About 3 weeks ago, my poor Diesel was diagnosed with diabetes. I work in the medical field and have no problems administering his meds. My problem is the poor guy is miserable with me doing this. He's always been a "cranky pants" kinda of cat, but still ours.
I've been good to him, treats, loving, pinching the skin during the day, no ambushing while doing the shots. The first week went well and now every day has progressed to be worse and is torture for the both of us. I try not to do it in the same place of the house so that he doesn't associate one place. I do it in different areas so that he does not become sore. He bites and scratches, which I can deal with, but I don't want to keep doing this to him and unfortunately for obvious reasons, it's just not something that can be skipped. Poor guy sees me now and runs in the other direction no matter what time of day it is.
I've read here and there about some people using some of these autoject devices, (not the pens - I've read pens are not good for animals), that supposidly inject the needle rapidly and painlessly. There's more info about it on dogs rather than cats.
I figured this was the place to get some feedback. My question is has anyone used any of the devices to administer insulin to their furbabies? and has it worked well.
My vet gave me the rx for the insulin and syringes and I figured it wouldn't be a problem. I'm not due to go back until next week for a curve and just wanted to get some info/insight from other furbaby owners before talking to my vet again.
Jo Ann
I've been good to him, treats, loving, pinching the skin during the day, no ambushing while doing the shots. The first week went well and now every day has progressed to be worse and is torture for the both of us. I try not to do it in the same place of the house so that he doesn't associate one place. I do it in different areas so that he does not become sore. He bites and scratches, which I can deal with, but I don't want to keep doing this to him and unfortunately for obvious reasons, it's just not something that can be skipped. Poor guy sees me now and runs in the other direction no matter what time of day it is.
I've read here and there about some people using some of these autoject devices, (not the pens - I've read pens are not good for animals), that supposidly inject the needle rapidly and painlessly. There's more info about it on dogs rather than cats.
I figured this was the place to get some feedback. My question is has anyone used any of the devices to administer insulin to their furbabies? and has it worked well.
My vet gave me the rx for the insulin and syringes and I figured it wouldn't be a problem. I'm not due to go back until next week for a curve and just wanted to get some info/insight from other furbaby owners before talking to my vet again.
Jo Ann