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Infections generally raise BG so now that the antibiotics are done and presumably the infection has been eradicated, Wimbley's BG could very well have dropped. If Wimbley can maintain a good BG between roughly 50 to 80 with only the odd BG up to a max of 120 without insulin for a period of 14 consecutive days then you can consider Wimbley in remission. If you get a higher BG reading at any time, feed Wimbley and check again 3 hours later. If BG has dropped, his pancreas is working. If not he may need a bit more insulin support. If Wimbley completes the OTJ trial of 14 consecutive days, you should still continue to test at least once a week for a couple of months to make sure he is holding remission and also to catch it early if BG starts rising. After that, you can back off to testing once a month although continuing to test weekly is IMHO easier to remember and will alert you to any potential issues ASAP. Once diabetic always diabetic so maintain the low carb wet diet.
 
MrWorfMen's Mom said:
Infections generally raise BG so now that the antibiotics are done and presumably the infection has been eradicated, Wimbley's BG could very well have dropped. If Wimbley can maintain a good BG between roughly 50 to 80 with only the odd BG up to a max of 120 without insulin for a period of 14 consecutive days then you can consider Wimbley in remission. If you get a higher BG reading at any time, feed Wimbley and check again 3 hours later. If BG has dropped, his pancreas is working. If not he may need a bit more insulin support. If Wimbley completes the OTJ trial of 14 consecutive days, you should still continue to test at least once a week for a couple of months to make sure he is holding remission and also to catch it early if BG starts rising. After that, you can back off to testing once a month although continuing to test weekly is IMHO easier to remember and will alert you to any potential issues ASAP. Once diabetic always diabetic so maintain the low carb wet diet.
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Thank you thank you!!! One question you said If you get a higher BG reading at any time, feed Wimbley and check again 3 hours later... This is without insulin? So feed, no insulin and then check 3 hours later? Just want to make sure I'm doing it right. I'm sticking to the low carb grain free food, but after 3 days of the pate he had enough and started turning it away so I had to go back to the shreds. Luckily my other cat will eat anything so the pate I bought won't go wasted.
 
Hasn't needed insulin since Monday morning! The highest it's hit was 101 last night but went down to 75 this morning so I'm really hopeful! Could an infection bring on a diabetic response in cats?
 
BG can definitely be elevated with an infection or even from stress. A non-diabetic cat can have elevated BG from stress of 100 points and sometimes more. When the body is fighting off an infection, it's under stress so BG generally goes up. When Wimbley was diagnosed, did the vet do a fructosamine test or just check blood glucose at the time of the visit?
 
Had to ask because I've seen a few kitties come here where no fructosamine was done and it became questionable whether kitty was really diabetic or had stress BG elevation of some sort leading to being diagnosed as diabetic incorrectly. Diabetics are prone to UTI infections but I suppose that if an infection took hold and it took a while for symptoms to become apparent to us hoomans (since our kitties can't tell us how they feel), it's possible that even a fructosamine which indicates whether BG has been elevated over a 2 to 3 week period, might suggest a diagnosis incorrectly. In any event, it's worth testing BG periodically to ensure if there is any rise out of ordinary, you catch it and deal with it ASAP.
 
I agree. He did exhibit all the "classic" signs... He was drinking and eating like crazy and the litter box was drenched all the time so I knew something wasn't right.... He seems back to his frisky self he's now fighting me with the bg tests at first he was such a good boy with it like he knew he was sick, and now that he's feeling better he's over it lol I'm still going to fight with him obviously bc the tests are important.. So if he goes the full 2 weeks should I do another fructosamine?
 
Another fructosamine is not necessary IMO. You have the data from the two week trial period that covers the same time frame as the fructosamine so it wouldn't tell you anything you didn't already know.
 
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