Girlie's mom
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Condo: http://www.felinediabetes.com/FDMB/...2-545-4-470-colitis-gone.182011/#post-2017691
Well, it looks like 9 August's "colitis" (or whatever it was) episode is having repercussions, as Girlie's back in black again. Would one day of being unwell that way be enough to send her back to black? (I've told Girlie to stop channeling Amy Winehouse...)
I've put her on predictably low carb foods (Fancy Feast pate's that are under 5%) as I know her tummy won't object and I know these are very low carb. I'm assuming that when she's bouncing like this that there's no point in trying to see whether it's a reaction to these low, low carb foods or whether I should even try a higher carb food (though under 10%)?
I'm thinking of the interesting post I read from @manxcat419 re: Carb sensitivity - thoughts:
"It is possible to get an idea of a cat's actual carb sensitivity level. But that can't be done by trying to pin down an exact carb % in food and whether or not it changed the numbers by a tiny amount in a day. Not unless you're going to analyze every single can of food you open before you feed it. A more accurate way to tell whether or not a cat is overly sensitive to carbs is to see what their reaction is to being given a food that we know is high in carbs...a situation that arises for all of us sooner or later when kitty drops a little too low. If you are able to get those numbers back up safely and effectively every time with very few carbs, or even by giving a regular low carb food, then kitty is likely more carb sensitive. If you find you are having to give large amounts of high carb food, or even high carb food + simple sugars every single time, then kitty is actually not all that carb sensitive at all."
And this one: Low carb vs lower carb
@Wendy&Neko also mentioned something about Girlie on 4 Aug re: LC not seeming to do the trick with slowing her drop: "Cats are different in how carb sensitive they are. For some cats, regular LC will slow the drop. Others need a higher (may 8-9%) LC, others need MC or HC. You need to experiment to see what works for Girlie. Regular LC is not doing the job. And slowing the drop is an excellent idea. Fast drops often cause worse bounces than going low."
Any thoughts?
Good news: still no ketones
Well, it looks like 9 August's "colitis" (or whatever it was) episode is having repercussions, as Girlie's back in black again. Would one day of being unwell that way be enough to send her back to black? (I've told Girlie to stop channeling Amy Winehouse...)
I've put her on predictably low carb foods (Fancy Feast pate's that are under 5%) as I know her tummy won't object and I know these are very low carb. I'm assuming that when she's bouncing like this that there's no point in trying to see whether it's a reaction to these low, low carb foods or whether I should even try a higher carb food (though under 10%)?
I'm thinking of the interesting post I read from @manxcat419 re: Carb sensitivity - thoughts:
"It is possible to get an idea of a cat's actual carb sensitivity level. But that can't be done by trying to pin down an exact carb % in food and whether or not it changed the numbers by a tiny amount in a day. Not unless you're going to analyze every single can of food you open before you feed it. A more accurate way to tell whether or not a cat is overly sensitive to carbs is to see what their reaction is to being given a food that we know is high in carbs...a situation that arises for all of us sooner or later when kitty drops a little too low. If you are able to get those numbers back up safely and effectively every time with very few carbs, or even by giving a regular low carb food, then kitty is likely more carb sensitive. If you find you are having to give large amounts of high carb food, or even high carb food + simple sugars every single time, then kitty is actually not all that carb sensitive at all."
And this one: Low carb vs lower carb
@Wendy&Neko also mentioned something about Girlie on 4 Aug re: LC not seeming to do the trick with slowing her drop: "Cats are different in how carb sensitive they are. For some cats, regular LC will slow the drop. Others need a higher (may 8-9%) LC, others need MC or HC. You need to experiment to see what works for Girlie. Regular LC is not doing the job. And slowing the drop is an excellent idea. Fast drops often cause worse bounces than going low."
Any thoughts?
Good news: still no ketones
) . Girlie sleeping through is a bonus for you I think! They do probably wonder why all of a sudden their ears are so interesting! It's the same with tenting the skin, I'll just randomly pull his fur up, just so he gets used to it. I'll keep the neosporin pain-relieving ointment in mind, for sure! 
, that's what we do when we love them, just get them hopefully to a better place than they were yesterday. And when I need to think and process, I take my dog for a walk, it works wonders. 
