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namusw

constantinestimelessworld

drferox

I am very pleased! I gave subcutaneous fluids to one of my mom's older cats several times while my mom was away, and it did not end in disaster even once! The cat was very chill and sat on my lap while I inflated her. But now I'm curious. Do you happen to know why subcutaneous fluid seem to be such a standard part of cat care, and I don't think I've every heard of humans getting their fluids subcutaneously? Is it just because we have nice prominent veins and no claws?

drferox answered:

Pick up a cat by the scruff. Lots of skin, lots of subcutaneous space.

Pick up a human by the scruff. Tell me how that goes.

Subcutaneous fluids are only effective if the patient already has reasonably good perfusion, if they’re already compromised then they wont be absorbed and intravenous fluids are required instead,

You can tell a human “You need to drink Xmls of electrolyte solution.” Good luck telling a cat to do anything.

wosslbird

rubyfruitjumble

teach a man to fish and he’ll forget who you are and then he’ll see you in a bar a month later and he’ll try to seduce you by telling you things he assumes you don’t know about fishing