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I won't even go into the guilt issues, but I do feel guilty.
He threw up one day last week. That was odd. Never saw him do that before. Then on Monday night this week, he threw up about 6 or 7 times after I fed them their dinner. Very odd and so not like him. He still tried to eat though! So it's not like he was anorexic.
Oreo's and his cousin's diet over the course of the last 13 years that I've had them has changed a numer of times. Years ago Oreo had scabs covering his back which he licked at constantly until they oozed blood. The vet gave him a cortisone shot 2 months in a row and the scabs went away, until the drug wore off, then it came right back just as bad as before. Then when I eliminated gluten from their diet, I noticed all of his scabs healed within a short time.
In the past few years I've learned more about their nutritional needs and have tried to steer them in the direction of all canned food and have even tried some raw food with various levels of acceptance, from none to eh, I'll eat it so I wont' starve. They've mostly been getting Fancy Feast classic and Friskies pate. And they are now eating Nature's Variety Instinct freeze dried raw coating kibble. It has 25% carbs.
So now Oreo is on ProZinc insulin 3 units every 12 hours. I'd like to get him off this completely but it's not going to be easy. He's a carboholic and loves his kibble. When I put it in his bowl, he practically knocks the scoop out of his way so he can eat.
While he's on insulin, of course I can't just take all of his carb sources away from him or else he will crash with low blood sugar. So I'll probably have to stop his insulin when I can finally wean him down off his kibble, but as I do so, I'll have to wean his insulin too.
Just so you know, his vet doesn't recommend testing his blood sugar before giving the insulin. I think this is bad advice. As a human nurse, it's insane to blindly give insulin without testing first. Dangerous too. So I plan to get a glucometer for him once I can determine which one to get and the appropriate strips to get too. Apparently there is a special strip for cats and dogs.
Anyone else have a kitty on insulin and trying to get them off it with low carb diet? Any tips or knowledge you can give would be appreciated!
{I realize I've left out a lot of info in this OP so if anyone asks, I will gladly fill in the blanks. Right now I'm really tired from too little sleep this week.}
He threw up one day last week. That was odd. Never saw him do that before. Then on Monday night this week, he threw up about 6 or 7 times after I fed them their dinner. Very odd and so not like him. He still tried to eat though! So it's not like he was anorexic.
Oreo's and his cousin's diet over the course of the last 13 years that I've had them has changed a numer of times. Years ago Oreo had scabs covering his back which he licked at constantly until they oozed blood. The vet gave him a cortisone shot 2 months in a row and the scabs went away, until the drug wore off, then it came right back just as bad as before. Then when I eliminated gluten from their diet, I noticed all of his scabs healed within a short time.
In the past few years I've learned more about their nutritional needs and have tried to steer them in the direction of all canned food and have even tried some raw food with various levels of acceptance, from none to eh, I'll eat it so I wont' starve. They've mostly been getting Fancy Feast classic and Friskies pate. And they are now eating Nature's Variety Instinct freeze dried raw coating kibble. It has 25% carbs.
So now Oreo is on ProZinc insulin 3 units every 12 hours. I'd like to get him off this completely but it's not going to be easy. He's a carboholic and loves his kibble. When I put it in his bowl, he practically knocks the scoop out of his way so he can eat.
While he's on insulin, of course I can't just take all of his carb sources away from him or else he will crash with low blood sugar. So I'll probably have to stop his insulin when I can finally wean him down off his kibble, but as I do so, I'll have to wean his insulin too.
Just so you know, his vet doesn't recommend testing his blood sugar before giving the insulin. I think this is bad advice. As a human nurse, it's insane to blindly give insulin without testing first. Dangerous too. So I plan to get a glucometer for him once I can determine which one to get and the appropriate strips to get too. Apparently there is a special strip for cats and dogs.
Anyone else have a kitty on insulin and trying to get them off it with low carb diet? Any tips or knowledge you can give would be appreciated!
{I realize I've left out a lot of info in this OP so if anyone asks, I will gladly fill in the blanks. Right now I'm really tired from too little sleep this week.}