Insulin and flea treatment

[Amanda muffy]

I am new to the forum and new to having a diabetic cat.My cat started insulin a couple of days ago and is due for flea treatment. I was curious if it would cause any harm since the treatment is placed in the same area as injection?ty

 

[Wendy&Neko]

What type of flea treatment are you applying? There are several places on the cat you can shoot insulin.

 

[Amanda muffy]

Advantage 2 ,I bought it from my vet office, unfortunately I don't feel comfortable injecting in another site at this time,it's only his second day of shots.My vet has not gotten back to me yet but I wanted to check to see if anyone has had issues with applying it to the same area

 

[Judy and Freckles]

I'm thinking that you are putting the flea treatment between the shoulder blades?

I would think the flea treatment would 'contaminate' the injection site. I can relate it to using fly spray all over my horse and then giving her a vaccine - she developed a hotspot exactly where the vaccine needle went in. The hot spot remained for almost 2 years - hard lesson learned.

 

[Critter Mom]

It's a good idea to use a buster collar after the spot-on has been applied to prevent accidental ingestion. The latter can sometimes cause inappetence, and that is something to avoid big time in any cat, but especially in a diabetic.


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