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My cat (15yo male) was diagnosed with diabetes a couple of months ago. I have been injecting him with three units of insulin every morning on the advice of our vet.

Lately his appetite has been depressed but he's still been eating. But yesterday and today he has eaten almost nothing, only a handful of cat treats (he also seems generally unwell). Since he had eaten so little I wasn't sure what to do this morning. So I just didn't give him insulin this morning.

But now I don't know what to do tomorrow morning (Sunday). Our vet is closed so I can't ask them. Should I give him a full dose of insulin? A reduced dose? Skip again? He is still barely eating anything at all.

Unfortunately while I have requested a device to check his blood glucose from the vet, they have all been back-ordered so I don't have one. So I have no idea if his blood sugar is low or sky high.

I know ideally that I would take him to the vet, but that's not an option for at least 48 hours. So I am trying to figure out what the best course of action is in the meantime.

Any advice is welcome.

What music are you into right now? What's got your toes tapping and your head bopping? What are you vibing to?

Use this thread to recommend any tracks, bands or albums you think people should check out. Not just limited to electronic rock music. All suggestions welcome.

Mod note: I'm writing occasional posts giving some background on some of the artists I post on this sub. Today I continue this series with the band Kidneythieves!

Bruce Somers & Free Dominguez of Kidneythieves

The genre of 90's industrial music was many things, but one thing it was not was super welcoming to women. That makes Kidneythieves, which got their start in 1997, something of a rarity because this was a 90's industrial band that had - *gasp* - a girl on vocals! Her name was Free Dominguez, and she was no wilting wallflower. She could spit fire and aggression with the best of her male peers, with a strong voice that could cut through the industrial layers of feedback, distortion, and heavy guitar riffs. The other half of Kidneythieves was Bruce Somers, who was a guitarist and a drummer, but most importantly a gifted sound engineer. (Other musicians rounded out the band on tours, but Somers and Dominguez were always the core of the project)

Kidneythieves released their first full album, Trickster, in 1998, but it didn't get the love that it needed before the label went under and the band had to retain legal assistance to get their music back (a sadly common story in that era). Their second album, Zer0space, came along in 2002 and was really the band's breakout album. Trickster would get a re-release in 2004 as "Trickstereprocess." The band would go on hiatus for a while after that, coming back together in 2010 for Trypt0fanatic, and finally once more in 2016 for The Mend. The band also released a couple of EPs between albums.

In many ways, the evolution of KT's sound closely followed that of the heavy electronic music of their musical era. In the late 90's, almost all electronic rock fell under the "industrial" umbrella, and that is definitely true of KT's stuff. Then in the early 2000's, the restrictions of industrial seemed to loosen up, and formerly industrial bands felt free to incorporate more accessible rock and pop sounds. Also true for KT!

Not to say that KT was a copy-paste industrial band with female vocals. The band often favored quick, stabbing guitar riffs amidst staccato drum machines, breaking into eastern-flavored melodies only for their choruses. They definitely had a unique sound and they largely maintained it over their career.

Kidneythieves have cropped up in various TV shows, movies, and video games through the years. In 1998, their cover of Patsy Cline's "Crazy" appeared on the soundtrack to the movie Bride of Chucky. In 2002, their song "Before I'm Dead" was on the soundtrack for Queen of the Damned. And they were collaborated on the Dissidia 012 Final Fantasy song "God In Fire."

>The pop star of the future

>The 2003 cyberpunk-themed game Deus Ex: Invisible War, sequel to the ground-breaking original, cast Free Dominguez as the futuristic holographic pop star NG Resonance. Free Dominguez voiced NG Resonance and the character is roughly modeled on her. And NG Resonance's music is pretty much entirely songs from KT's debut album, "Trickster."

>Deus Ex: Invisible War wound up being something of a disappointment. But you gotta love the idea that the pop stars of our dystopian future will draw inspiration from the well of 90's industrial rock.

KT has been sadly inactive since 2016. However both Free Dominguez and Bruce Somers are still around and involved with music, so never say never. edit: I've been informed that in fact KT are working on new stuff in the studio. Excited to hear it!

If you've never checked out Kidneythieves before, their second album, Zer0space, is a great place to start.

Were you aware of Kidneythieves? Did you discover them on the Queen of the Damned sountrack? Or through Deus Ex: Invisible War? Were you a fan of 90's industrial? Leave a comment and let me know.