URGENT - to shoot or not to shoot?

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Nancy Lynne

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I started Grandma on insulin last Sunday and everything has been going well, and she seems more alert and active. Today I fed her and dosed her, and afterwards I saw she had gotten a hold of a dead mouse and was eating it. Fast forward to this afternoon and I gave her a small afternoon snack of Soulistic tuna. I just went out to the garage and I see she's thrown it up. Not sure if she kept her breakfast down. Now I'm not sure if I should give her the evening shot if she's not able to keep food down. Don't know if the mouse didn't agree with her or if it's a reaction to the insulin. I'm not able to home test yet so I don't know her levels.
 
I can't give you any advice on whether to give her the night dose
I see you aren't hone testing yet, can I ask how come
I don't think members here can give you any advice if you are not home testing and setting up our spreadsheet
You will never know how the insulin is affecting Grandma
It's the only way to keep her safe
Is you vet testing her at all
 
Diane is right. The only way we can tell if it is safe to give the insulin is if you are testing the blood glucose.
If she is not eating and is vomiting and you don’t know what the BG is....I would skip the dose. Better to be safe.
Is there a history of any ketones in the urine or blood at any stage?

I would think about learning to test the blood glucose levels. It is not hard and you will know exactly what is going on then.
We can help you
 
Home testing can be daunting and overwhelming. I know. It took two of us. Trouble never did get use to testing. BUT its the only way to know how to navigate this disease. May I suggest, just keep trying. DONT GIVE UP. Treats could be the key. ALWAYS give a treat even if the test goes terribly wrong . Hopefully Grandma will associate the treats with testing. I say this with all the love in my heart for you and your kitty, Grandma. If diseases were easy they wouldnt exist. You CAN do this. It just may take a little longer but keep trying.
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jeanne
 
Perhaps the idea of poking your cats ear is daunting, and it can be very frustrating if the cat resist all the time. At the beginning of my home tasting, testing is stressful for me, but later i find that it only takes few days to learn, few weeks to master. Thanks to hometesting, I can fine dose my cats. At the beginning, my cat PenPen needs 3.0U of insulin, one month later he only needs 0.1U. Now he does not need insulin anymore. What i want to say is home testing not only keep your cat safe, but also significantly improve the chance of remission. You can do it;)
 
Thanks everyone. I ended up not shooting as that appeared to be the safer option based on the research I did. I hope to home test at some point in the future, but I have a very complicated situation here - I am the property manager but not the owner so technically the five barn cats don't belong to me even though I have raised them and pay for all their care and feeding. And the owner would not support my efforts regarding Grandma so I have to do everything under the radar. It's a stressful situation and I'm trying to do the best I can for Grandma without jeopardizing my position here. Plus she's a 100% outdoor cat so it makes it even harder to do anything consistently, especially as she starts to feel better. I do appreciate all the advice and encouragement.

Side note: Jeanne, one of my five cats is a black cat also named Trouble!
 
My avatar is confusing. (sorry about that) I never did get a decent picture of Trouble. This is Waldo. They are both waiting patiently for me at the "Bridge" .
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