OC (Orange Cat)

Hello All: OC was diagnosed with diabetes last week. We started Vetsulin (1 unit twice a day) last Sunday. He perked up a bit and was doing better until Wednesday. He was very lethargic and just didn't feel well. We made a trip to ER on Thursday evening where he spent the next 2 nights. He was treated for a UTI and is glucose levels were monitored closely. His counts are all over the place up to 579 and down to 75. The vet decided to switch his insulin to Lantus. He has had 2 doses--numbers are in the high 200's to 500's. Hoping things level out soon.

 

Welcome! Orange Cat is gorgeous. There are lots of really experienced and supportive folks here on the forum and the Lantus (Glargine) /Levemir (Detemir) support forum is really helpful.

 

Welcome to the message board, the best place you never wanted to be.

There are 4 things you'll need to manage your kitty's diabetes:
- You - without your commitment, the following won't work.
- Home blood glucose monitoring with an inexpensive human glucometer such as the WalMart Relion Confirm or Target Up and Up (the pet ones will break your budget!). This saves you the cost of going to the vet for curves and done regularly, removes the need for a fructosamine test. All of our insulin guidelines use human glucometer numbers for reference.
- Low carb over the counter canned or raw diet, such as many Friskies pates. See Cat Info for more info. If already on insulin, you must be home testing before changing the diet. Food changes should be gradual to avoid GI upsets - 20-25% different food each day until switched. There are 2 low carb, dry, over the counter foods in the US - Evo Cat and Kitten dry found at pet specialty stores and Young Again 0 found online.
- A long-lasting insulin such as ProZinc, Lantus, BCP PZI, or Levemir. No insulin lasts 24 hours in the cat, so giving it every 12 hours is optimal for control.

 

Hello and welcome.

 

Thank you! He looks a little grumpy in this picture, but he is the sweetest boy ever!

 

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Hello, and welcome to you both.

You can learn a lot about Lantus, how it works and how doses should be adjusted in the sticky posts at the top of the Lantus and Levemir's support group sub-forum. Here's a link to it:

http://www.felinediabetes.com/FDMB/forums/lantus-glargine-levemir-detemir.9/


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