Low BG reading after shot

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Should I be worried that 3 hours after giving my Jack his evening feed & insulin shot his BG has dropped from 13 to 3.4 mmol/l? (234 to 61.2).
Is normal for a cat between 2-6 mmol/l on a human meter?
He just hasnt had that big of a drop before now....Im scared to go asleep in case anything happens to him while Im snoozing xx
 
crazy_moo said:
Should I be worried that 3 hours after giving my Jack his evening feed & insulin shot his BG has dropped from 13 to 3.4 mmol/l? (234 to 61.2).
Is normal for a cat between 2-6 mmol/l on a human meter?
He just hasnt had that big of a drop before now....Im scared to go asleep in case anything happens to him while Im snoozing xx
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That's a BIG drop. Was that a dose of 1 unit? I'd give him a small snack of his regular food, wait 30 minutes and retest. He's not at nadir (point of lowest BG) yet. That's generally 4 to 6 hours after the shot for Caninsulin.

Post that next test result here. We'll guide you in what to do next. :)
 
Yes only the 1 unit shot as normal

I gave him some food again right after doing the 2nd reading of 3.4....

Will re-test again soon to see if its done the trick.

I use the vet pen for his shots.....Just out of curiosity....If I was to set the vet pen to 1 unit then re-set to 0 & then set again to 1 would the insulin double dose if shot?
 
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Yes only the 1 unit shot as normal

I gave him some food again right after doing the 2nd reading of 3.4....

Will re-test again soon to see if its done the trick.

I use the vet pen for his shots.....Just out of curiosity....If I was to set the vet pen to 1 unit then re-set to 0 & then set again to 1 would the insulin double dose if shot?
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I have no experience with vet pens so I can't give you a definite answer. I think it depends on whether the reset to zero expels the insulin dose from the pen needle section.

The issue with vet pens is that you're confined to whole unit doses. Cats respond strongly to even tiny dose changes which is why we recommend using insulin syringes with half unit marks on them. That allows half units to be read from the marks and 0.25 u fractions to be eyeballed. I guarantee you that you'll want fractions of units at some point. Many vets don't seem to understand this. o_O
 
My vet pen can increase/decrease in .5 increments but was thinking of getting some syringes for future use so I could amend dosage by .25 increments if need be.
 
crazy_moo said:
My vet pen can increase/decrease in .5 increments but was thinking of getting some syringes for future use so I could amend dosage by .25 increments if need be.
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Good plan! Please give some thought to setting up a spreadsheet like the one we use here. It makes it so much easier and faster for us to help if you need advice. :)
 
Kris & Teasel said:
Good plan! Please give some thought to setting up a spreadsheet like the one we use here. It makes it so much easier and faster for us to help if you need advice. :)
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Im planning to....Havent got a working PC/laptop at home to use so need to do it while in work & just havent had any spare time to sort it out as of yet....
....Ive got a tablet at home, tried doing it at the weekend but it fried my brain & couldnt figure out how to edit the copy of the spreadsheet Id downloaded even after following the step to step guide on how to do it.....
.....My brain is like mush lately with the lack of sleep Im getting stressing over Jack so much!!
Ill be running on fumes again tomorrow, its just oadt 1am here & Im due in work at 7am!!
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Im planning to....Havent got a working PC/laptop at home to use so need to do it while in work & just havent had any spare time to sort it out as of yet....
....Ive got a tablet at home, trued doing it at the weekend but it fried my brain & couldnt figure out how to edit the copy of the spreadsheet Id downloaded eveb after following the step to steo guide on how to do it.....
.....My brain is like mush lately with the lack of sleep Im getting stressing over Jack so much!!
Ill be running on fumes again tomorrow, its just oadt 1am here & Im due in work at 7am!!
:confused:
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No pressure ... you have a lot on your mind. If you need to get to bed you can feed him some high carb food and leave it at that. It'll basically shut this cycle down and pull up his BG. Tomorrow I'd drop the dose to 0.5 u after a big dive like that. You need a bit more of a cushion at nadir, especially if he's alone all day.
 
Kris & Teasel said:
No pressure ... you have a lot on your mind. If you need to get to bed you can feed him some high carb food and leave it at that. It'll basically shut this cycle down and pull up his BG. Tomorrow I'd drop the dose to 0.5 u after a big dive like that. You need a bit more of a cushion at nadir, especially if he's alone all day.
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I gave him some dry food about half hour ago.....Going to re-test now & then try getting some sleep.
Thankfully my partner is here during the day time to watch over him.
Thanks for listening though & for all of your advice!
:bighug:
 
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