Bouncing

Sorry for another post but people keep talking about bouncing and I can't find what that means anywhere.

 

Kris & Teasel wrote this on another post:
Here's how bouncing works:

1. BG goes low OR lower than usual OR drops too quickly.
2. Kitty's body panics and thinks there's danger (OMG! My BG is too low!).
3. Complex physiologic processes take glycogen stored in the liver (I think of it as "bounce fuel"), convert it to glucose and dump it into the bloodstream to counteract the perceived dangerously low BG.
4. These processes go into overdrive in kitties who are bounce prone and keep the BG propped up varying lengths of time (AKA bouncing).
5. Bounce prone kitty repeats this until his body learns that healthy low numbers are safe. Some kitties are slow learners.
6. Too high a dose of insulin can keep them bouncing over and over until the " bounce fuel" runs out and they crash - ie., have a hypo episode. That's why we worry so much about kitties that have had too high a starting dose prescribed by the vet and the owner isn't home testing.
7. Many vets have little/no understanding of the bouncing phenomenon.

She's pretty darn good at explaining things!! If you have more questions just ask away! Bouncing can and will make your head spin!

 

I'm glad this is proving to be useful!

 

Maybe someday it'll be a sticky!

 

That is a very useful explanation. Thank you!!!!