Your dog's diet, insulin, and meter used

[FoggyOaks]

Re: Your dog's diet, insulin, and meter used

Dog's name, breed: Nana, Chihuahua
Age: 9
Dog's weight: 7.5 pounds
Diet: Science Diet Mature Small Bites mixed with w/d
Insulin: Vetsulin
Number of units per injection and injections per day: 5 units twice daily
Brand of BG meter if home testing: nothing yet

Nana was turned over to the vet clinic that I work for. Previous owner was not good about keeping up with her injections and wanted her euthanized because she was peeing all over her house.

[snow]

Re: Your dog's diet, insulin, and meter used

Dog's name, breed: Devon, shepalabragoldendobierottachow.

Dog's weight: depends on the vet - 110 - 117

Diet: Mr Fussy is still making it up as he goes along HELP

Insulin: Today Vetsulin - Later today it's' NPH or a new vet. I figure it's my call because they aren't shoving food and Karo into their dog at 12 AM 4 nights a week. (I'm so bitter can you tell :-) )

Number of units per injection and injections per day: 12u 2x on Vetsulin

Brand of BG meter if home testing: was an IPET which I liked until I started getting bonker readings. I called them and whined and they sent me a new one and it just did the same thing. Well at least they were nice and shipped the replacement 2nd day with lots of supplies.

What do you suggest?

[minpinlover]

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Dog name and breed: Daygo, miniature pinscher
Age: 7 years
Weight: 17-18 lbs.
Diet: Science diet adult light with a small amount of canned light mixed in
Insulin: Vetsulin 7 units twice a day (just changed dose from 8 units)

Daygo was just diagnosed on April 29, 2009, so we're still really new to this.
I did his first glucose curve last week and his readings were really good, but he started getting too low around 9 hours post insulin dose. We just started him on the 7 units a few days ago. We give green beans as his treat and he loves them! I use a Reli On ultima meter (Walmart) for his glucose testing.

[lab lover]

Re: Your dog's diet, insulin, and meter used

Dog name and Breed: Baby, Yellow Lab

Age: 7 years
Weight: 91 lbs
Diet: Milleninum Solid Gold dry, 3/4cup, 1/2cup chopped chicken, 1/2cup string
beans, 1/2 cup Wellness Chicken canned dog food. (lower canned food on 7/2)
Insulin: NPH Walmart, Relion
Dosage: 17 units am 18 units pm (just changed on 7/2)
Diagnosed January, 2009
Brand Of Meter - Alpha Track - I liked having the true readings but, is costly
buying the strips.

Baby, is still not regulated gets highs mostly in the am. but, doing much better within the last two months. I test her on her elbows - that is the easiest place for me and she does not mine it at all.

[harley's mom]

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Harley, Shiba Inu, 5 years old, Diagnosed 3/2009

Diet: Blue Seal Low Calorie Adult (for now) with 4oz of whatever moist he'll eat prior to injection

Insulin: 11 units Humulin N twice daily

Meter: iPet (Love it!!!) Test inside of lip

Other medications: Soloxine 0.2mg twice daily

Weight: 38 pounds

[sofar]

Re: Your dog's diet, insulin, and meter used

Pepper, 11 years old, Miniature Schnauzer, Diagnosed 4/09.

Weight: She is 20 lbs now, lost about 7 pounds.

Insulin: Vetsulin, 10 units 2x a day

Diet: I just started making my own with lean meat, grain, raw broccoli, carrots, green beans and cottage cheese

Meter: Walgreens Tru-Tech

No other meds

She went blind a couple of weeks ago. I am having a hard time regulating her sugar. She has huge spikes. After reading the info here I think I may be giving her too much insulin. I would like to switch to NPH so I can buy it OTC.
Does that cause additional problems when you are trying to regulate?

[Margaret Boyle]

Re: Your dog's diet, insulin, and meter used

Name : Lucy

Breed : Miniature Schnauzer

Diagnosed : December 23rd 2007

Weight : 22 lbs (lost weight at beginning )

Diet : Burns High Oats (was On Bakers Complete up until June 2009)

Insulin : On Insuvet Lente for nearly a year. ( Now on Caninsulin since Jan 2009)

Caninsulin 9iu Twice a day.

Meter : On Call Plus (uses small drop of blood) Did use One Touch Ultra 2.

Testing: Inside of both lips, Carpal pads.


Meds : Optimmune Eye Ointment for Dry Eyes

Cranberry powder for repeated UTI's.

Lucy has very limited sight due to cataracts.

Lucy had implants in both eyes on the 15th September 2009
(with good results)

[flgal64]

Re: Your dog's diet, insulin, and meter used

Dog's name, breed:Rani, 10 year old rottweiler
Dog's weight: 86 lbs
Diet: Science Diet Sensitive Stomach
Insulin: Vetsulin
Number of units per injection and injections per day: 25 cc's 2x's a day
Brand of BG meter if home testing: not home testing yet


She is healthy except for the diabetes which was just diagnosed 2 weeks ago.

