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Sonny is a 13 year shelter rescue. We got him 3 1/2 years ago and found out the next day that he was diabetic. I found this forum shortly after and would like to thank everyone here for teaching me how to care for our boy. Early Sunday morning, February 7th, I let him out and half an hour later went to bring him back in for the night. This was a nightly ritual. This time he was nowhere to be found. My wife and I searched all over and couldn't find him. Yesterday, February 17th, we received a call from the shelter telling us that someone turned him in. He was chipped and we had left a picture with contact information there. I took him to the vet on the way home and his bgl was over 600 ( no reading on the vet's meter) and he had lost 3 3/4 lbs (he weighed 16 3/4). He hydrated him and took some blood to send out and we went home. I have given him 2 (5 unit), which is his normal daily dose, shots of Prozinc and his numbers are still "HI", above 500. He will not eat or drink. Am taking him back to the vet today. My question is after 10 days of no insulin is there a chance his bgl will never come back down? The Vet said that was what he was most worried about. Thank you again for all your help.
Tom
 
Hi Tom,

Gosh, it sounds like you've had quite a time of it, you poor love...

I do not see why Sonny's numbers wouldn't come back down. The greater concern, I think, is that he is not eating or drinking. It is very important that a cat eats.
Does Sonny have any history of ketones?

Big hug to you,

Eliz
 
I haven't tested for ketones in a long time but there wasn't a problem when I did. And yes, I wouldn't be nearly as concerned if he was eating and drinking. I should get the blood test results later in the day. Hopefully no major damage has been done.
 
I am so sorry that you are going through this. There's no reason why ten days without insulin would mean his numbers will never come down again, I can't imagine why your vet would say that, are you sure you didn't get confused? Ketones and DKA would be my biggest concern right now, you will know if that's the case when you get the blood results. You need to get food into Sonny as a matter of urgency, cats do not do well without food and will quickly develop liver problems. You will need to assist feed with a syringe if he won't do it himself. Don't use his regular food as they can develop an aversion to the syringe fed food. You want something as high in calories as possible. Many people use a product called max cal.
 
Thanks. I've just started mixing his regular food, FF chunky chicken, with some water and using a syringe to give it to him. I'll see if I can find the max cal. I saw that iams makes a maximum calorie feline food. See if I can find that.
 
Eating and drinking is key. I think I would ask the vet about sub q's to make sure he is hydrated properly. If he isn't interested in eating then I would ask about an anti nausea medication such as ondansetron and also check with the vet that he isn't in pain.

I can't think why the blood GLucose wouldn't come down once he is eating and drinking again and on his regular insulin.
 
Just got about 1/3 can FF into him. I blended it with no water and used a syringe. He threw it up. Will ask vet about ondansetron.
 
Just got back from the vet. BUN-159, glucose-765 with other not so good numbers. Have started him on sub q's and he gave him a shot for anti nausea and antibiotics. Also feeding him k/d renal health food and Nutri-Cal palatable high-calorie nutritional supplement. Hope he c
 
Was the anti-nausea injection Cerenia (maropitant)? I have read here that Cerenia helps when both nausea and vomiting are a problem. Also, I've read here that smaller, more frequent amounts are better when syringe feeding. Maybe if you try giving Sonny little and often it might help?

I know your little fella's in the wars at the moment, but I'm so glad that he was found and that you got him back. It's awful when our little ones go missing. I hope he feels better very soon.
 
The vet did give him Cerenia. I've given him a little food and will continue to give him a little at a time through the night. He's back on his regular insulin routine and will do the sub q in the morning.
 
I know the situations are different but when Saoirse had her pancreatitis flare last year, I fed her tiny meals every hour and it helped a lot. Feeding through the night can be tough going. Sonny is lucky to have you. :)
 
I gather no ketones then, that is some excellent news. Hope the feelings went well last night and some stayed down.
 
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