Melinda and Sasha
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When I'm pricking my cat's ears to get a BG reading, how do I know if I'm being too rough? I'm freehanding the needle because for some reason I can't get the lancet to pierce the skin of her ears (even though it works just fine on my finger), but what I'm noticing now is that the tips of her ears are starting to look a little chewed up from all the testing, a little bit like bug bites. What also worries me is I can see the redness from the front of her ears as well, even though I have only been pricking her from the back side of the ear. Does this mean the needle has been going straight through her ear? And is that bad?
The redness/red dots are only on the top of her ear at the moment, that's where I have to go to get the blood sample since the outer ridge of her ear won't bleed yet. I keep retesting the sides hoping that they'll start to bleed one day, but when they don't and I'm desperate for a reading I always have to go back to the tops of the ears. I really want to give that area a rest and let it heal up a bit, but when nothing else is bleeding it's my only alternative
The redness/red dots are only on the top of her ear at the moment, that's where I have to go to get the blood sample since the outer ridge of her ear won't bleed yet. I keep retesting the sides hoping that they'll start to bleed one day, but when they don't and I'm desperate for a reading I always have to go back to the tops of the ears. I really want to give that area a rest and let it heal up a bit, but when nothing else is bleeding it's my only alternative
