How to Test Cat Injectors

If you are the owner of an elderly cat suffering from diabetes, or from any condition that requires you to inject the cat on a regular basis, you will need to get to grips with a feline syringe. A cat syringe is not far removed from a normal medical syringe, which you will no doubt have come across when you get flu shots. The injector body is a vessel in which the medication travels through a sharp metal cylinder into the bloodstream. Injecting a cat is not as difficult as you would imagine; they rarely feel the prick of the syringe and it is an excellent means by which to treat your cat for a variety of conditions.

Things You'll Need

  • Veterinarian
  • Cat syringe
  • Cat medication
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Instructions

  1. Prepare the syringe.

    • 1

      Take the syringe from its packaging. Remove the syringe from the box and the external packaging. Do not reuse a syringe since the tip will be laden with bacteria.

    • 2

      Prepare the syringe. Plunge the plunger, ensuring that it is pressed down as far as it can go (this removes the oxygen from the syringe vessel and ensures that you will not mistakenly inject your cat with oxygen while delivering the medication. This step is very important since there must be no oxygen remaining within the syringe vessel.

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      Insert the medication. Open the bottle of medication, which is usually in a bottle dispenser. Place the syringe tip in the medication liquid and withdraw the liquid until the entire syringe vessel is filled with medication. Do not worry about overdosing your cat; the veterinarian will have provided you with a syringe which delivers the requisite dosage of medication to your cat. Do not attempt to purchase syringes yourself; it is important that you follow the veterinarian's guidelines.

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      Test the syringe. To test the syringe, apply a slight amount of pressure to the plunger. You are checking to make sure that there is no oxygen gas left in the syringe vessel. You will know that the syringe has been filled effectively when a squirt of medication spurts out and not a hiss of air.