Vet recommends animal glycometer?

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William Rufo

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My vet recommends I buy the glycometer they sell for animals but at $75 it's crazy! Human ones are at most $30! I don't know what to do cause I'm relying on her advice however if I use a human glycometer I'm not sure if she will think she can help much
 
The other thing your vet isn't telling you is that the strips for that pet meter are at least $1 each

One of the main reasons most of us use human meters here is the cost of the strips. Also, we test multiple times a day and at $1 per test, that runs into major money very quickly (or you start cutting the number of tests to save strips and your cat ends up in a hypo or not as well controlled as you can get them)

I'd just tell her that you can't afford it unless she's going to provide it for you (along with strips) and you'll be using a human meter like the Relion Confirm or Micro from WalMart

What we watch for more than exact numbers are "patterns of action".....is the current dose getting the cat where we want them to be? Human meters can do that just as well as pet meters

The protocols we use here were all written for human meters too, so the people here are all used to gearing their advice towards those numbers. A lot of us don't even really discuss our treatment with our vets and just depend on the people here (who have years of real life experience treating sugarcats, unlike most vets who might see a handful of diabetic cats in their entire career)
 
The alpha track is expensive.... I know most use the human ones but if you decide to get a alpha track the whole starter kit with 25 strips and 30 lancets (I think ) is much less on amazon--but like Chris said the strips are expensive. Many of us who use AT use freestyle strips also from abbot which are about 25$ for 50 strips as opposed to almost 60$ for AT strips.
If we end up as long term we will probably switch to a human meter.....
 
Any meter is fine as long as you can afford the strips that go with it......some people avoid the ones with "True" in the name because we found in the past that they can be off more than others, but they may have improved since then (it's been a few years)
 
The alpha strips can not be brought in a store either. You must order or pay the enormous amount your vet will charge you.
 
I started with the Alpha Trak 2 and I was still thinking that I was going to be able to afford it. Little did I know I was going to be testing 4-8 times a day! I could have never afforded that and I'm glad everyone here told me to purchase the Relion Confirm. Also there are so many deals on test strips on eBay you can even save money that way too.
 
Erica & Carter said:
I started with the Alpha Trak 2 and I was still thinking that I was going to be able to afford it. Little did I know I was going to be testing 4-8 times a day! I could have never afforded that and I'm glad everyone here told me to purchase the Relion Confirm. Also there are so many deals on test strips on eBay you can even save money that way too.
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the prices for relion strips on ebay that i have been seeing are more expensive than buying at walmart regular price :(
 
scoobydoox said:
the prices for relion strips on ebay that i have been seeing are more expensive than buying at walmart regular price :(
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I think I just get lucky. I check almost daily and bid a lot but I don't think there are as many for the Prime as there are for the Confirm/Micro.
 
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