? AMPS 124, +12.5 117 - ate after +12.5- +1 75 , +1.5 68 , +2 70 +3.25 54 +4 90, +5 68, +6 135

Mimis mom

Mimis mom

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Hi, first I want to say I do not know how to easily or quickly find threads I’ve posted before so I’m Sorry I don’t have one to link but I do update my SS - so if someone can look and see what they think I should do- have I collected enough data? @Bron and Sheba (GA) @Sienne and Gabby (GA) @Marje and Gracie (to help pull responses faster)
Thanks!

she had a slightly closed eye and it’s tearing up- could be allergies - has happened before to her, also has history of URI
 
Mimis mom said:
Hi, first I want to say I do not know how to easily or quickly find threads I’ve posted before so I’m Sorry I don’t have one to link but I do update my SS - so if someone can look and see what they think I should do- have I collected enough data? @Bron and Sheba (GA) @Sienne and Gabby (GA) @Marje and Gracie (to help pull responses faster)
Thanks!

she had a slightly closed eye and it’s tearing up- could be allergies - has happened before to her, also has history of URI
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@Noah & me (GA)
 
Sorry, not much medical help. I used Caninsulin and did my own spreadsheets in Excel, a habit I got into before I came here. When we've had as many as nine cats here there was always someone with a runny eye. If it persists or the eye closes completely get it checked out, it could be any number of things.
You can see your own threads and your replies to anyone by clicking your own name in the top right, then clicking "My content". You can do the same with any other member by checking their profile, it's not snooping. If it saves time you can tag multiple members in the same post.
 
Ya, she’s had the runny eye before. I know when I first adopted her they said she had URI (this was 2009)
 
Have you got some MC food you can give her now and then test in 30min?just a teaspoon or two, you need to keep her hungry in case you need to f to d some more.


How is her appetite?
 
Gill & George said:
Have you got some MC food you can give her now and then test in 30min?just a teaspoon or two, you need to keep her hungry in case you need to f to d some more.


How is her appetite?
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I have some cheap gravy lovers food I keep on hand in case I need it- I’ve never given it to her though. She just ate an hour ago- I feed her vital essentials frozen raw. Shes cat napping at the moment. Should I give her some of the high carb food or wait to see if it keeps dropping?
 
Mimis mom said:
I have some cheap gravy lovers food I keep on hand in case I need it- I’ve never given it to her though. She just ate an hour ago- I feed her vital essentials frozen raw. Shes cat napping at the moment. Should I give her some of the high carb food or wait to see if it keeps dropping?
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see my post above,

if you dont have mc then give a teaspoon of gravy squuezed from the gravy lovers.
 
With Mimi droppping at +1 when we would expect to see a food bump because usually the shot will not have onset, this looks like it is going to be quite an active cycle, and you will need to monitor her carefully in this early part of the cycle.
Are you going to be home?
 
OK I have to go take my dogs out for 30min before it get's dark. Can you please respond ASAP so I know everything is manageable before I go out.
Mimis mom said:
What is mc???
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MC is medium carb
HC high carb
LC low carb
What food did you give her? was it the gravy lovers? (gravy lovers is high carb)

So you need to
Test every 30min. monitoring the BG.
If she is dropping feed HC gravy.
If she is green more than 75 or blue then give her a teaspoon of her normal LC.

Can you tell me how her appetite is please? I don't know Mimi well enough to know if she is a good eater usually.
 
Gill & George said:
OK I have to go take my dogs out for 30min before it get's dark. Can you please respond ASAP so I know everything is manageable before I go out.

MC is medium carb
HC high carb
LC low carb
What food did you give her? was it the gravy lovers? (gravy lovers is high carb)

So you need to
Test every 30min. monitoring the BG.
If she is dropping feed HC gravy.
If she is green more than 75 or blue then give her a teaspoon of her normal LC.

Can you tell me how her appetite is please? I don't know Mimi well enough to know if she is a good eater usually.
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I didn’t know I had to keep mc in stock.. what’s a good brand for that? I only was told to have HC


I just retested at it was 68, so I fed her HC
 
Gill & George said:
OK I have to go take my dogs out for 30min before it get's dark. Can you please respond ASAP so I know everything is manageable before I go out.

MC is medium carb
HC high carb
LC low carb
What food did you give her? was it the gravy lovers? (gravy lovers is high carb)

So you need to
Test every 30min. monitoring the BG.
If she is dropping feed HC gravy.
If she is green more than 75 or blue then give her a teaspoon of her normal LC.

Can you tell me how her appetite is please? I don't know Mimi well enough to know if she is a good eater usually.
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She’s a good eater and she ran to the sound of the can and ate up the teaspoon of HC food
 
I have to write really quick, we have an installer coming over - you can also use karo or honey mixed in with her wet food - not sure how much (edited: just a drop or so). That can bring her numbers up quickly, but it wears off rather quickly too so you have to keep checking. The reason for giving just a bit of food at a time is that she doesn't get full, and you can keep getting her to eat to steer her numbers back up.

Hugs to you and Mimi :bighug:
 
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Mimis mom said:
Just tested 30 minutes after +1 and it dropped to 68, so fed teaspoon of fancy feast gravy lovers
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That's good she has dropped a bit but not much.
Did you feed at +1? what did you feed if you did?
or just at +1.5?

Mimis mom said:
She’s a good eater and she ran to the sound of the can and ate up the teaspoon of HC food
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Excellent, check in another 30min. If she's still dropping a teaspoon of HC gravy. If she is coming up then just a teaspoon of her normal food.
 
Gill & George said:
That's good she has dropped a bit but not much.
Did you feed at +1? what did you feed if you did?
or just at +1.5?


