What is your Vet's "Normal BG Range"? Want to Compare

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Opus

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Hi All,

Just curious what everyone's vet has told them is a normal BG range for felines. I keep hearing and reading different views.

My own vet said 70-80 would be the low-end and 160 the high-end.

Would like to know what other vets are advocating.

Thanks,
Opus
 
Hi,

The lab my vet uses gives the range as (almost identical to yours): 70.9 (3.94) - 159 (8.83).
The human meters that most of us use would 'read' these numbers as slightly lower.
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Using a human meter, 50-120 is normal....with pet meters it's 68-160 so your vet is pretty darn close!

I have civvies (non-diabetic cats) who are routinely in the low 40's (but with our cats on insulin, we don't want them going below 50 without intervening since that's getting a little too close to "too low" and doesn't leave much of a safety net)
 
If a cat is OTJ the numbers mentioned would be before feeding? Or should they stay within those ranges even after feeding?
 
Most vets use the higher numbers because most people don't home test....so it's safer for them to let the cats be higher and not risk hypos.....of course it's not what's BEST for the cat..it's what's best for the VET
 
In a cat with a perfectly functioning pancreas, as they eat, the pancreas kicks in and produces more insulin to deal with the influx of food ...the whole idea is to keep the BG as "level" as possible without big drops or spikes

One of the things we hope for in our sugarcats is to get a cycle that's as "flat" as possible...that's as close to normal as we can get them
 
Some food spike is normal in the 2 or so hours after a meal. If the pancreas is working, the numbers will go down from there without insulin.
And by feeding mini-meals, the pancreas only has to work a little to handle the food, rather than getting overwhelmed by a large meal.
 
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