Heyzeus
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Hi all, very new to all this.
On 09/09/21 we brought Lionheart into the vet since he had been peeing a lot and forgoing the litterbox. Thought at first it was stress from losing his best friend Jayfeather, but after it continued for about a month and a half we thought it could be a UTI or something like that.
When we brought him in, they told us he had about a 580 BG measurement (US). We called daily and they said they wouldn't send him home unless he hit 300 or lower.
From the best of my knowledge, they started him around 6U of vetsulin and have upped it from there to 15 units over the course of a week, finally letting him come home with us yesterday.
When I pulled the syringe out for 15U yesterday, it sure seemed like a lot so I started looking things up...
Went this morning and bought new food and a testing meter (Relion classic), after about a 30 minute struggle figuring it out we got a blood sample and he read 346. I had at least a partial, if not a complete, fur shot with the 15U yesterday and he has not ate nor been given more insulin since about 8PM, it is now 12:50PM.
With all that said, should I continue to give him the 15U that the vet has him dosed at? We used to feed only a low quality dry food, and are now switching to the FF classics.
I plan to monitor him every 2 hours afterwards and have syrup ready in case it is too much.
He also seems to be having trouble peeing now (hasn't gone since we got home, and walks to the litter box them sits and meows), the complete opposite of before where he would pee constantly and in bulk.
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Edit: Went ahead and gave 8 units, will still be checking after 2 hours, 4hr, etc. The 15U number scared me after seeing people using 1-2U and even that seemingly being high. He is a 14lb male cat if that helps with any suggestions.
Edit2: He has now peed, seems like a normal amount and it isn't clumping up the litter like he had been.
On 09/09/21 we brought Lionheart into the vet since he had been peeing a lot and forgoing the litterbox. Thought at first it was stress from losing his best friend Jayfeather, but after it continued for about a month and a half we thought it could be a UTI or something like that.
When we brought him in, they told us he had about a 580 BG measurement (US). We called daily and they said they wouldn't send him home unless he hit 300 or lower.
From the best of my knowledge, they started him around 6U of vetsulin and have upped it from there to 15 units over the course of a week, finally letting him come home with us yesterday.
When I pulled the syringe out for 15U yesterday, it sure seemed like a lot so I started looking things up...
Went this morning and bought new food and a testing meter (Relion classic), after about a 30 minute struggle figuring it out we got a blood sample and he read 346. I had at least a partial, if not a complete, fur shot with the 15U yesterday and he has not ate nor been given more insulin since about 8PM, it is now 12:50PM.
With all that said, should I continue to give him the 15U that the vet has him dosed at? We used to feed only a low quality dry food, and are now switching to the FF classics.
I plan to monitor him every 2 hours afterwards and have syrup ready in case it is too much.
He also seems to be having trouble peeing now (hasn't gone since we got home, and walks to the litter box them sits and meows), the complete opposite of before where he would pee constantly and in bulk.
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Edit: Went ahead and gave 8 units, will still be checking after 2 hours, 4hr, etc. The 15U number scared me after seeing people using 1-2U and even that seemingly being high. He is a 14lb male cat if that helps with any suggestions.
Edit2: He has now peed, seems like a normal amount and it isn't clumping up the litter like he had been.
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