Some cats will try to eat it frozen, but some will wait til it thaws. All you can do is try it and see how it goes.
We've got a good post on the New to the Group? sticky that is called "
Feed Kitty as much as they want?" It's got a good explanation of why a diabetic cat is so hungry all the time until they are regulated. If a kitty is underweight, it might be ok to feed her more than you've been feeding. The most important thing in your situation is to prevent her from losing any more weight. It's the best indicator of whether or not she's eating enough. Some people buy a baby scale, some take the cat by the vet's office to be weighed a couple of times a week til they get it figured out.
Her eating isn't the only thing that can cause high numbers. Just a little Lantus 101 - high numbers can be caused by increasing the dose - we call that "
New Dose Wonkiness." For some reason, increasing the dose can increase the blood sugar for a day or two after the dose increase.
Cats can also have high blood sugar from bouncing. That's described in the second post in the New Dose Wonkiness thread above.
Cats can have high blood sugar from not having enough insulin. They can also have high blood sugar from having too much insulin.
Cats can also have a spike of high blood sugar if they are stressed. Some cats will have their blood sugar rise by several hundred points when they go to the vet - which is one reason that home-testing is so good.
Infections can increase blood sugar. Pain can increase blood sugar.
A lot of it is very counter-intuitive, but as you learn more, it will make more sense. The best thing you can do is begin home-testing so you have more than a single test every week or so from the vet's to look at. Over a period of time we can help you look at the blood sugar tests and decipher what's going on. It's easy to think it's because of the food, but in fact, there are many variables that can increase blood sugar.
She's also peeing and starving because her blood sugar is so high. I don't think it's solely because of her food.
I hope you'll take advantage of the opportunity for people to teach you to hometest. You can do this - most people think it's overwhelming to start with, but it isn't long before this Sugar Dance will become routine. It's not as scary when you learn more and understand what you're seeing. We use spreadsheets because of the way Lantus works so we can see the blood sugar tests laid out over several days.
Hang in there - and hang in here. We're happy to give you a hand.
Here are 2 posts with Testing and Shooting tips that might be helpful for you. My personal opinion is that when you're starting out, wherever it works for you to shoot is fine. I always shot in the scruff and didn't worry about it. Make your life one bit easier and do what works for you.
Testing and Shooting Tips:
http://www.felinediabetes.com/FDMB/viewtopic.php?f=9&t=85113;
http://www.felinediabetes.com/FDMB/threads/hometesting-links-and-tips.287/
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And welcome to Lantus/Lev Land.
