Category: Feline Diabetes
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May re-check in progress – so far, it looks promising.
Happy May! Buddy is wearing a fancy and tiny Abbott Freestyle Libre 3 since yesterday evening, and so far, so good. I am excited to see blood glucose sensors shrink, finally. The FL3 fits between his shoulder blades, with room to spare – good job, Abbott! This early morning, the usual “food anxiety chirping” coincided…
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Buddy’s Weight March 7, 2023 – May 2, 2023
Buddy’s on a restricted calorie/extremely low carb diet to lose weight and manage his feline diabetes. He needs to loose a few pounds, and stay away from carbohydrates. Cats don’t need carbohydrates for energy. But the dry cat food so many of us feed our cats has 30% and more of its energy from carbohydrates.…
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Remission: A Second Chance to get it right
I view Buddy’s apparent remission as a second chance for Buddy and for us, to get it right. We must remove the factors that contribute to his Type 2 diabetes, because otherwise he will soon be right back at needing external insulin. The factors are specifically: What we are doing about that How we are…
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Here is how he did …
He brought himself back down. Also. It is 4:44, and Buddy is not happy about his restricted calorie diet. He is singing a protest song. T’es chiant, Buddy.
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Diabetic Kitty Goes Closed-Loop toward Safe Remission.
Buddy was diagnosed with Type 2 feline Diabetes mellitus on February 24, 2023. That was a bit of a shock. Poor Buddy. After some research, these were our short-term goals for Buddy’s treatment: What we don’t want: I also don’t want a pet sitter needing to give him insulin – I get anxiety imagining someone…
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Lesson learned – If I don’t reduce the footprint of the sensor, he will pull it off.
I replaced Buddy’s Dexcom sensor Saturday afternoon. He had been using it for 12 days, and it was coming loose on the sides. I had reglued it a few times with Skinister, but the dressing was becoming a bit hard from the multiple applications of Skinister. The sensor was still giving good readings though, and…
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50 hours since the last injection of Insulin … wow.
Buddy’s Nightscout curve on Friday morning at 8:00 Well, there is some up and down going on. Buddy got his last Injection of 1 IU of Glargine two days ago – Wednesday morning at 6:00. Unless the sensor is totally crazy, here’s a pattern I am noticing: His own insulin production seems to overshoot a…
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Closed Loop for a Diabetic Cat???
Yes. For our cat. Important – I am neither a veterinarian nor a physician, and nothing on this website or blog should be viewed as medical advice. This is what I do for our cat Buddy. I have opinions, and this being my blog, I’ll state those opinions. Whatever I write here, are my opinions,…