I feed him during the first 6 hours in several small meals, and between meals I also give him a piece of chicken without carbohydrates.
I will measure it at +2 to see if it is a rebound or if the insulin really has no effect on him during the last part of the cycle.
I find it very difficult to speak English and I use a translator every time I have to talk to you. It's not easy for me, that's why I don't write quickly.
Yes. That is one way to see. If he is going down at +2 then it will not be a bounce. If he is still red then perhaps it is.
That is okay!
I'm so sorry about your cat. I understand what you're going through. I don't have much money either, and we do what we can for our pets while we can. Here they asked me for 3,000 euros for an MRI, and that might not even be enough. I don't have that kind of money, but I'll help as much as I can. I hope your cat gets better.
Senvelgo can be dangerous for cats already using insulin. And you say Sinver had DKA? That was at the time he was diagnosed as diabetic in 2023? CAD? Do you mean diabetic ketoacidosis?
Thank you!
If it's very dangerous and she told me it would be easier for me because I wouldn't have to give him injections, I replied that I don't mind taking care of him that way. I've been doing it for three years and my life is adapted to a diabetic cat. She told me that I would have more freedom and would only have to monitor his ketones, but after thinking about it, I prefer to continue as I am. I don't want my cat to have diabetic ketoacidosis again. I saw him suffer a lot.
Good. You know the right thing for Sinver. I am still surprised that she would suggest Senvelgo!
Apparently, it seems that it dropped to +2, perhaps it doesn't last long enough in his body and then rises sharply. We'll have to check it at the end of the cycle to see if that's really the case.
Let's see, I feed him after the insulin, I go to work, and I come back four hours later. I can't leave food in the automatic feeder because he's afraid of it when it opens and the other cats eat it. When I come back after 4 hours, I give him a little more food, about 40 grams each time, then at 5 hours I give him a spoonful of food, and at 6 hours a few more spoonfuls. I give him carbohydrate-free treats if he asks for a lot and can't wait until the end of the cycle, but they don't contain sugar.
I told her I would think about it, but deep down I knew it wasn't the best thing for my cat. I never did everything she advised me to do. In fact, she never wanted me to give him Lantus, and I gave him Caninsulin for a while until I found the forum. Thanks to the forum, I changed my cat's diet, started giving him Lantus, and many other things. She couldn't believe it when I went for checkups that the cat could be doing so well. I know I was never able to regulate it, even though I followed all the advice from the forum. I lost hours of sleep, my life changed completely, but I will do whatever it takes to make sure my cat is okay. Half of veterinarians have no idea how to treat a diabetic cat. I'm someone who does a lot of research online before taking the vet's advice.
It sounds like you are really doing the best that you can. I only wish there was a way for him to get some food at +2. Some days he drops down so quickly and he does it quite early in the cycle. ProZinc starts to lower blood glucose at about two hours after the shot, so it helps a lot of cats to eat at that time. You are not feeding too late in the cycle so we cannot blame food for causing the numbers going up prematurely (like today.)
Look, today I gave him his food at home. Now I'm not giving him anything until I give him his insulin, but you'll see how his numbers go back up. With Lantus, if you look, he hardly had any red numbers all year. This insulin lasts less time and seems to rise very quickly because it doesn't have a reservoir like Lantus. He has an appetite, but he doesn't move around much. Maybe it's his stress that we've never been able to regulate, because when we went on a trip with him and he was alone in a rural house, he seemed like a different cat, his numbers were fine, and he felt relaxed. Currently, there are five cats, a dog, my husband, and a four-year-old child at home. He has always been the typical cat who likes to hide.
Tonight we'll reach 400, and with this insulin he eats less. Before, with Lantus, he ate more and wasn't so bad. I don't like that his body is in the red so often. I don't want him to have diabetic ketoacidosis again.
It sounds like he really needs his own space and is very stressed by the dogs and other cats. Can he have a room or bedroom where he can spend much of his time away from the other cats and dogs?