Can i give my cat insulin 2 hours early
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- how much should a cat eat before giving insulin
Can i give my cat insulin 2 hours after eating.
How is insulin administered to cats with diabetes mellitus?
In cases of standard diabetes where the patient is otherwise relatively healthy, cats will generally be started on insulin injections immediately once the diagnosis is made.
Because they break down insulin relatively quickly, almost all cats will require injections twice a day (morning and evening, roughly 12 hours apart, at the same times each day).
How long after a cat eats do you give insulin
The injections are usually administered under the skin of the back using either a syringe and very fine needle or a purpose-designed insulin pen. A crib sheet on insulin administration is also available within the fact sheet section of the Davies Veterinary Specialists website.
Insulin is typically started at a low dose, which will often need to be gradually increased based on response.
The low dose is used because overdosing of insulin is much more dangerous than underdosing, but the consequence is that it can take some weeks to reach the optimal dosage by incremental increase. Insulin doses should not be changed too regularly (3-5 days is required for a new dose
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