Any advice

[zetstaff]

My last stafford was diabetic, had to inject him daily. It's not bad once you get into it. The worst thing was the trips to the vets for blood glucose tests.

Never shake insulin, always roll it in your hands. It needs to be kept in the fridge but cold insulin hurts so I always took the chill off by rolling in my hands.

Always keep some powdered glucose in, if the animal goes hypoglaecemic it needs glucose, a solution mixed in water. You'll recognise a hypo as the cat will just seem to collapse.

I found the best place to inject was the neck as there's more skin than say the tummy. You can use a needle more than once, you'll know when it goes a bit blunt + you need a new one.

Good luck

[gloriab]

Originally Posted by zetstaff

My last stafford was diabetic, had to inject him daily. It's not bad once you get into it. The worst thing was the trips to the vets for blood glucose tests.

Never shake insulin, always roll it in your hands. It needs to be kept in the fridge but cold insulin hurts so I always took the chill off by rolling in my hands.

Always keep some powdered glucose in, if the animal goes hypoglaecemic it needs glucose, a solution mixed in water. You'll recognise a hypo as the cat will just seem to collapse.

I found the best place to inject was the neck as there's more skin than say the tummy. You can use a needle more than once, you'll know when it goes a bit blunt + you need a new one.

Good luck

I can vouch that my sisters last Staffy was really bad when diagnosed and it was terrifying for Tracey - she was scared of hurting him but realised that she was his lifeline and had to get used to injecting him.

As she said - it is really important that you don't administer it when it is cold - people I know with diabetes have said the same - it hurts when it is cold.