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How Soon Would Diabetes Symptoms Appear After Normal Test Results?
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Was that a fructosamine test or just regular blood work? The glucose level included with regular blood work is almost always high for most cats because stress causes elevated blood glucose levels. A fructosamine test has to be specified by the vet when submitting the blood samples and gives an average blood glucose levels from the past few weeks.
You can test your cat's blood glucose levels at home. Most people use the ear. You're not aiming directly at the vein that runs along the edge of the ear. Just the space between the edge of the ear and vein. Warming the ear for a few seconds before pricking helps get a good drop of blood to come out.
Some people use a paw pad instead.
You'll find more diabetes tips and help here: Feline Diabetes —Diabetes in Cats — Treatment and Diabetic Cat Info — FDMB
What are you feeding? Did you open a new bag or can recently? Maybe the food is causing your cat to be thirstier and peeing more?
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Thank you. Enzo is lucky to have you, too! Crossing my fingers for him!
That’s an awesome graphic thank you!! I really hope I never have to do it, I know some people say it gets easier with time but I feel bad enough when he needs ear drops! He only eats wet food, Nutro Turkey/turkey liver and he’s been on it for quite awhile. Because it was just a routine senior panel I assume only glucose, he wasn’t drinking more when I had him in. It’s been a recent development, over the past week or so. When I asked the vet tech she said something was negative (I can’t recall what test she said) and that his glucose levels were middle of the road, not too high or low.Was that a fructosamine test or just regular blood work? The glucose level included with regular blood work is almost always high for most cats because stress causes elevated blood glucose levels. A fructosamine test has to be specified by the vet when submitting the blood samples and gives an average blood glucose levels from the past few weeks.
You can test your cat's blood glucose levels at home. Most people use the ear. You're not aiming directly at the vein that runs along the edge of the ear. Just the space between the edge of the ear and vein. Warming the ear for a few seconds before pricking helps get a good drop of blood to come out.
Some people use a paw pad instead.
You'll find more diabetes tips and help here: Feline Diabetes —Diabetes in Cats — Treatment and Diabetic Cat Info — FDMB
What are you feeding? Did you open a new bag or can recently? Maybe the food is causing your cat to be thirstier and peeing more?
Normal glucose levels are roughly 60 to 150 mg/dl. Some cats may have slightly higher levels and that's totally normal for them. Stress can cause levels to skyrocket. Diabetes isn't much of a concern unless the levels are consistently over 200 mg/dl.
