Don’t Let Sick Pets Be A Strain
A sick pet can be a strain on an owner and not just because their friend is ill but also because of the financial strain that treating a sick pet can bring. Diabetes is an illness that is now treatable with veterinary insulin so there is a choice that can be made on treatment or even on not to treat a diabetic pet. Some dogs are treated with human strength insulin but smaller dogs and cats are typically treated with U40 insulin which is a weaker strength insulin and appropriate for smaller animals.
Home treatment is certainly an option and with a little searching U 40 syringes can be purchased from online retailers to help control costs and enable an owner to treat their own pet. A little knowledge can help ease nervousness and fears about treating your own pet and learning to give injections is not that hard with proper instruction and practice.
U 40 insulin syringes are matched and calibrated to work with U 40 insulin and make providing the correct number of insulin units prescribed by your veterinarian a manageable task. U 40 insulin has 40 units of insulin per mL of volume so a U 40 insulin syringe labeled as a 29g x 1cc syringe would hold 40 units of insulin when it was full.1 cc is the same as 1mL and sometimes the syringes are labeled by cc or mL volumes. Knowing they are the same will help any confusion in buying syringes. If the dose is only a small number of units each time an even smaller syringe is a 29g x .3cc syringe that would hold 13 units of insulin when full of U 40 insulin.
Glucose meters for home testing and other test equipment is available to monitor your pet and help keep costs down by allowing you to do most of the care yourself. Don’t let a sick pet cause you strain and worry. Educate yourself and gain the skills necessary to care for your pet yourself.
