julie & punkin (ga)
Member Since 2011
Hi Karen, just wanted to offer you a little extra support. Nothing is harder than feeling like you've tried everything but nothing is working.
Couple of thoughts . . . As Judy pointed out, Doodles did this same dose game in 2015. Was he eating dry food when he was on the 3+ unit dose last year, or was he already on canned food?
Like Wendy, I think it's important to be close to a good L dose before adding R into the mix. You don't sound eager to try it at this point anyway, but I just thought I'd throw it out there.
Every cat has a dose that will move them, it's just a matter of getting to it. It sounds like your vet is controlling your dose increases, but holding a dose too long only means that you get the dreaded glucose toxicity going, and that leads to even larger doses. My guess is that your vet hasn't got experience with higher dose cats and she has the idea that all diabetic cats should be able to be regulated on less than 2u. Am I right on that one? Is she dismayed, disbelieving that Doodles might possibly need more than a small dose?
You've done an awesome job of trying to look at all the potential reasons for his dose to be increasing. I think the next step is considering some different dosing strategies as I've mentioned above and seeing if that makes a difference.
by the way, I always warmed up the syringe for a minute between my fingers as well. Punkin never flinched from the Lantus, even though he got to 15.5u per shot. But cats vary on this.
Couple of thoughts . . . As Judy pointed out, Doodles did this same dose game in 2015. Was he eating dry food when he was on the 3+ unit dose last year, or was he already on canned food?
Like Wendy, I think it's important to be close to a good L dose before adding R into the mix. You don't sound eager to try it at this point anyway, but I just thought I'd throw it out there.
Every cat has a dose that will move them, it's just a matter of getting to it. It sounds like your vet is controlling your dose increases, but holding a dose too long only means that you get the dreaded glucose toxicity going, and that leads to even larger doses. My guess is that your vet hasn't got experience with higher dose cats and she has the idea that all diabetic cats should be able to be regulated on less than 2u. Am I right on that one? Is she dismayed, disbelieving that Doodles might possibly need more than a small dose?
You've done an awesome job of trying to look at all the potential reasons for his dose to be increasing. I think the next step is considering some different dosing strategies as I've mentioned above and seeing if that makes a difference.
by the way, I always warmed up the syringe for a minute between my fingers as well. Punkin never flinched from the Lantus, even though he got to 15.5u per shot. But cats vary on this.
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