SassyCat04
Member Since 2022
Hey all, me again, LOL
So I just had a quick question about my injection method. I've given "regular" injections or sub-q fluids at the vet hospital I worked at many times. But that was very different and many years ago. First there was always a doctor there watching - second, it was never my cat or dog LOL. It was also never insulin injections which are different.
Your typical "shots" are not usually just under the skin the way insulin is and there is way more liquid in that barrel of the syringe than 1 unit that I am dosing Makari with. Many of those are IM in a back hip or have to go deeper in a scruff.
So here is my question. - How deep is deep enough in all actuality for his insulin? His numbers are good so I know he's getting is dose - but I'm not going deep enough in that tent so that the plastic of the barrel is pressed up against the skin. In other words I'm not burying the needle. I haven't felt the need to. I do feel it puncture and it's such a small amount of fluid I don't feel the back pressure would cause it to leak back out. I do check and he's never wet after the injection.
Do you guys bury your needle or do you really just puncture the skin? Also do you ever notice your cats smell like the insulin? My dad was a diabetic and I'm familiar with the smell and he always smelled like it. My hands do just from handling the bottle and the syringe sometimes. I figured this was normal but I wanted to check. I guess I'm just second guessing myself.
So I just had a quick question about my injection method. I've given "regular" injections or sub-q fluids at the vet hospital I worked at many times. But that was very different and many years ago. First there was always a doctor there watching - second, it was never my cat or dog LOL. It was also never insulin injections which are different.
Your typical "shots" are not usually just under the skin the way insulin is and there is way more liquid in that barrel of the syringe than 1 unit that I am dosing Makari with. Many of those are IM in a back hip or have to go deeper in a scruff.
So here is my question. - How deep is deep enough in all actuality for his insulin? His numbers are good so I know he's getting is dose - but I'm not going deep enough in that tent so that the plastic of the barrel is pressed up against the skin. In other words I'm not burying the needle. I haven't felt the need to. I do feel it puncture and it's such a small amount of fluid I don't feel the back pressure would cause it to leak back out. I do check and he's never wet after the injection.
Do you guys bury your needle or do you really just puncture the skin? Also do you ever notice your cats smell like the insulin? My dad was a diabetic and I'm familiar with the smell and he always smelled like it. My hands do just from handling the bottle and the syringe sometimes. I figured this was normal but I wanted to check. I guess I'm just second guessing myself.
