New to the forums but not to Diabetes

[Big E]

Hello every body my name is Big E it is nick name i got from working at Zoo as i may feed you to the tigers if you up set me & yes we had some diabetic primates as well, with that being an interesting case along with myself !

Yup i'm Type 1, 18 years i think ?

Ye 18 long years & i don't like injecting myself... what the hell 4 little pricks a day on a basal-bolus insulin regimen far worse awaits me if left uncontrolled...

Lantus, Humalog

 

[Matt Cycle]

Hi there Big E and welcome to the forum. 🙂

 

[Flower]

Hello and welcome Big E, glad you found us 🙂

 

[mikeyB]

Hi Big E, welcome. Didn’t know you worked in a Zoo, if the staff have been injecting primates with insulin, how come an intelligent primate gets told to go in the toilet to inject?

Just a thought.

 

[Bronco Billy]

Hi Big E. I’m curious, how difficult is it to look after a diabetic primate?

 

[HOBIE]

Welcome Big E. Do you look after all them cheeky Monkeys ?. sorry

 

[stephknits]

Welcome Big E. Our cat had diabetes - as bit different to a primate though!

 

[Big E]

Hi Big E. I’m curious, how difficult is it to look after a diabetic primate?

It is a reasonable tricky process but takes a careful amount of training plus collection of urine for ketone testing & some diet adjustment as not all animal keepers are aware of GI index of various fruits/veg with most information being handed down by the zoo vets.

We had a type 1 gibbon & a lesser spot nosed monkey which was really old for that particular species both required injections.

When i worked at the zoo i was involved in what they called zoo horticulture & part of my job was growing veg/herbs for animal enrichment / fodder this would also included browse from native trees/shrubs also understanding of toxicity issue's as some plants are poisonous quite a handful in its own rights.