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You have a bouncy kitty and I think that drop of almost 200 points last night sent him off into the stratosphere. You asked about ProZinc. Yes, it does have a gentler action and that can help a bouncy cat. The depot insulins like Lantus and Levemir are even gentler and slower in onset and can work well for a bouncer.
 
I need to do something, it's been a month on vetsulin now and no progress. From what I've been told the dosing times need to be strict with lantus and my job sometimes requires me to be out of the house longer than 12 hours. I'll give the prozinc a try. Thank you so much for the info!
 
Mikec said:
I need to do something, it's been a month on vetsulin now and no progress. From what I've been told the dosing times need to be strict with lantus and my job sometimes requires me to be out of the house longer than 12 hours. I'll give the prozinc a try. Thank you so much for the info!
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Yes, ProZinc has up to an hour's dose timing flexibility. Good luck and go post on the ProZinc forum when you start. It's a small group but we can help. :)
 
Got +2 +4 and +6 last night looks like 1.5 was just not enough. Gave him 2 units this morning Bg dropping fast again, headed to new vet to see about switching to prozinc
 
Mikec said:
Got +2 +4 and +6 last night looks like 1.5 was just not enough. Gave him 2 units this morning Bg dropping fast again, headed to new vet to see about switching to prozinc
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Sizable drop but his numbers are high so I don't think a really low nadir will happen. I hope the ProZinc helps.
 
The new vet made a convincing argument to giving lantus a try. Starting with lantus this evening
 
Mikec said:
The new vet made a convincing argument to giving lantus a try. Starting with lantus this evening
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It's a great insulin for many cats. You might want to go introduce yourself on the Lantus forum. It's a large and busy forum but there's a ton of expertise over there.

What Lantus dose are you starting at?
 
The one thing that I don't like are the markings on the u100 seringes. Very hard to measure 1 unit as it is a tiny amount
 
Mikec said:
The one thing that I don't like are the markings on the u100 seringes. Very hard to measure 1 unit as it is a tiny amount
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Yes, but you'll get used to them. Buy yourself a pair of cheap magnifying reading glasses even if you don't need them They'll help. Also, hold the syringe in front of a bright light. I hope your syringes have half unit marks - you'll need them.
 
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