What do I do if I gave my cat too much insulin?
If your pet is given too much insulin, life-threatening hypoglycemia (low blood sugar) can result. Contact your veterinarian immediately. If your veterinarian is not available, seek other veterinary advice at once. Your pet may need to be hospitalized for observation or management.
What’s the best way to give a cat insulin?
Tips Warm the insulin up slightly between your fingers once it is in the syringe, and right before you inject it. Ensure you have the correct syringes for your cat’s type of insulin. Ask your vet for the thinnest, shortest possible needle with which to administer your cat’s insulin.
Is it painful to give insulin to a cat?
Fortunately, giving insulin to a cat is not a difficult or complicated process, and is not particularly painful or unpleasant for most cats. Help your diabetic cat by learning how to store and handle insulin, develop a good injection routine, and properly administer an injection. Part 1 Storing and Handling Insulin
What should I do if my cat has diabetes?
If your cat is diagnosed with diabetes mellitus, it means that his pancreas is not producing enough insulin to regulate the amount of sugar in his bloodstream. In most cases of feline diabetes, insulin is the treatment of choice. The thought of giving insulin injections daily is…
What does diabetes mellitus mean for a cat?
If your cat is diagnosed with diabetes mellitus, it means that his pancreas is not producing enough insulin to regulate the amount of sugar in his bloodstream. In most cases of feline diabetes, insulin is the treatment of choice.
Can I give my cat insulin before he eats?
Always make sure your cat eats around the time (up to one hour before injection) of the insulin administration. This will insure that the cat has food in her stomach (and rising blood glucose levels as a result) to counteract the action of the insulin. Also, it is often easier to give the injection while your cat is eating.
How do you give insulin to cats?
Follow your vet’s advice on how to give your cat the insulin. Typically, insulin shots are given in the back, in the skin between the cat’s shoulder blades. Pull on this loose skin so that it pulls up and away from the cat’s body. Insert the syringe at a 45 degree angle, and pull back on the plunger a bit.
What is the best insulin for cats?
Protamine Zinc Insulin (PZI) is the best choice for cats. It is gentle, predictable insulin that drops the BG slowly and is Dr. Hodgkin’s preferred insulin when it comes to felines.
How much insulin to give to a diabetic cat?
Most diabetic cats will not need more than 10 ml of insulin within a 40 days. Mildly diabetic cats may not even need 2.7 ml of insulin over the same period. Two U-40 syringes per day are needed to give insulin.