From:
Russell Prater
Date: 2001-12-07 19:19:00 UTC
Subject: Re: [Ferret-Health-list] Re: At home blood glucose testing
> I have a successful work-around... I use a warm cloth to wash the
> little foot and help get blood into it, then dry it, and then what
> has been working on my "beading" problem is applying a VERY THIN
> coating of vaseline onto the chosen paw pad. I wipe of excess with a
> dry paper towel and then lance. I've tested it with and without
> vaseline on myself, and this does not seem to change the test
> result. The remaining vaseline makes the blood bead up nicely, but
> no one else ever mentions this problem. So I wonder what I'm
> missing. Any ideas?
>
> -Pam S.
That is an interesting technique, Pam. I think I'll have to try it. For
the blood in the hair, and all over for that matter, the thing to clean
it up is hydrogen peroxide. I don't know why, but peroxide just removes
the color from blood right now. When I nip a nail, I get my sample,
apply the Kwik-Stop, then hit the foot with a cotton ball full of
peroxide.
--
Russ, Booger, Bonnie & Clyde
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