Need advice on late injection time

[paul]

Hi everyone,

My cat gets his half unit Lantus insulin injections at 7:30 every AM and PM and I am extremely strict with these times.

Tonight for the first time due to circumstances I didn't get home until 8pm so I feed him (and of course he ate the whole lot) but I did his injection just after 8pm.

What time do I do his injection in the morning since tonight it was just over half an hour late. I'm scared of the overlap time.

Thank you

 

[bsmith]

Generally the rule for changing Lantus shot times is to change by 15 minutes per shot for an overall change of no more that 30 minutes per day. I wouldn't worry too much though. Maybe just move the a.m. shot to 7:45 am and then your p.m. shot will be back at the normal time of 7:30 pm. Your kitty should be just fine. It's best to stick to the schedule, but things do happen and it's not a huge deal.

 

[Larry and Kitties]

I would not be worried, I say there is at least a +/- 30 minute period. I frequently am late in the morning by about an hour and take no special actions with time for the PM feeding/shot.

 

[paul]

Thank you both so much. I've done his last 2 injections 15 minutes earlier and he is now back to his usual injection time and so far no signs of anything unusual.