When to give insulin shots for cats
How to inject insulin into a Diabetic cat.mp4
diabetes is a disease which is being
diagnosed more and more in dogs and cats
these days particularly in cats the kind
of diabetes that they get is very
similar to the form of diabetes which is
most common in people which is when they
get quite all the cats who are quite
overweight whose pancreas just give out
in the end
because of a rich high-fat high-calorie
diet the treatment for diabetes is
regular injections of insulin which is
the hormone that helps to keep the blood
sugar levels stable and obviously if you
have a cat that's been diagnosed with
diabetes and the vet says well now you
need to inject them twice a day
it can be an extremely daunting prospect
but actually it's just a skill to learn
like any other anybody can do it
it's not nearly as scary as you would
think and most vets will talk you
through the procedure and ensure that
you're happy with it before they send
you home but what we're going to do
today is we're going to show you on TC
here how to inject cats so and you can
have a reference at home if you need one
I do on all my diabetic capsule have
been diagnosed if I shave a patch of
hair on the back of their neck injecting
into the scruff in the back of the neck
is the easiest place to inject in a cat
and if you take off the hair first of
all it's obviously much easier to see
the skin and therefore what you're doing
they don't have to have a clipped neck
for all of the time when you're learning
it's easier but once you get good at it
you can let the hair grow back and
you'll have no problems at all this is a
typical example of an insulin syringe
they're very small and they're very thin
the graduations along the side are for
how much insulin you need to give the
cat they all have a little safety cap on
them so pull that off make sure you pull
straight and clean because the needle is
very soft and will Bend if you catch it
you can see that the needle is
absolutely tiny the cats will very
rarely feel it going in hardly any of
them will make a fuss so don't worry
about hurting your cat it is definitely
worth it so first of all pick up the
skin with one hand and make a tent what
you're aiming to do is have a triangle
of skin coming away from the area that
you've picked up and you're going to be
injecting into the base of that triangle
down here this is where you have the
largest amount of skin space to go into
underneath the skin okay take the needle
pick up the skin with your other hand
and make a tent remember you're aiming
for the base of this triangle hold the
needle and then gently but firmly just
push it through the skin you can see
that TC didn't even flinch then that's
how tiny these needles are then gently
put your hands on the plunger and
squeeze and the insulin will go into the
skin then gently remove the needle and
relax the skin and a little rub there
you are
it's that easy
