Feline diabetes

Being comfortable and confident:

Measuring blood glucose in cat

Position your cat gently but confidently, kiss him and wisper something comforting	Marginal ear vein is almost painless to prick with lancet in mid-ear region	Massage the ear gently watching the marginal vein to swell and listening his idiotic purring
Align the lancet with the vein avoiding recently used and possibly hemorrhaging areas; release the lancet	Massage blood into puncture point to allow blood drop of volume suitable for your glucometer to form; restrain the cat from shaking his head by leaning your body on his butt and by keeping the left (or right) hand around his forehead	Quickly align the glucometer's slot with the blood drop (according to instructions to the device) to allow for appropriate absorption
Pushkin's glucose is high	Disinfect puncture wound with rubbing alcohol	Praise your cat; once in while, there is a cat who does not allow insulin injections and/or blood glucose monitoring

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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