We've been attempting to give our 14 year old Chessy Subq fluids twice a week since the beginning of August for his chronic kidney disease. He hated it and would fight us every time, the whole time. We tried just about everything - warming fluids, using a thin needle, restraining, not restraining (with EZ IV harness- he really hated that), distracting him with food (he didn't care), etc. I'd read A LOT about it, and watched many videos, but I'd only read a couple times about freezing the needles. Well we tried that last night and it made a HUGE difference! He only flinched a tiny bit when the needle went in (instead of trying to leap out of my lap), and he didn't flinch at all when the fluids started. I was so happy!
Last week he went in for another blood test, and his numbers were a little worse, so the vet suggested fluids 3x week. I finally feel like we might be able to do that.
