Jane and Ragnar
Member Since 2020
Hi all - my question is regarding increasing insulin and decreasing dry food at the same time.
Here's the summary -
After starting with a week on 1u q 12h (and lots of high numbers), then a too-fast increase from 1 to 2u (based on vet advice) for a couple days, back down to 1u for a week (including a weekend away with insulin but no testing), and now a week at 1.5u, I'm considering my next steps.
Ragnar's numbers are coming down a tad here and there, but still running high overall so I had planned to increase him by 0.25 units starting in the morning (to 1.75u).
I have been highly encouraging him to eat as much LC canned food as he wants - feeding frequent small meals, adding some bonito flakes, etc, and I know that his dry food consumption has gone down. I haven't removed it entirely because the vet wanted to be sure that Ragnar would be willing to eat enough calories in canned food first, since he'd already lost so much weight. And the science-y side of me was also leery of dealing with two variables at the same time right off the bat - insulin and changes to carb intake - while also trying to figure this whole diabetes thing out.
At this point, I'm feeling pretty good that Ragnar will continue to eat enough calories in wet food if I keep making it easy and appealing for him. He doesn't vomit, is bright and alert and behaving pretty much normal except for his PU/PD.
Would you recommend that I just do the insulin increase and continue with the current "mostly wet but some dry food" plan for another week? Or do the insulin increase plus try to stop the dry altogether at the same time?
Here's the summary -
After starting with a week on 1u q 12h (and lots of high numbers), then a too-fast increase from 1 to 2u (based on vet advice) for a couple days, back down to 1u for a week (including a weekend away with insulin but no testing), and now a week at 1.5u, I'm considering my next steps.
Ragnar's numbers are coming down a tad here and there, but still running high overall so I had planned to increase him by 0.25 units starting in the morning (to 1.75u).
I have been highly encouraging him to eat as much LC canned food as he wants - feeding frequent small meals, adding some bonito flakes, etc, and I know that his dry food consumption has gone down. I haven't removed it entirely because the vet wanted to be sure that Ragnar would be willing to eat enough calories in canned food first, since he'd already lost so much weight. And the science-y side of me was also leery of dealing with two variables at the same time right off the bat - insulin and changes to carb intake - while also trying to figure this whole diabetes thing out.
At this point, I'm feeling pretty good that Ragnar will continue to eat enough calories in wet food if I keep making it easy and appealing for him. He doesn't vomit, is bright and alert and behaving pretty much normal except for his PU/PD.
Would you recommend that I just do the insulin increase and continue with the current "mostly wet but some dry food" plan for another week? Or do the insulin increase plus try to stop the dry altogether at the same time?
