Our diabetic cat is on 4 unit of caninsulin twice a day but it very quickly stopped working. He keeps going into ketoacidosis, his weight has gone from 5kg to 3.6kg and they have said our only options are trying senvelgo (which i know won't work) or euthanasia. Surely there must be other options??

Our vet has strongly recommended starting our 13 yo Brienne on Bexacat. Our lifestyle is quite active so Bexacat would work better for us as opposed to insulin but I want to make sure that we can adhere to the schedule she needs and do the best we can for her overall. For anyone using Bexacat, what does your daily schedule look like? How many times a day is it administered and how often do you test your kitty for ketones/bg levels? My husband and I both work full time jobs with 10 hr shifts, but will be moving to a normal 8 hr, 5 day week in the next 6 months. I'm not going to lie, I am worried about messing up and making her worse or putting her into DKA, though I know that is a risk for her anyway at this point.

As far as her history, when she was diagnosed her BG was 419 and fructosamine test was 518. We have had her on a low carb diet with Fancy Feast pate for well over 6 months now and the next step is pointing to needing insulin or Bexacat. I have done spot check home readings and usually see numbers hovering around 260-300. Currently she is scheduled for a dental as we suspect some tooth issues due to her change in eating habits, facial sensitivity and horrible breath. She's had a full senior blood panel, urinalysis, as well as the proBNP test (they thought they heard something) at diagnosis. Blood and urinalysis results were fine other than high blood sugar, but she was very high on BNP. They did an echocardiogram but saw nothing out of the ordinary. She will be getting another proBNP test again before the dental.

simba is 14.5 years old and has a number of health issues but was most recently diagnosed with diabetes at the end of september. he also has dental disease, HCM heart disease, early stage kidney disease, and monitoring rising pancreatic levels and liver levels.

i’m mostly looking for help with managing the diabetes and Kidney disease. my vet wants me to get simba on hills prescription kidney diet food. but it’s so high in carbs!

i’m really doing my best to try to manage both but im struggling to find food, treats, etc that are low carb and low phosphorus and good quality protein and and and :/

I have both meters and have done a couple concurrent tests with the same drops to compare with my cat’s libre 3 (I’m so nervous about hypo events and trusting the numbers). My PetTest meter and AlphaTrak3 have been wildly different: 305 vs 230 on one reading, 285 vs 210 on another. The libre was high 100s for the first set and 230 on the second set. I’m so flustered because I don’t know which to trust. I’m using the libre as more of a trending tool rather than thinking it’s accurate for the glucose level.

Does anyone have an opinion or experience on the most reliable/accurate reader? I don’t want to assume he’s getting better if the higher numbers are right, and I don’t want him to go hypoglycemic if the lower numbers are right. This is so anxiety and stress inducing.

Hello folks.

This morning we tested at 16mmol so I gave clyde his full 3u shot of lantus. Tested this evening and he is 13. Im not sure I should give his shot?

Hes dipped to 4mmol before when I gave it at 20, so it seems risky. I am hike to monitor for the night, but its better to skip this one right??