Newbie in desperate need of advice pls

Hello everybody, I am in the uk and have 5 cats one of which is diabetic.

Hope you guys can help me as I am losing faith in my vet. Will try not to ramble too much!

My lovely Nimbus cat has been diabetic for 4 years. When first diagnosed he was put on PZI and i was told to feed dry kitten food. His dose gradually went up to 6 units a day and was stable for a time. He then had a fructosimine test that was very high to his dose was upped to 7 units. One evening Nimbus looked drunk, convinced this was a hypo I took appropriate action and went back to vet. Vet convinced it wasnt but we stopped insulin for a couple of days and started caninsulin at 1 unit twice a day. Has had similar episodes which vet now says must be dodgy hips and still having very high fructosimine tests so now up to 3 units twice a day. As vet suggested cat may be insulin resistant I have started googling and discovered to my horror I have been feeding my cat incorrectly and that I could home test. So now gradually switching to wet food. When he had a wobble the other day I used my mums glucometer and measured Nimbus blood and it said "low blood sugar below 1.1" I gave him syrup straight away and phoned vet. Vet still says that not somogyi swing or hypo and that the meter would not have been accurate. When I tested later that evening it had gone up to 26.6. Vet did say to lower to two units twice a day and have him in for a glucose curve. I want to switch my cat to wet food as I am sure that is the main problem but dont know what to do about insulin. What would you all do? Thanks in advance.

 

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