Home testing your cat's BG (blood glucose, or blood sugar) levels at home is an important part of regulating your cat. While you don't have to home test to successfully regulate your cat, many find the added peace of mind of knowing their cat's BG level well worth the trouble.

If you have a diabetic cat, consider doing home blood glucose testing. Just as cats become accostumed to their daily insulin shots, they will tolerate periodic blood tests.

Advantages of home testing include less stress to your cat, considerably decreased costs and time of monitoring compared to vet visits, closer control of your cat's blood glucose level by more frequent monitoring, and possible avoidance of deadly hypoglycemic episodes.

• Home Blood Glucose Testing: How to do ear sticks and footpad sticks. Includes links to videos and slide shows.
  


• Blood Glucose "Mini" Curves
  


• A Rational Approach to Feline Blood Glucose Curves: Less expensive alternatives to full BG curves. by G.D. Norsworthy, DVM, Dipl. ABVP
  


• Adjusting insulin dosages using urine strip results
  


• Adjusting insulin dosages using a blood glucose meter
  


• Advice from users about which glucometer to use
  

Last updated February 2013