Hi all,
Charlie has been on lantus 2 units for a few weeks now and after his last curve a couple weeks ago, vet recommended I increase to 2.5.
I was nervous so only did 2.25 and spot checked and numbers were on the lower end so never ended up doing 2.5. I’ve kept mainly to 2 units until now because I wanted to wait until I would be home all day to monitor.
so gave his insulin 5am 2 units and 5pm 2.25 (today). He’s been eating only about half his food the last day or so and he gets dry food at 11pm on fri and sat as I’m at work but he’s awaiting dental surgery so doesn’t eat much of the dry.
Noticed about an hour ago that he was stumbling slightly so I checked his sugar (Alphatrak 3) and it was 4mmol. Right after that he went to his food bowl on his own and ate a decent amount but I gave him a small amount of honey on his gums as well. Checked BG again 20-30 min later (7pm) and was 5.2. Just checked now and it’s back down a bit to 4.8. More honey??? What do I do? I only gave him a tiny bit the first time. How much should I give?
Macey & Charlie
Charlie has been on lantus 2 units for a few weeks now and after his last curve a couple weeks ago, vet recommended I increase to 2.5.
I was nervous so only did 2.25 and spot checked and numbers were on the lower end so never ended up doing 2.5. I’ve kept mainly to 2 units until now because I wanted to wait until I would be home all day to monitor.
so gave his insulin 5am 2 units and 5pm 2.25 (today). He’s been eating only about half his food the last day or so and he gets dry food at 11pm on fri and sat as I’m at work but he’s awaiting dental surgery so doesn’t eat much of the dry.
Noticed about an hour ago that he was stumbling slightly so I checked his sugar (Alphatrak 3) and it was 4mmol. Right after that he went to his food bowl on his own and ate a decent amount but I gave him a small amount of honey on his gums as well. Checked BG again 20-30 min later (7pm) and was 5.2. Just checked now and it’s back down a bit to 4.8. More honey??? What do I do? I only gave him a tiny bit the first time. How much should I give?
Macey & Charlie