Dana76
Member
Hello everyone,
Little over two weeks ago I was told my cat has diabetes. The vet had Marlin at the animal hospital for a day so they could do tests and get insulin in him. His numbers went down a lot so my vet had me start Marlin on once a day 5 unit dose. Once it came to 2 weeks I was told to give 5 units twice a day because when I tested his urine his numbers were back up to where they were before he went to the hospital. Two days ago I joined the message boards and have been told 5 units is a lot. Another thing to know is I have anxiety when giving shots so I haven't been able to give twice a day shots and there was a day I couldn't give any shots. Today I feel like I'm overcoming my anxiety but I'm worried that 5 units twice a day might be too much. He is going back to the vet on Tuesday to have test done to see how Marlin is doing. How many units did everyone start their cat on and if anyone does twice a day of shots how many do you do twice a day?
confused_cat
Little over two weeks ago I was told my cat has diabetes. The vet had Marlin at the animal hospital for a day so they could do tests and get insulin in him. His numbers went down a lot so my vet had me start Marlin on once a day 5 unit dose. Once it came to 2 weeks I was told to give 5 units twice a day because when I tested his urine his numbers were back up to where they were before he went to the hospital. Two days ago I joined the message boards and have been told 5 units is a lot. Another thing to know is I have anxiety when giving shots so I haven't been able to give twice a day shots and there was a day I couldn't give any shots. Today I feel like I'm overcoming my anxiety but I'm worried that 5 units twice a day might be too much. He is going back to the vet on Tuesday to have test done to see how Marlin is doing. How many units did everyone start their cat on and if anyone does twice a day of shots how many do you do twice a day?
confused_cat