both my cats have had diabetes for almost 4 years and this past week they both stopped eating - I have run blood tests, urine tests and xrays and we can to figure out what it is ... on top of that when I check their glucose they are either very high or low ....not sure what to do ...since it is both cats I thought maybe viral but it has been 7 days now ... they are both typically on 3 units of Prozinc
Sammy & Louie glucose 12/22 Sammy - 3 mg - 9:30 am - Glucose 86 Sammy - 12 pm - Glucose 101 Sammy - 5 pm - Glucose 346 - gave 3 mg insulin Louie - 5 pm - Glucose 604 - gave 3 mg insulin 12/23 Sammy - 5 am - Glucose 376 - gave 3 mg insulin Sammy - 12 pm - Glucose 427 12/24 Sammy - 5 am - Glucose 284 - gave 2-3/4 units Sammy - 11 am - Glucose 318 Sammy - 5 pm - Glucose 402 - gave 2-3/4 12/25 Sammy - 4 pm Glucose - 170 - no insulin Louie - 4 pm Glucose - 275 gave 2-1/2 insulin 12/26 - Louie and Sammy - Sammy -NO insulin At 5 am 7:30 am at vet - 430 Give 3 units at 8 am Louie - NO insulin at 5 am 730 am at vet - 570 Give 3 units at 8 am Louis - 7 pm 626 Glucose gave 4 units Sammy 7 pm 417 Glucose have 3 units 12/27 Sammy - 6 am - 502 Glucose gave 3 units Louie - 6 am - could not get level but gave 3 units Sammy - 530 pm - 329 gave 3 units Louie - 530 pm - 510 Gave 4 units 12/28 Sammy - 5 am - 371 Gave 3 units Lou- 5 am - 466 Gave 4 units Sammy - 5 pm - 357 Gave 3 Units Louie - 5 pm - 85 Gave no insulin 12/29 Sammy - 730 am - 566 - gave 3 units insulin Curve at Vet- 10 am - 589 Noon - 376 230 pm- 344 700 pm - 438 Gave 3 units at 7 pm Louie 730 am - 532 gave 3 units insulin Curve at Vet 10 am - 607 Noon - 457 230 pm - 312 700 pm - 486 Gave 3 units at 7 pm 12/30 Sammy - 545 am - 612 - gave 3 units Noon - 413 5 pm - 407 - gave 3 units Louie - 545 am - 238 - gave 1 unit Noon - 370 5 pm - 602 - gave 2.5 units 12/31 Sammy 545 am - ate food - 396 - gave 3 units 12:30 pm - 449 5 pm - 419 - gave 3 units Louie - 545 am - ate food - 496 - gave 3 units 12:30 pm - 403 5 pm - 268 - gave 2.5 units 1/1 Sammy - 5:30 am - Lou - 5:30 am -
Oh Lisa, I'm so sorry you typed all of that out! What we really need is to see the patterns to make sense of the times when the different numbers occurred. A list like this doesn't really provide that. Here is a link to the spreadsheet: http://www.felinediabetes.com/FDMB/threads/fdmb-spreadsheet-instructions.130337/ Here are my hunches: 1. Since it hit both cats at the same time, could be viral, or could be a bad batch of food (what are they eating for meals? what are they eating for snacks/treats?) 2. Pancreatitis - often accompanies diabetes in cats and causes them to stop eating. Could just be a coincidence that it hit them both around the same time. 3. Thank goodness we can cross ketones off the list 4. Dosing issue 5. They both decided they just don't like their food anymore. So here are some questions when you're done with the spreadsheets: 1. again, what are they eating, and how long have they been eating it? 2. are they willing to eat treats? 3. are they eating anything? or are they completely off of their food? 4. have you tried syringe feeding, or did the vet recommend it? 5. have you tried any flavor enhancers? (tuna water, fortiflora, brewer's yeast, freeze dried treat/toppers, etc.) 6. any vomiting or diarrhea? 7. what is their activity level? is it typical to their normal behavior? 8. are they grooming? pooping? peeing? purring?
