Mr. Creme had a fructosamine test last week. Not only has he gained weight, but his glucose levels have dropped some. At the last test three weeks ago, it was 529 and new test was 481. But, that’s still not where doctor wants it, so she increased insulin another unit. He’s now on 7 units per day.
Since insulin injections usually last about 12 hours, it’s best to try to give the injections at those intervals. Most people have a hard time staying on a schedule like that. For instance, our cats usually eat around 7:00-7:30am each day and as close to 5:00-5:30pm that evening. Since it is well over 12 hours from evening to morning before feeding, doctor suggested giving 3 units in a.m. and 4 in p.m.
I waited until the next day to start the extra unit. I’m always so leery about changing the dosage of meds. Mr. Creme seemed to take it all in stride. I checked on him extra number of times during the evening and before going to bed. He didn’t show any signs of too much insulin. Except for the weakness in his back legs, you’d never notice anything different about him. We’re hoping that when he finally gets to the point that the insulin is leveling him off, his legs will improve. But, Rowdy’s never did, so we have to wait and see.
We are enjoying the kittens, Dash and Cody. Charlie has accused them of going on my computer and taking down the posts that I put up in Petfinders to find them a home. There are so many homeless cats and kittens. I’m glad that there are several rescue organizations around so not every cat winds up in the City or County shelter.
Kiki still gets the run of the house, if almost all of our cats are either outside or in the garage. After Jason’s run-in with Kiki the other day, he steers clear of her, but just the same, I make sure he’s not in the house when she is. I don’t want to take any more chances with him.
Yesterday Little Girl (Kaci) was out on the cat patio, minding her business. I think she went out there to use the litter box. Anyway, we heard a commotion and ran downstairs. Charlie got there first and said that Kiki had cornered Little Girl. She was so terrified that she jumped up on top of the kennel to get away from Kiki.
We got Kiki back into her kennel and went to see about Little Girl. She was still all puffed up. We checked her and she didn’t have any wounds, no blood. But, she was not over the incident. She saw Cody, who looks like a much smaller version of Kiki, and she went ballistic. She ran out of the room, into the bedroom, and under the bed.
Charlie got her out and calmed her down. She wanted to go into the garage where she felt safe, so we let her out there.
So now, we know for sure that Kiki can’t get along with other cats in the house. Jason was probably following her around because he was curious, but he was not trying to attack her and she turned on him and scratched his ear. Little Girl was not doing anything to her, just going to the litter box and Kiki felt the need to corner her and attack her.
We were hoping that by letting Kiki have more freedom in the house, she would show us that she could tolerate other cats. Our cats really are not aggressive and would have accepted her eventually. Of course, Jezibel, Ellie, and Lexi would never accept her, but we could always keep them separated.
More later..........
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