Blood Ketone Meter

What blood ketone meter do you use and where did you get it? I am wanting to test at home and catching Lou pee is not an option so I'll need to test his blood. I would like to go with your expertise on getting a good meter for this. TIA guys!

 

They are just simply excellent! I have Abbott Exceed/Precision. And it is a life saver to test the B blood ketone in one single drop as well. Since I live in Sweden and I wrote to Abbott Sweden and asked about it and they simply sent me a brand new for free. This was in 2008.

I know there are others and perhaps not as expensive as the Abbott. But well worth the investment to be able to catch an early DKA and head direct to ER. A Life Saver.

 

Here is a link about the various B Blood Ketone meters
http://www.felinediabetes.com/FDMB/...oacidosis-dka-and-blood-ketone-meters.135952/

 

Thank you so much!!

 

Juls and Billy got the Precision Xtra.
(her internet connect has died, last night. So I'm answering for her.)

 

Deb is absolutely right. Got the Precision Xtra through Amazon and ordered the strips specifically for ketones. (It measures BGL too, but we don't use it for that. ReliOn strips are much cheaper for BG.) Our Billy is a shy pee'er, and the blood meter worked great. Strips are about $1 a strip, but you don't have to test ketones every day, so it's not that bad.

 

@Juls and Billy, how small of a blood drop does your meter take to read? I’m using the AlphaTrak II, but I’d like to get a blood and ketone meter that would need a very tiny amount of blood for a reading.
Thx,
Susan

 

It takes a pretty big drop of blood. Though you do have a few seconds to dip it in a second time. It's a human meter, but I don't think they make pet ketone meters.