Hi all! First post here as my cat has been newly-diagnosed with Diabetes. I’ll pop a bit of a short history below, as Ted seems to check some boxes of diabetes but not others so I’m hoping to talk to others who have experience with diabetes!
Initial vet visit in November last year. He had gingival stomatitis (or something along those lines) and essentially needed all his teeth removed. Vet drew blood before the op & found high BG (in the early 20’s if I remember) but the Fructosamine test came back high end of normal. Tested urine and there was glucose present but no ketones, no protein and the specific gravity/concentration was normal.
Vet suspected diabetes so surgery didn’t go ahead and he opted for a few weeks of monitoring (bringing cat in for glucometer test & urinalysis). In this time Ted went downhill with his teeth as he was having a bad reaction to the gabapentin prescribed to keep him comfortable. One week into monitoring I took him in and explained he wasn’t a happy cat on gabapentin. They took his urine & blood. BG was lower (18-19 I believe), fructosamine came back lower, glucose still present in urine but again no ketones and SG was normal. He had put weight on. The vets then believed that maybe Ted had stress-induced hyperglycaemia from the pain in his mouth and for his welfare did the surgery 2 weeks later (earliest appt). In the mean time he was put on some opiate painkillers and he thrived!
Surgery was 9th Dec. Again blood draw before surgery said high BG (around 20 I believe).
I took him to the vet on 3rd Jan as it looked like a small infection was starting in a canine and he seemed to have lost condition. Vet repeated glucometer test and it came back at 30!! He had also lost over 400g (he weighed 4.7kg previously and was down to 4.3kg). His urine had lots of glucose but no ketones, no proteins, normal specific gravity.
The extreme BG caused the vet to prescribe Senvelgo. We started on Monday (when the order arrived to the practice). I took a urine sample today for Ted (morning wee, will have had 2 doses of senvelgo) and took it into the vets. Apparently there are trace amounts of ketones now where previously there was zero. Still lots of sugar in his urine and the SG is still within normal parameters.
I’ve ordered some urinalysis dip-sticks so I can keep a close eye on Ted at home going forward (alongside having a vet on board!).
Is there anything I’m missing here or doing wrong? I just want to see my beautiful boy well! Are ketones 2 days after being on Senvelgo a bad sign, even if it’s a small amount?
thank you so much! If you require any more information please comment!
Initial vet visit in November last year. He had gingival stomatitis (or something along those lines) and essentially needed all his teeth removed. Vet drew blood before the op & found high BG (in the early 20’s if I remember) but the Fructosamine test came back high end of normal. Tested urine and there was glucose present but no ketones, no protein and the specific gravity/concentration was normal.
Vet suspected diabetes so surgery didn’t go ahead and he opted for a few weeks of monitoring (bringing cat in for glucometer test & urinalysis). In this time Ted went downhill with his teeth as he was having a bad reaction to the gabapentin prescribed to keep him comfortable. One week into monitoring I took him in and explained he wasn’t a happy cat on gabapentin. They took his urine & blood. BG was lower (18-19 I believe), fructosamine came back lower, glucose still present in urine but again no ketones and SG was normal. He had put weight on. The vets then believed that maybe Ted had stress-induced hyperglycaemia from the pain in his mouth and for his welfare did the surgery 2 weeks later (earliest appt). In the mean time he was put on some opiate painkillers and he thrived!
Surgery was 9th Dec. Again blood draw before surgery said high BG (around 20 I believe).
I took him to the vet on 3rd Jan as it looked like a small infection was starting in a canine and he seemed to have lost condition. Vet repeated glucometer test and it came back at 30!! He had also lost over 400g (he weighed 4.7kg previously and was down to 4.3kg). His urine had lots of glucose but no ketones, no proteins, normal specific gravity.
The extreme BG caused the vet to prescribe Senvelgo. We started on Monday (when the order arrived to the practice). I took a urine sample today for Ted (morning wee, will have had 2 doses of senvelgo) and took it into the vets. Apparently there are trace amounts of ketones now where previously there was zero. Still lots of sugar in his urine and the SG is still within normal parameters.
I’ve ordered some urinalysis dip-sticks so I can keep a close eye on Ted at home going forward (alongside having a vet on board!).
Is there anything I’m missing here or doing wrong? I just want to see my beautiful boy well! Are ketones 2 days after being on Senvelgo a bad sign, even if it’s a small amount?
thank you so much! If you require any more information please comment!
were you able to speak to your Vet? How's Ted doing?
