SubQ fluids for kidney issues - warm or not?

squeem3

Member Since 2009
Do you warm the bag of fluids before administering or is room temperature ok? I've been giving fluids at room temperature. Leroy is only getting 100 ml-ish once a day. He takes the fluids ok but maybe seems a big nauseous the next morning? He eats most of breakfast. I'm waiting for the vet or his secretary to call back and let me know.
 
Warm. At room temperature, a cat has to burn energy that it may not have in order to bring fluids up to internal body temperature.
I had never given fluid before. Watched a didn't care vet give room temp fluids to my sick cat who shivered for an hour despite cranking the heat and lying down with her belly to belly.
On hot summer days, not as much of a problem.
 
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