Excellent, check in another 30min. If she's still dropping a teaspoon of HC gravy. If she is coming up then just a teaspoon of her normal food.
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No I just fed her at +1.5
 
Mimis mom said:
Can make it MC? What brand should I have for medium carb.
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I don't kknow I use different brands I am in europe, FF do one that is MC, but not sure which it is, don't worry about that now. lets concentrate on the matter at hand and deal with that once the excitement has passed.
 
Side note- I really don’t like the new Relion meters.. they require too much blood. The alphatrak and the freestyle took barely anything to activate.. I still have the freestyle and tested today after a couple of tests and I’ve noticed it reads lower- like 10-15 points lower. I also read that’s possible with the freestyle. As far as following TR- and going by the numbers there- which meter would I follow say I switched back to Freestyle (so it’s less blood, less pricks, less stress for me and Mimi)
 
Mimis mom said:
Just tested again- 70 - so we are at +2
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just fed a piece of cooked chicken breast I had for myself - plain nothing on it. I don’t want her to spike too much considering I gave her that HC food

actually just let her lick some of the FF HC - and almost inhaled it.. but realistically just ate a few little pieces because I took it away before she inhaled it- she’s like “what the hell is this junk food??”.
 
Just pick one and stick with it.
If you prefer the freestyle meter (with freestyle strips) that's fine. Just make the switch and you would use those numbers. The biggest difference with the freestyle is at higher numbers.
(note I would not use ATmeter with freestyle strips)

OK great number at +2.

Let's just check at +2.5
We are still early in the cycle, so want to make sure we don't get any drama from mimi.
 
Gill & George said:
Just pick one and stick with it.
If you prefer the freestyle meter (with freestyle strips) that's fine. Just make the switch and you would use those numbers. The biggest difference with the freestyle is at higher numbers.
(note I would not use ATmeter with freestyle strips)

OK great number at +2.

Let's just check at +2.5
We are still early in the cycle, so want to make sure we don't get any drama from mimi.
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What do you mean at higher numbers- what does the freestyle read at those? But when I’m following the TR protocol on how to proceed based on the numbers- which is closer to the one used for those numbers- does that make sense?
 
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Mimis mom said:
What do you mean at higher numbers- what does the freestyle read at those? But when I’m following the TR protocol on how to proceed based on the numbers- which is closer to the one used for those numbers- does that make sense?
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don't get hung up on this.
The freestyle is a good meter, if you like the ease of use.
The numbers for TR are still the same below 50 you reduce. It's the same whichever meter you use.

I mean that at at higher numbers the freestyle has a bigger difference between some other meters ( I don't know about the relion specifically)
Again it doesn't matter what the difference is at higher numbers, high is high. With the dosing methods you are just looking at trends in the numbers with the human meters really, so it's important to just stick to one meter.
 
Just fed her a tsp and a half of FF HC and a small piece of her raw- and shes slopping it all up. She’s acting like she’s never eaten before.
You know come to think of it-
In the night she was crying a lot before her auto feeder went off- and when it did she was ravished then too. Wonder if it means she’s been dropping low and I need to lower her to 1.25
 
Mimis mom said:
Just fed her a tsp and a half of FF HC and a small piece of her raw- and shes slopping it all up. She’s acting like she’s never eaten before.
You know come to think of it-
In the night she was crying a lot before her auto feeder went off- and when it did she was ravished then too. Wonder if it means she’s been dropping low and I need to lower her to 1.25
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Buddy goes through phases of acting like he is starving, then some days I have to fight to get him to eat.
 
Bobbie And Bubba said:
Up Mimi! You can add a little of the gravy to her regular food. The reasoning is the HC gravy wears off fast and her regular food will carry her a bit longer.

For MC, Pick up some of Fancy Feast ROASTED , they are MC.
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ok so, just feed her the gravy out the can with her raw next time she's low or feed her the food in the can as is.
 
Mimis mom said:
ok so, just feed her the gravy out the can with her raw next time she's low or feed her the food in the can as is.
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Add a little of the gravy to her regular food. You don’t want to give a lot of the gravy as it can fill them up and you might need her to eat some more through this cycle. Adding it to her raw food will help hold her up longer.
 
Bobbie And Bubba said:
Add a little of the gravy to her regular food. You don’t want to give a lot of the gravy as it can fill them up and you might need her to eat some more through this cycle. Adding it to her raw food will help hold her up longer.
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Ok... so when would I feed her the meat that’s in the gravy, never- just scoop the gravy out- or. I’m still confused, maybe I’m overthinking it
 
Mimis mom said:
Ok... so when would I feed her the meat that’s in the gravy, never- just scoop the gravy out- or. I’m still confused, maybe I’m overthinking it
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Hopefully this explains it
Mimis mom said:
ok so, just feed her the gravy out the can with her raw next time she's low or feed her the food in the can as is.
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If you add a little gravy to her raw, it will up the carbs a bit for that snack, but the carb content of that snack in itself will probably be more in the MC range. Adding HC to LC 'dilutes' the carb content of the meal/snack as a whole.

So if she has dropped below 50,I would squeeze gravy out of the FF gravy lovers, lets say 1tsp, and 1 tsp of the meat out of the gravy lovers and give that to her, that way you are keeping the carb content up.
ETA but keeping the volume of the meal down so you don't overfill her
 
Gill & George said:
Hopefully this explains it

If you add a little gravy to her raw, it will up the carbs a bit for that snack, but the carb content of that snack in itself will probably be more in the MC range. Adding HC to LC 'dilutes' the carb content of the meal/snack as a whole.

So if she has dropped below 50,I would squeeze gravy out of the FF gravy lovers, lets say 1tsp, and 1 tsp of the meat out of the gravy lovers and give that to her, that way you are keeping the carb content up.
ETA but keeping the volume of the meal down so you don't overfill her
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