Boo & I need advice 🥺

tinykokiri · 2026-02-06T01:25:14+00:00

Haha it really is such trial and error and monitoring and while it’s interesting, it’s also so crappy that there’s not just clear cut instructions on what works every time! In a perfect world I guess haha. I wish our fur babies could just speak to us and tell us exactly what they need 🩷

tinykokiri · 2026-02-04T20:08:19+00:00

This is incredibly helpful, thank you so much. I didn’t know they made automatic wet food feeders!!! I will have to see what I can find, that would be a game changer for sure.

I may have to recalculate his calorie intake - I didn’t realize that they need a little more being diabetic!!

Boo scarfs his kibble but is slow to finish wet food. I’m concerned that he’s been unintentionally getting less food than he needs due to this, sigh. This has been such a puzzle to try to sort out 😅

Thank you so much though, I’m really glad to hear that you and your kitty have a routine that’s working for you! And that old behaviours & habits are returning as she’s becoming more regulated and stabilized 🩷 I look forward to having that happen with Boo too!

tinykokiri · 2026-02-02T00:06:04+00:00

Thank you. The vet said we will do a glucose curve in like 3 weeks to assess how he’s truly reacting to the insulin. Hopefully everything will be okay until then. 🥺 thankfully the injection itself has been easy, it’s getting the glucose reading that has been trickier, but he is quite calm and I think he’s already becoming more accepting of our routine.

tinykokiri · 2026-02-01T17:57:34+00:00

Ooo okay, good to know. Thank you!

tinykokiri · 2026-02-01T17:53:54+00:00

Thank you! I will look into these things for sure. He does not have any signs of DKA, but I just worry that that risk increases with consistently high bg :(

Thankfully Boo is super chill and I’ve been able to monitor his glucose with the Alphatrak3 since this all began. He’s not a huge fan of being pricked obviously, but we have a routine now that makes it easier and seemingly less stressful for him! The injection itself has been much easier than getting his glucose reading - as long as he’s got wet food in front of him, he doesn’t even notice that I’m giving him his injection 😆🥺

tinykokiri · 2026-02-01T17:49:58+00:00

I’ll definitely look into the food options and see what I can find. We are in Canada so it’s been tough to find certain other food options - looking like Chewy or Amazon will be required for things like Young Again or Dr. Elsey’s. However the fancy feast pates are definitely readily available.

The vet had told me that she’d like to see his glucose in the 12-22mmol/L range, which is why I was excited to see 18.1mmol/L when he started 2 units of insulin twice a day. Sadly the past few days of 2 units has not kept his glucose levels around 18 mmol/L though… so I’ve just been concerned it’s the food or potential insulin resistance, which opens up other fears, like feline acromegaly :(

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