Insulin shot -fur shot

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You can also sniff the injection site as insulin has a distinct smell. As for fur shots, we’ve all given them. Even now after 2 years I still occasionally give one. When I first started I had a patch shaved on my cat so I could see exactly where the needle went in, after a few times I could do it by feel.
ETA forgot to add, be sure not to pull the needle out too quickly after injection to insure all insulin is injected.
 
i don't know for sure other than area being wet like Furbabies said, just know how to make sure i don't give my cat fur shots. i have a long hair cat with an undercoat that kinda matches his skin (especially to my bad eyes) so my vet told me to slightly pull plunger on syringe up after i stick needle into skin to make sure there is a slight resistance, if there is resistance, it won't be a fur shot.
 
Sharon14 said:
You can also sniff the injection site as insulin has a distinct smell. As for fur shots, we’ve all given them. Even now after 2 years I still occasionally give one. When I first started I had a patch shaved on my cat so I could see exactly where the needle went in, after a few times I could do it by feel.
ETA forgot to add, be sure not to pull the needle out too quickly after injection to insure all insulin is injected.
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Yes I did smell at first and didn't smell anything. Then a few seconds later when petting I noticed it wet?
 
Sylvie said:
i don't know for sure other than area being wet like Furbabies said, just know how to make sure i don't give my cat fur shots. i have a long hair cat with an undercoat that kinda matches his skin (especially to my bad eyes) so my vet told me to slightly pull plunger on syringe up after i stick needle into skin to make sure there is a slight resistance, if there is resistance, it won't be a fur shot.
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So stick, pull back the plunger and if there is resistance it's okay to push?
 
If you slightly lift ('tent') the skin and stick the needle into the raised skin, but not all the way through to the other side, and make sure you push the plunger all the way down before you pull out, the whole dose should make it in. Fur shots usually happen because you do not actually have the point of the needle fully underneath the skin, or you pull out as you push the plunger rather than waiting until after, or the cat decides to pull away at just the right moment as you are injecting.
 
FurBabiesMama said:
If you slightly lift ('tent') the skin and stick the needle into the raised skin, but not all the way through to the other side, and make sure you push the plunger all the way down before you pull out, the whole dose should make it in. Fur shots usually happen because you do not actually have the point of the needle fully underneath the skin, or you pull out as you push the plunger rather than waiting until after, or the cat decides to pull away at just the right moment as you are injecting.
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Thank you! Has to be because I'm pulling out to quickly. Ugh! Frustrated. I get so nervous that I'm not gonna do it right and put him in jeopardy.
 
Don't pull out too quickly because you think you're inflicting pain with the needle in. Once it's in, as long as neither one of you is squirming around, that tiny bit of pain is over. It took me a long time to get over waving the "dagger" around. I don't have any video of our first cat running down the hallway with a syringe hanging out of him. It's happened to all of us.
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Noah & me said:
Don't pull out too quickly because you think you're inflicting pain with the needle in. Once it's in, as long as neither one of you is squirming around, that tiny bit of pain is over. It took me a long time to get over waving the "dagger" around. I don't have any video of our first cat running down the hallway with a syringe hanging out of him. It's happened to all of us.
:eek: :arghh: :bighug:
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Thank you for the encouragement! I am stressed with this situation. He already was hospitalized two weeks after being diagnosed because of ketones. $3000.00 hospital. This is something I can't afford to do again.
 
I understand your stress! One thing you can do, if you’re not already, is get some ketone test strips and test Felix’s urine. That way if he were to develop ketones again, you’d catch it early and head it off before it gets so bad.
 
Sharon14 said:
I understand your stress! One thing you can do, if you’re not already, is get some ketone test strips and test Felix’s urine. That way if he were to develop ketones again, you’d catch it early and head it off before it gets so bad.
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Yes I thought of it but I would have to catch his urine and I'm not home to do that. I don't know how practical that will be for me.
 
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