Geri & Rani

[crazydayz]

Re: Your dog's diet, insulin, and meter used

Dog's name: Kai
Breed: Weimaraner
Dog's weight: 85lbs
Diet: Taste of The Wild Dry & Spoon of Merrick or Evo Can
Insulin: Humulin N
Number of units per injection and injections per day: 33U 2x a day
Brand of BG meter if home testing: One Touch Ultra 2

Kai is doing so much better! He has lost his eye sight but recently learned to rely on his other senses.

[bpinsly]

Re: Your dog's diet, insulin, and meter used

Hi:
I am new to this forum.
Bradi 6 years 8 months
16 lbs.
Humulin N 5 units 2x day

Bradi was just diagnosed with diabetes. She went into ketoacidosis and was hospitalized for 2 days. We have her home but she wasn't eating the WD. We saw a post that someone baked the food. We did this and she is now eating it. We've been mixing some chicken or egg and some rice and veggies and she's eating well now.

[debbie]

Re: Your dog's diet, insulin, and meter used

Buster
Diagnosed in March 2009
Insulin: Vetsulin - 16 units 2Xs a day
Food-science Diet W/D
weight- 90 lbs
Age- Will be 10 in November
One touch Ultra 2 - Test on his elbows

[seurat]

Re: Your dog's diet, insulin, and meter used

my child's name:binx
shepard mix
wt 70lbs
diet DCO purina prescribed diet
vetsulin 28units 2x at feedings 2cups dry 2x
alpha trax meter only one that is perfect close to lab test
has been diabetic for three years sugar was so high developed cataracts overnight since then I've kept him regulated do my own curves to keep cost down but vetsulin prices have gone from 27.50 a bottle to 49.50 in just the last 2 weeks they make it hard to keep your child alive!

[cynsmith]

Re: Your dog's diet, insulin, and meter used

Name : Lizzie

Breed : rat terrier

Diagnosed : 10/9/09

Weight : 17.5 lbs

age: 5 yrs

Diet : Hills prescription diet dry w/d

Insulin : vetsulin 4 u twice a day

Meter : havent started to monitor from home yet--new @ this and to be honest was too scared but this forum gives me hope.

[MyNaj-a-Poo]

Re: Your dog's diet, insulin, and meter used

Name : Naj

Breed : Lhasa Apso / Poodle

Diagnosed : 10/15/09 and Confirm by Urine 10/18/09

Weight : 18.8 lbs Now --
His weight loss is what made be take him to the vet and urination inside house
25 lbs prior to diabetes

age: 7 yrs 8 months

Diet : Previously Bil-Jac before diabetes
Now: Boiled Chicken / Green Beans and 1/2 cup Organic Blue All Natural

Insulin : vetsulin Once a Day 9 units
I take him back to the Vet in 1 week to retest and see if the insulin dose is working for him.

Meter : No meter yet, but intend to purchase the alphatrak next pay day

[Mesquito]

Re: Your dog's diet, insulin, and meter used

Changed to Humulin N

Dog's name, breed: Ginger Shih Tzu
Dog's weight: 16 lbs

Diet: Ginger develops large bladder stones unless she is fed Royal Urinary SO to prevent bladder stones. She has had surgery twice to remove stones. We tried Hills C/D for a year but it never dissolved the stones. Royal does a good job. Our Vet says
Royal SO may be fed to a diabetic dog.

Changed diet" 1/2 Royal urinal SO food
1/4 green beans
1/4 steamed carrots


We feed twice a day: 7AM and 7PM

Insulin:Vetsulin

Twice a day after feeding

Number of units per injection and injections per day:

generally level 5.5 if a full meal is eaten

Brand of BG meter if home testing:

IPET, works well with small amount of blood. The blood enters the end of the test strip rather than the side like our Vets meter.

We also use Bayer diastix glucose strips to check for glucose in her urine. We have to ask for the strips at the pharmacy as they are not stocked on public shelfs.

Changed to Humulin N about a month ago under our Vet's guidence as regulation using Vetsulin was impossible to achive.

Ginger started with 2 units on Humulin N twice a day for around 5 days.
Then 3 units twice a day for another five days.
Then 5 units twice a day for two weeks.
As Ginger was generally high I then slowely raised her shots 1/4 of a unit over several more days. We are now at 7 units twice a day and finely her blood suger levels are in range. A quarter unit using a Humulin syringe is hard to set.


I changed from a IPET meter to a Walmart Micro meter. The Micro meter only requires 0.03 microliter. Micro meter cost is $12 and change and the strips are $22 and change for 50 strips. I add +35 to the Micro meter readings to get closer to a canine reading.