New Year's day I brought the dogs in from playing outside. They were with me in the living room when I noticed Catcher acting weird. He became very anxious. He was suddenly eating every speck of dirt off the carpet. He was trying to get to Stewie's food. His nose was warm to the touch. I was concerned and made sure to keep a close eye on him. A few minutes later he curled up on the couch to go to sleep. I watched him and noticed him shiver. Then he shivered again. I found this to be odd since he had been inside for an hour at this point.
I called Mom to help me do a blood draw, suspecting his blood sugar was too low. I was correct. It read 40. He was teetering on the edge of seizures and coma. What I had initially suspected was shivering was really tremors. I quickly gave him some Karo syrup and called the Emergency vet. They said to recheck his BG in 30 minutes. At which point it was in the 130's.
I did not give him insulin that night. The next day I called my vet. They said to not give him any insulin in order for the body to recuperate. Without any insulin his BG went straight back to off the charts. The next day we gave him 8 units in the morning. At 2:00 I noticed the same scavenging behavior and warm nose. I checked and he was in the 50's. Again we gave him Karo syrup and he bounced back.
We decreased him to 5 units as he was keeping in the 250's range, which isn't quite normal, but is better than 500.
