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- In this pet care video we are going to learn how to give subcutaneous fluids to a cat. There are many reasons your veterinarian may prescribe sq fluids. The primary reason is to correct dehydration, which may be due to an acute illness or a chronic illness such as kidney failure. SQ fluids can be very effective in treating dehydration. This video is NOT meant to replace the advice of your regular vet.
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I'm so glad I'm not alone with this. My cat just turned 16 and I've been giving her fluids now for 2 weeks. Sometimes I get the full 100cc in, sometimes not.
Is it because they move and the needle sticks out? or is it because of the tissue resistance when there is more than 50cc already in?
Thank you so much for this video, we were more than a bit out of it when we brought our cat back from the emergency vet and this video is a huge confidence booster.
Wonderful to hear. Best of luck!
Best How To video I've seen for giving a cat subq fluids. Easy to follow, on point, clear visuals. Clarese (20 year old cat) and I always go to our bed where I surround her with a giant body pillow and pin the fluid bag to the wall up high behind her. It's perfect. She's used to it now so she was in here waiting on me tonight. Just one tiny problem tonight though (thus, why I'm online watching videos). I am left handed and she curled up on the right side of me up against the headboard of our bed and is so damn cute and comfy that I don't want to move her! I tried once using my right hand but she growled and moved and the needle came out. So, if you plan to do subq fluids on your cat, make sure you put them in the position best suited if you're left or right handed because after a few weeks, they will actually come to YOU for the fluids (associating feeling better with the experience) and may plop down and chill in a position that won't work!
Thank you for your helpful comments and the positive review! Best of luck, 20 years old. You've been an amazing caretaker!
Sometimes it's not easy. I have a cat who is very cooperative -- the vet loves her -- but there are days when she doesn't want to be still and we just do the best that we can. The goal is to keep her happy and alive and well, not crabby and well. Sometimes you only manage to get half of the dose in. That's OK.
so true.
Very useful video, however I always recommend leaving the used needle on for storage and then changing it just before use. This way you are never in doubt about whether or not you have a new needle.
Thank you for the upload. Love the calmness. I wish my cat were this calm... but love this video. I will get better at this soon. It is to my dying cat from late stage kidney failure but fluid makes him feel better daily, so I want to continue until the last day he has to go or put to sleep...
So glad the video helped. Sorry to hear about your cat. You are a wonderful pet parent!!
@@VetVid thank you so much. There is no t a day that passes without tears and heavy and exhausted feeling but every day is an extra blessing to be able to have my old male boy besides me. I will do my best to keep him feeling as better as possible given his disease. Thank you for your kind comments.
@@Thankful456 I feel sorry to hear about Your Cat But I Just Wanna Ask that,
Is Your Cat Normal/Healthy or not?
Is he Good Now?? Tell me please
@@VetVid my cat is still alive! And also he is stronger and more active compared to the time before I started this more than 40 days ago. His kidney stage is at the late stage but this therapy is working. Also he became calm during the fluid delivery (still need two people but). So glad that this is giving him extra good days to live. Thank you.
@@AssGuardian07 thank you. Since we started this on my dying cat (from kidney failure) more than 40 days ago every day, he became much much better and he is still alive. His kidneys are at a very late stage... so he may pass anytime, but he is having much much better time, being able to walk better, jump up to a high place, and play with me again.
Thank you so so much for this, I'll do it today for the first time and I was really nervous, I hope I do well
Awww... Sweet kitty.
We use the syringe method, but i have a hard time getting a good tent. i think ive been trying to grab to small of a tent. Im glad i watched this!
Thank you!
This is the most helpful video! I start fluids today on my CKD cat and I appreciate this video.
Wonderful! Thank you for letting us know. Best of luck!
@@VetVid Thank you :)
This was the most informative video I have watched so far. Thanks for the tips.
Thank you. It has been a long time since I've had to do this. I needed a refresher and this was perfect.
How come all the cats shown in these videos are docile AF!!? My cat behaves like I'm gonna murder him!
Ranjini Rao Exactly - mine thinks we are going to cut his head off and turns into Damien !
Because using a cat that doesn't behave would make for a useless video
yes, agree... after the procedure I feel sad as the trust between me and my loving cat boy got broken for a while... wish my cat were docile like these!
Great video! In my case, the first step is to make sure my cat doesn't see the IV bag, because if she sees me prepping it, she hides. I know she'll feel better after her "kitty dialysis", but she doesn't understand of course. So I offer her a single treat beforehand, and one afterward as well.
THANKS DR. MIKE!
Thanks Dr. Mike!
