Cerapet glucometer question.

[Drashiel]

Hi.
I discuss with another forum member about glucometer.
I have a Cerapet and .:. in.active .:. member recommends me use another due it's inconsistent measures.
Anybody has tested and can share experiences with us?
I prefer get most accuracy measures if it possible.
Thanks,
Regards.

 

[Elizabeth and Bertie]

I have a Cerapet and .:. in.active .:. member recommends me use another due it's inconsistent measures.
Anybody has tested and can share experiences with us?

Re the Cerapet meter, there have been a number of reports of inaccuracies with it. The main issue - if I recall correctly - has been inaccuracies at lower numbers. And that is when accuracy really matters...

Eliz

 

[Sienne and Gabby (GA)]

If you search for reviews, at least on Amazon, about have of the reviews are less than wonderful. It's hard to know what the concerns about inaccuracy are. On a few sites, people note that their results are inconsistent with the vet's results. You'd need to know more detail before concluding that the meter is inaccurate (at least IMHO). Like Elizabeth noted, though, if it's less accurate at lower numbers, I'd be concerned.

 

[.:. in.active .:.]

I have found the data I collected and you asked about on your previous thread. Took me a while, as they were written in a journal, the old fashioned pen-to-paper way shortly after my cat was diagnosed and prior to me joining this forum.
Back in those days, his BG was consistently high, without dipping below 20 mmol/L. I do understand there may be concerns regarding the lack of actual back-to-back comparisons, but for me this was alarming enough to instantly return the Cera-Pet meter, especially since my cat was constantly symptomatic (PUPD, neuropathy, hunger) when in reality, below 10 mmol/L he should not have been.

This is my Amazon UK review from the 27th of April:

"I became sceptical so I took a bunch of consecutive tests on , to see the consistency of the readings. All tests were done from the same blood sample from my pinky, here are the first three readings:
11:30 - 2.2
11:31 - 6.4
11:32 - LO​

If this wasn't enough (it's human blood after all, blah blah blah) I did a back-to-back comparison test an hour later on my boy, blood drawn from the same paw:
CeraPET: LO (<0.6)
AlphaTRAK: 24.9"​

This is another person's, from the 7th of May:

"This meter should not be sold it's the most unreliable pet meter - EVER !
I am a moderator on a UK Feline Diabetes group and of all the members that have been unfortunate to purchase this meter (thankfully only about 10) only about 3 find it has been accurate !
The most worrying find is it gives false 'lo' readings when it hasn't had enough blood on the strip, whereas other meters will give you an error message, and then the next test has been in the 20's or 30's.... we affectionately know it as the 'crappy-pet' behind the scenes!!​

We truly despair, when helping members in hypo situations to be told they have the cera-pet....​

Human meters like the gluconavii are so much better, cheaper and you learn to see & read the numbers your pet gives using this meter.​

IF you have to buy a pet meter get the CENTRIVET, this is a reliable meter and cheaper than the Alphatrak!!"​

I would like to add here, that I have tried the above mentioned GlucoNavii, and the readings were inconsistent, thus why I opted in favour of the FreeStyle Freedom Lite - exactly like the AlphaTrak 2, but calibrated to humans, and more affordable. (And have never had issues with reliability, as opposed to many other human meters I have tried.)

 

[Drashiel]

Hi, I able to maximize your picture and there is not enough blood to do measure.
Consensus is use Alpha trak 2, but here is hard to find. What about the centrivet? Ketone measure function looks interesting.

 

[.:. in.active .:.]

Again, lack of blood sample should never indicte a false LO reading. Every other meter I've used had a separate error code for "not enough blood".

I have no experience with CentriVet, so can't comment on it. I'd opt in favour of a human meter, as majority of the protocols here have been written for those.

 

[Sienne and Gabby (GA)]

The dosing methods we use are all based on the readings from a human meter. Given the difference in the cost for strips, using a human meter is more affordable, there aren't the accuracy issues several people are noting, and the strips are more widely available in case you are low on strips and mail order would be too slow.

 

[Diane Tyler's Mom GA]

@Drashiel
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