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Here are some links for you on testing your cat, including movies
and photos, and some other feline diabetes links. LeMieux gets a little bit annoyed at having his ear held and warmed before the test, but has never seemed to notice being pricked by an UtraFine lancet. The first thing you'll want to do is get a good look at your cat's ears to familiarize yourself with where the vein runs around the edge, shining a small flashlight through the ear if he has dark fur or you can't see it on the inside. At first, I rubbed a little dab of Vaseline into his ear to help the blood bead up above the fur, but I seemed to get the knack of hitting close to or on the little vein pretty quickly, and didn't need the Vaseline because he easily bled a drop about twice as large as needed for the test. Home Testing of Blood Glucose for Diabetic Cats By Margie Scherk DVM, ABVP (home testing movie, Windows Media or Realplayer) http://www.veterinarypartner.com/con...&S=O&C=O&A=605 Harry's Home Testing Page - (good close-up photos) http://www.sugarcats.net/sites/harry/bgtest.htm Punkin's Home Testing Movie - http://tlb.best.vwh.net/bg_punkin/test_bg.html VSPN discussion on Home Testing - http://www.vspn.org/Library/Rounds/VSPN_LC011209.htm DVM the Newsmagazine of Veterinary Medicine At Home Diabetes Management - http://www.dvmnewsmagazine.com/dvm/a...l.jsp?id=13315 Blood Glucose Monitoring - http://www.dvmnewsmagazine.com/dvm/a...il.jsp?id=5336 Feline Diabetes http://www.felinediabetes.com/index.html Pet Diabetes http://www.petdiabetes.org/ Frugal Feline Diabetes site http://www.sugarcats.net/sites/jmpeerson/frugal.html -- jamie ) "There's a seeker born every minute." |
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