@teellbee That is an excellent point. Passing the fluid line through a simple warm bowl of water may help. There are warmers that can be used. Caution with microwaves as over heating bag can be dangerous. Ask your veterinarian how to warm fluids.
We do want our pets to be comfortable.
Thank you
glad they mention "going too flat" could lead to needle going in and sticking back out. so when that happens, what do you do? all the vids show effortless, mistake-free procedures and don't mention what to do if it goes wrong. also agree that needle should be replaced for storage, another vid said store with the used needle and change right before the next administration.
My cat started to do this today. She is 19 and 3 months. I though she was going to die due to old age, but it didn't seems the case.
My cat is quite aggressive, but she is like that since she was a tiny kitten, so...
Thank you this was very helpful
Wonderful! We are so glad you found it helpful!!
I sit on the floor to administer the IV, first pulling the cat into my lap to pet him a few times, and then start to insert the needle. I push him all the way down onto the floor, so that his front legs are folded, to keep him from trying to walk around. He makes some attempts to roll over onto his back, but it's easier to deal with than him trying walk away while the drip is going and the needle is still in his neck.
You have to be kidding ! I takes 3 people to hassle my cat down in order to give him the SUBQ fluids and sometimes we don’t get a full treatment because he is squirming so much that the needle either falls out or he ends up biting or scratching someone to get away. We have tried everything the doctor has suggested and we still have not been able to get a full treatment done with our cat. What kind of drug did you give this cat (in the video) to relax? We need a bottle of Jack Daniels to get our cat relaxed! Great video but not all cats are alike.
I know it depends on each cat, but first I struggled with my cat as well, but per my friend (a retired vet) advice, instead of focusing on holding him down, focusing on the cat's favorite scratch place - my cat's chin scratch - and he became much calmer and the fluid delivery became constantly successful. Also, I warm up the fluid every time and that makes my cat calmer. Also, I bought thinner sharper needles from Terumo (gage 20G thinwall etc) and that helped tremendously my cat's comfort level. Hope this therapy went well with you cat...
@@Thankful456 I found out later that the vet assistant was giving the fluid too fast. So after about 5 treatments, I suggested we let the fluid in very slowly and Midnight eventually settled down. Yes, I agree, the needle size is also an option but my vet didn’t suggest it. Three months after trying everything, Midnight was put down due to kidney failure. In my opinion, the vet did not do enough and when I do decide to get another cat, I won’t be going through that vet. The people she hires are not “experienced assistants” and the girl that was showing up to give Midnight his SUBQ fluids had no vet experience at all !! So I was $500 in the hole financially after putting my sweet boy through this horror and he didn’t survive anyway. Midnight was 13 with FIV. He lived a very good life but I should have seen the signs and I didn’t - horrible throwing up occasionally, hiding in spots throughout the house and the weight loss. My other two cats lived to 19 and 18 and never had issues with their kidneys. Sometimes I wonder if those once a year vaccinations don’t have something to do with animal health problems much like the human doctors of today who prescribe pill after pill and do we really live longer with all the pills?
Try swaddling the cat in a towel. (There's lot of videos on TH-cam)
Good job
I recommend a place where cat can't move forwards easily, such as in a corner, if doing by yourself. Can also wrap cat in a towel.
I push mine all the way down, so that his front legs are folded. If I had him in the uprighted seated position like the cat in the video, he would definitely try to walk away.
thank you for this video, i just got back from the vet and they told me to do this to my dog. I freaked out when i saw the big bubble under the skin! =( nobody told me that would happen. I am a bit more at ease now.
I actually look forward to the bubble as a sign that I got it right.
Same here. I had to text my sister (she used to manage a veterinary practice) to ask if I'd done it wrong. I also freaked out that the fluids started leaking out of the IV site after the needle was out. She told me to place a washcloth or paper towel over the site and apply gentle pressure for 30-60 seconds.
I love how one of these videos says to prime the tubbing 🤦🏼♀️
Easy until your cat freaks out, growls, squirms, and just refuses to cooperate. :P
Awww. Shoot. Yeah, we own one of those as well! Nothing is ever easy. A rescue. We do our best. Good luck.
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Good to know.
Please help! I am having the WORST time trying to do this for one of my 21 year old cats! Well, two of them, but one only needs fluids occasionally. EVERY SINGLE TIME I insert the needle, she JUMPS and the needle comes out! I love her SOOOOOOO much and this is breaking my heart!!!
