Re: New member Snowball
something to consider if you continue to see your dog being lethargic is to reduce the dose maybe temporarily and see if your dog perks up a bit
some dogs on rare occasions have a reaction to the insulin . One dog i remember could not use NPH insulin . My jesse is a 26 pound beagle cant have more than 3 units at one time or her sugar spikes
Now its very possible your dog may need more insulin and we define insulin resistance as giving the same amount of insulin as weight so that would be 8 units for your dog but that is fairly extreme
Usually there is a medical reason why a dog needs so much insulin . Like thyroid problems . high cholesterol things like that
If things dont improve you may have to explore further with some lab work the problem with that is he elevated sugar can skew the results .
I think it took 6 months for jesse to be back to her normal self but she was very sick
like i suggest a curve will be helpful and if you can get the curves from the vet to compare we can see the progress or not with raising the dose
something to consider if you continue to see your dog being lethargic is to reduce the dose maybe temporarily and see if your dog perks up a bit
some dogs on rare occasions have a reaction to the insulin . One dog i remember could not use NPH insulin . My jesse is a 26 pound beagle cant have more than 3 units at one time or her sugar spikes
Now its very possible your dog may need more insulin and we define insulin resistance as giving the same amount of insulin as weight so that would be 8 units for your dog but that is fairly extreme
Usually there is a medical reason why a dog needs so much insulin . Like thyroid problems . high cholesterol things like that
If things dont improve you may have to explore further with some lab work the problem with that is he elevated sugar can skew the results .
I think it took 6 months for jesse to be back to her normal self but she was very sick
like i suggest a curve will be helpful and if you can get the curves from the vet to compare we can see the progress or not with raising the dose
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