Brianna & Xander
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3/28/25
Bad morning for us here.
I'm worried about DKA. Xander hasn't really eaten in about 13 hours. He's not drinking but that's typical (he seemed to stop drinking entirely so I add water to all of his meals). About an hour ago he vomited clear liquid (because he's not eating).
He ate most of but didn't finish his meals yesterday, and seemed very lethargic and sleepy all day. Today he does seem more alert, but kind of not himself.
I've got a camera on his litterbox waiting to see if he pees so I can test his ketones, but I dunno how likely he is to even go if he's not eating or drinking. He decided to go a little right as I was about to switch the Breeze tray to an empty one (rather than the pee pad) so I have no idea how long it'll be til he goes again.
So far I've been stalling the shot waiting to see if he'd eat. He did finally start licking at his food a little but got suspicious of me when I moved, so he left and hasn't come back.
I know it's possible to test ketones in blood but A) we don't have any supplies for that right now and B) we never have luck getting blood anyway, which is why we opted for the pee sticks.
Sigh.
FWIW, we did increase last night to 2.75. Sucks that it's looking like we'll be skipping this shot and lose the depot since he won't eat.
ETA 9:30: We've stalled an hour and he's barely licked his food. Not sure if his numbers are so high that we should shoot anyway or continue to stall for another hour and/or skip.
Bad morning for us here.
I'm worried about DKA. Xander hasn't really eaten in about 13 hours. He's not drinking but that's typical (he seemed to stop drinking entirely so I add water to all of his meals). About an hour ago he vomited clear liquid (because he's not eating).
He ate most of but didn't finish his meals yesterday, and seemed very lethargic and sleepy all day. Today he does seem more alert, but kind of not himself.
I've got a camera on his litterbox waiting to see if he pees so I can test his ketones, but I dunno how likely he is to even go if he's not eating or drinking. He decided to go a little right as I was about to switch the Breeze tray to an empty one (rather than the pee pad) so I have no idea how long it'll be til he goes again.
So far I've been stalling the shot waiting to see if he'd eat. He did finally start licking at his food a little but got suspicious of me when I moved, so he left and hasn't come back.

I know it's possible to test ketones in blood but A) we don't have any supplies for that right now and B) we never have luck getting blood anyway, which is why we opted for the pee sticks.
Sigh.
FWIW, we did increase last night to 2.75. Sucks that it's looking like we'll be skipping this shot and lose the depot since he won't eat.
ETA 9:30: We've stalled an hour and he's barely licked his food. Not sure if his numbers are so high that we should shoot anyway or continue to stall for another hour and/or skip.
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