Some kitties are not easy. Best to have your veterinarian try with you present. Each cat is different and therefore the technique may change
I'm getting very frustrated! I started subq fluids on my cat four days ago. There has been only one day that I got the needle in without it going through and leaking all over his fur. He has been getting his fluids, but I have to poke him more than once to get it right and I feel so bad having to do that. I think maybe what I'm doing wrong is I'm not aiming the needle a little downward as shown in this video. He's really skinny so it's hard pulling up his skin to make a tent. And also, I don't see a lump forming although I know the fluids are going in. Any suggestions would be appreciated.
Having this issue
@@fae137 - Yeah, it's tough! The vet tech made it look so easy but I remember having a hard time doing it. The cat I was treating actually passed away a week after I started the fluids. I was too late. I should have started him on fluids a year earlier but I was out of town for an extended period of time then & didn't know he was starting to get bad. My husband didn't notice anything different but when I got home I noticed right away that he had lost weight. At that point is when I should have started the fluids but by the time I started he was already in renal failure and I ended up having to put him to sleep a week later. He was 2 months shy of his 18th birthday. My brother had a cat, however, that he started on fluids right away and his cat lived another 4 years.
Dr. Mike. Hi, I'm Evie. Where can I get the LR and supplies! Blessings!
There's not a lot of slack with my cat's scruff. my vet was doing this but my cat has gotten very difficult to manage. I'd like to do it myself but I fear I'll poke the wrong way or hurt him. My vet charges $20 for each fluid administration. I'll pass. Sink or swim, right?
Got a question. Lactated ringer bags are suppossed to be thrown out after 24 hours with humans. How long do y’all keep using y’all’s bags. Gets very expensive using 1/10 of a bag every few days and throwing out the rest.
buy iv in 250 cc and it can consume in 2 days
What size of needle works the best? The 18 gauge is thick and really hurts my Baby, but the 20 gauge takes a long time for 60 mls given manually.
The 20 gauge might be best. Ask your vet for confirmation.
@@VetVid Thank you! I switched to the 20 gauge.
me too today...ack!
Can you warm the subq fluids beforehand?
Yes
My cat seams to want to claw me when I try this. How can I calm him down ?
Can you use a 10cc syringe to do this for a one time administration
If it is sterile. However, 10cc is a small volume.
@@VetVid ok so if it was a 60cc syringe how much liquid? Get all the air out first. Can you use saline or the ringers solution like for people. Just wondering. I am taking my cat to the vet Saturday. She doesn't need fluids but one day she might. She acts lazy and overweight so It could be a health issue. She was gone for a week and it shook her up. Someone brought her to me said she was froze behind their trash can. She has been eating and drinking and peeing so hopefully a bowel movement soon. Just was lethargic but is resting and getting better. She is 10 yrs old. Thx for the reply
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Her face while she placing the in her cat is so funny!
Not that easy. Mine squirms and yowls when i even grab her skin..
Stresses her
I'm so angry. For months I've been doing this nightly and all of a sudden I can't do it without leaking. Over and over and over and over and over it leaks. Usually I get it in properly by the 4th time but tonight I just couldn't do it. My cat is 18 and doing well but very skinny. There's no fat, just flesh hanging and how the hell am I supposed to make a tent out of that? There's nowhere to put the needle. I don't see it coming out the other side, so why the **** can't I get it to stop leaking? Why don't these videos address that? I know I'm not the only one this happens to.
Melizma Tea same here with my 17 year old very skinny kitty..
@@CTY2023 I got it back! I first gave myself told myself to stop worrying, which was making it worse, and then I realized that I was making too much of the "tent" thing - it was really just pulling up the skin so you could get the needle under (I was all caught up in thinking it had to go through the teepee "door"....yup, crazy, don't ask...!) and lastly I reminded myself - it's "sub" cutaneous, it goes under the skin and that's it, and when I envisioned doing that, it worked. I also have noticed that when he is still better hydrated it's easier to do -I think the skin is all limp and thin like that when he is more in need of hydration. So you might want to do it a little earlier once just to get back in the swing of things. (But don't change the amount unless your vet says so.) And here's the final thing which is probably what made the real difference, haha - I got a thinner needle. I hope you get rolling again! You will, I think it's just hard to do this for so long, but of course it's so worth it!
Melizma tea .. thank you!
@@melizmateathank you for these tips. It's what I needed to hear
hahaha my cat would be gone in 1 sec ...no way...
I sadly decided to keep my cat outside. She stays in carport, yard and stays in washroom in winter (temperate region). But she is not a house cat and cannot relax indoors. These tips don't help me sadly...or her.
All of these videos are basically worthless as they all show cats that stay still.
The Kozmonaut It takes 2/3 people to restrain my cat and half the time we don’t get the fluids in all the way. My sweet boy turns into Damien within two minutes!