:
 
I'm a newbie with FD but did home nursing for years. In my option one day with elevated BG is much better than a possible severe hypoglycemic reaction. If you think about how a lot of our kitties went days, weeks, months with high sugars the one day without treatment wouldn't be a major issue. May want to consider his evening dose a little later than usual. As I said new on feline issues. Also how long has he been on insulin and how regulated is he?
 
What's that saying, better a day too high than five minutes too low. When I had to board Noah I had his PM dose reduced to 2/3 of normal. That was on top of his already low PM dose because he was not in any way a nocturnal cat.
Nigel loved being in the car but in other cases (none ever longer than two hours) I found keeping them low down, on the floor behind the front seats ideally, and in a smaller space made them feel safer. If I had to pull over I made it quick, no cat wants to think 'Thank God it's finally over' only to be shoved back into the last place he wants to be. Less time fussing outside the car = more time driving and getting it over with. Good luck
 
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