Diagnosing a tricky fluids sesh
My cat was extra squirmy today. I’d love to figure out why, so I can avoid it happening again. I think perhaps the fluid was a little cooler than usual. I felt the bag once it was done and it was room temp rather than body temp. Could cooler fluid make a cat more likely to want to move away during fluids?
I usually warm the fluids in a hot water bath but it requires getting up to fetch the fluids just before administering and sometimes that takes me from a sleeping cat in my lap to an awake cat who’s harder to put the needle in. So this time I tried putting the fluids bag in my bra, hoping my body would warm it, but it seems like it wasn’t warm enough. So I’d love to know: do any of you know of a technique for heating fluids while having them on hand for administering? I usually administer the fluids in bed, I have a ceiling hook I hang the bag from just above my bed (or rather, Nagini’s bed that I am sometimes allowed to sleep in)
Cat tax: picture of Nagini