I saw your comment in yesterday's condo about Slippery Elm Bark. There is a post linked on that topic on the "
Where Can I Find?" thread, look in the second half under "
My cat may be ill."
There is a somewhat typical pattern that we see as a cat's becoming tightly regulated. Of course, not all cats do this, but often the nadirs go green first, then that length of time in mid-cycle green stretches out. The cat's body is "remembering" that green range is normal and bouncing diminishes or stops. The pmps is the next to come down. The amps is the last to come into normal range because of
Dawn Phenomenon.
It looks to me like he could be having slight bouncing response in the pm cycle. Not quite a normal Lantus cycle with the "smile" curving lower in the middle of the pm cycle. As bouncing diminishes, it gets shorter in duration and in scope - so it might eventually only be a bounce of a couple of hours, and the high point of the bounce might be 120, then the cat gets right back to business in green. Some cats don't follow this pattern at all, but it kind of looks like Squallie might be on this track. He's starting to get longer stretches of green in the middle of his day cycles. I'd be watching the pmps for it to come down next. He's having his high point at amps and then he's right back to business a couple of hours later.
One more "trick" that can help a cat surf longer in green - dole out a couple of teaspoons of low carb when he hits green to help him "surf" longer. Even though we were mentioning the +9 snack, I'm not really sure that it will make a difference with Squallie at this point. You could try it and see. If it doesn't help now, it still might help in another month. Cats can change in their responses. Little squirts! hahahaha just to keep us on our toes!
