Re: Questions about Yuki
Low cortisol would make him feel pretty crappy and would explain not wanting to eat. Have they measured his cortisol production?
In his later years, Chris' appetite varied a lot from day to day and he also would quit eating something and we would have to switch to something else.
I just used a very general guide that was developed over time. As Jesse Girl said, our dog could get about half his normal dose of insulin if he ate nothing. So I would adjust his dose based on how much of his normal meal he ate or give half the dose if he skipped a meal.
In terms of changing foods, I kept the calories the same, which often meant quite different quantities of food. Some prepared foods have a lot more calories per cup than others. Keeping the calories the same helped keep the dose more or less the same.
Natalie
Low cortisol would make him feel pretty crappy and would explain not wanting to eat. Have they measured his cortisol production?
In his later years, Chris' appetite varied a lot from day to day and he also would quit eating something and we would have to switch to something else.
I just used a very general guide that was developed over time. As Jesse Girl said, our dog could get about half his normal dose of insulin if he ate nothing. So I would adjust his dose based on how much of his normal meal he ate or give half the dose if he skipped a meal.
In terms of changing foods, I kept the calories the same, which often meant quite different quantities of food. Some prepared foods have a lot more calories per cup than others. Keeping the calories the same helped keep the dose more or less the same.
Natalie
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