9 week old kitten with diabetes :(

[manxcat419]

Agree with everything @Vyktors Mum says - I wondered if it's because kittens have a faster metabolism that his body's grabbing and using all the Lantus quickly so it's wearing off just a touch early too. I think the 0.20 is probably fine too - he looks like he's bouncing a bit but that's fairly normal when he's been down to 40!!

I did use the "reverse pressure" method that's described for getting a 0.05 unit dose for Rosa that she was on for close to a month - not only was it pretty much the only way of getting a dose that small, but it was actually easier to measure than some of the in-between doses heading down towards that point because I was using the syringe to get equal doses instead of trying to actually measure them. It does seem as though the dosing from it is pretty consistent - I did a few checks on it before I started using it. The only thing I would say is that it might well need to be the same person each time drawing the dose as you would want to make sure that the plunger is being pushed in just as hard every time. I'm pretty sure (and I can check this if you'd like as I do have some syringes left over) that my husband would likely get a slightly bigger dose than I would because he would apply more pressure to the plunger than I'm capable of while also putting the needle into the vial.

 

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[Vyktors Mum]

I guess you learned your lesson already (although I would have retested that 18 this morning it may have been a false reading) never ever shoot again if you think the insulin didn't get in, you have no way of knowing how much did get in.