Hello!
Thank you for allowing us to join this group. Urru is a calm and kind 15 years old tabby (she was a stray so her age is an estimate), 6.46kg (14.24lb). We live in lovely Montreal, Quebec. She's been diabetic for more than 9 years, on Caninsulin. At the moment, she takes 4 units, 12 hours apart. Food wise, she eats no grain food, mainly canned. She is a little bit chubby, we managed to loose 1 pound by replacing some of her canned food with OM canned food by Purina. Her main food intake is from Wellness no grain Turkey and YoungAgain Zero Mature. We do home testing with an Alpha Trak 2. The reason why I say 'we' is because I would like to acknowledge Urru's incredible patience and collaboration during this 9 year path. We just had a full blood panel, all seems fine for her age. I am about to try Lantus, some guidance would be much appreciated. My vet is not used to Glargine. The reason why I would like to try Lantus is that with Caninsulin 4u, the lowest glucose level that we reach is around 12 mmol/L (250-260mg/dL) which is high. Instead of increasing Caninsulin, I would like to try Lantus, so that she can have a more flat curve and feel better (more active). Ketone wise, I will get the urine strips today but I am not used checking this. Any advice would be appreciated. Here below, some curves done in February 2020. At that time, Urru was taking a higher dosage of Maxitrol (eye) and Flovent (asthma) which triggered her glucose level. I know that I have to get a recent curve but would like to hear from you first. Thank you very much.
Thank you for allowing us to join this group. Urru is a calm and kind 15 years old tabby (she was a stray so her age is an estimate), 6.46kg (14.24lb). We live in lovely Montreal, Quebec. She's been diabetic for more than 9 years, on Caninsulin. At the moment, she takes 4 units, 12 hours apart. Food wise, she eats no grain food, mainly canned. She is a little bit chubby, we managed to loose 1 pound by replacing some of her canned food with OM canned food by Purina. Her main food intake is from Wellness no grain Turkey and YoungAgain Zero Mature. We do home testing with an Alpha Trak 2. The reason why I say 'we' is because I would like to acknowledge Urru's incredible patience and collaboration during this 9 year path. We just had a full blood panel, all seems fine for her age. I am about to try Lantus, some guidance would be much appreciated. My vet is not used to Glargine. The reason why I would like to try Lantus is that with Caninsulin 4u, the lowest glucose level that we reach is around 12 mmol/L (250-260mg/dL) which is high. Instead of increasing Caninsulin, I would like to try Lantus, so that she can have a more flat curve and feel better (more active). Ketone wise, I will get the urine strips today but I am not used checking this. Any advice would be appreciated. Here below, some curves done in February 2020. At that time, Urru was taking a higher dosage of Maxitrol (eye) and Flovent (asthma) which triggered her glucose level. I know that I have to get a recent curve but would like to hear from you first. Thank you very much.
