Harper'sHuman
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Hello and happy Saturday to everyone. I have a question of a somewhat sensitive nature. Of course, you all have cats so I don't expect it will be particularly scandalous! My kitty was diagnosed in mid-April. Switching him to wet food was a huge challenge, but I've finally found a couple he seems to really like which he has eaten well for the last several days. We seem to be getting into a consistent four times a day feeding schedule, at last! (Well, mostly consistent - he is a cat after all). He is primarily eating Sophisticat Flaked Trout. I know there are some concerns about so much fish, but I think for just now I need to keep him whatever he will consistently eat until the new schedule really takes hold. Then I'll incorporate mostly non-fish flavors. He's gotten so skinny, I'm just desperate for him to eat anything at this point.
Here is my concern: his stools have become loose and pale. It seems to have started within the last couple of days. It's not full-on diarrhea, and he hasn't had any outside-the-litter-box accidents. Could this be due to the change in diet? He's also been drinking a lot of water the last couple of days, so I suppose that could be contributing to it, as well. How worried should I be? I've read about pancreatitis in DB cats. He is eating better than he has been since DX and doesn't seem to have any tenderness in his abdomen. He is a little lethargic, but that's not new - he's not felt good since this all started.
Regarding his insulin dosages, upon advice of my vet, we're on day three of no insulin - his numbers just kept going up and up as we increased the dosage. Last weekend I took him off it for about two days and then started over with .5 units twice a day (thinking I must have missed the right dose along the way - I didn't know how important it was to do multiple BG tests a day at the time), and still got a whopper of an inverse curve. So, we're off it again for a few days and I'll be speaking to the vet tomorrow about what to do (numbers in the 300's - nowhere close to good, but he was much, much higher).
Here is my concern: his stools have become loose and pale. It seems to have started within the last couple of days. It's not full-on diarrhea, and he hasn't had any outside-the-litter-box accidents. Could this be due to the change in diet? He's also been drinking a lot of water the last couple of days, so I suppose that could be contributing to it, as well. How worried should I be? I've read about pancreatitis in DB cats. He is eating better than he has been since DX and doesn't seem to have any tenderness in his abdomen. He is a little lethargic, but that's not new - he's not felt good since this all started.
Regarding his insulin dosages, upon advice of my vet, we're on day three of no insulin - his numbers just kept going up and up as we increased the dosage. Last weekend I took him off it for about two days and then started over with .5 units twice a day (thinking I must have missed the right dose along the way - I didn't know how important it was to do multiple BG tests a day at the time), and still got a whopper of an inverse curve. So, we're off it again for a few days and I'll be speaking to the vet tomorrow about what to do (numbers in the 300's - nowhere close to good, but he was much, much higher).
