Hi kids:
I think I have pretty good vet news. I had a real nice talk with the vet my Mom uses. Like I said before, he’s about 40 minutes from me but he says they have cat clients that come from farther away than me, and he doesn’t feel the extra 30 mins in the car is going to cause that much more stress than 10 minutes, they are going to a vet and they will get stressed.
His practice uses ProZync insulin. He actually thought our numbers were pretty good as they are, has attended some recent seminars on FD and says it is a very hot topic in the vet community, and basically has the same dosing philosophy as we do. He might even be a tad more conservative. I had to pinch myself.
He also asked if we test, and then kind of laughed and said we were way ahead of any of their current diabetic clients.
Dental costs were in line. They use Ampisillin (sp?) for antibiotics, and flavored Tramadol (sp?) in a syringe for the mouth for pain for 3 days after the procedure. He said it makes the cats drool a bit, but has worked well. (I told him we have old towels, that didn’t scare me) They did used to use Metacam without problems previously, but since all the talk about cats having problems, and the FDA warning, they use the Tramadol for pain.
He offered to do a check up the same day as the dental, but I think we are going to take both cats in one day to meet him and have a check up (Alby needs one too) and then I will schedule the dental for Asher. If Alby needs one too, which he prob does, he’ll be next in line.
So there’s my report. If anyone has any thoughts or suggestions, I am all ears.
If our craziness can help somebody, I’d be pretty psyched :thumbup
Great AMPS for Asher!