Hello. I have a 12 yr old Coton. 18 lbs. Diagnosed April16, 2021. Started on 3 units Vetsulin twice daily, but quickly switched to Novolin N. He is up to 10.5 units now of Novolin N which seems like a lot to me for an 18 lb dog. I have been careful to go slowly always running a curve before increasing no more than .5 units at a time. It seems every time we increase he seems to do better for just a few days and then ends up back where we were. His morning and evening fastings run between about 250 to 350. Mornings are the lowest. But his mid day numbers are almost always high - upper 300's to low 400's. For instance, this morning at 7:00 am he was 268 which made me happy, but by 11:00 he was 455. He will usually gradually come down over the afternoon. Maybe to 350 or so by 2:30 and then finally down to around 300 by evening fasting. Honestly his morning and evening fastings are not much different now than they were when we were on 7 units. He eats 100 grams of Royal Canin GI lowfat canned food plus 37 grams of NB Venison and Sweet Potato and a few green beans twice daily. I've actually been wondering if we should go back to Vetsulin because it has the fast acting component to it. It just seems like his food gets out ahead of the insulin and then the insulin never quite catches up. I give the insulin within 10 minutes after eating.
Any and all suggestions would be welcome. Thank you
Any and all suggestions would be welcome. Thank you
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