Incorrect Storage and/or Injection Technique

Ask the client to come into your practice with their diabetic pet.

Discuss the daily routine - are injections and meals correctly timed?

Ask the client to come into your practice with their diabetic pet.

Discuss the daily routine - are injections and meals correctly timed? Read more on Feeding Diabetic Dogs and Feeding Diabetic Cats.

Ask for a breakdown of exactly what the pet eats. See Nutrition.

Ask the owner to demonstrate how they inject their pet. Is the correct dose being drawn into the syringe? Is the insulin being correctly injected subcutaneously.

Is the insulin being stored and used correctly?

See storage of Caninsulin.