VetMate Dogs/Cats Diabetes Monitoring Starter KIT (Auto-Coding) - 1 Pet Blood Glucose Meter, 10 Test Strips, 1 Lancing Device, 10 Lancets, 1 Control Solution – Calibrated for Dogs and Cats

If You Get Error Messages: Read This 1). You might be doing something wrong! 2). Read the Booklet Again. 3). Before taking blood, make SURE the droplet icon appears. (Looks like a tiny snowman. 4). Press up arrow or S to turn meter on. Shows current date and time at bottom for 2 seconds. 5). Use up and down arrow to scroll through previous results. 6). Switch between dogs and cats by holding down arrow for 3 seconds. 7). Then press up or down arrows to select dog 1, 2, or 3. Same for cats. 8). Often best to put a thin layer pf Vaseline on are to be lanced for blood drop. Will help it to make a drop. 9). Press S. Once you see the droplet / snowman on the screen you have 2 minutes to take sample. 10). It's best to have the meter strip point straight down into blood droplet. Sideways is "iffy". 11). When you see the screen count down from 5 to 0 you know you did everything right! 12). There are 8 error messages that could occur. Pay attention and lookup (in booklet), what they mean. Error Messages: 13). Er1= Used test strip inserted. 14). Er2= Drop acquired too soon. Need to get sample AFTER blood drop / snowman appears. 15). Er3= Temperature during test was too cold or warm. Operating temp 41f to 113f, or 5-45c. 16). Er4= Sample too thick (viscosity), or insufficient volume. 17). Er5= Non Vetmate strip used, or was not inserted properly. 18). There is a problem with the meter. 19). An electronic error occurred during test. It took us a couple months to realize we were causing the errors. Now we have no problems testing.

Don't buy this! For one it may not cost a lot for the monitor but the testing strips are ridiculously priced. $40 for 50! And you have to use those strips. You can buy a nicer monitor at CVS and pay less in the long run for the testing strips. Secondly the damn thing doesn't always work correctly. You get errors left and right despite waiting for the darn thing to be ready and getting a sufficient amount of blood. What's the result?? Not just your wallet for using multiple testing strips for each time you test but also your animals being tortured having to poke them a million times. I had to go through 9 testing strips tonight just to get one reading. And its bs there wasn't enough blood. Don't buy!! Money aside, your animal will be the one who truly pays!!!

This meter works great! Affordable compared to other pet meters. The strips are still fairly expensive however, I also have a human meter, the relion classic from Walmart and they both test within an 8dl difference of eachother. Strips are way cheaper for those. So if ur strapped for cash and looking for decent price testing supplies, that is a great option.

Out of 25 test strips I had 10 bad strips, strips are expensive and hard to get. Will probably return because of this.

The meter was easy to use and works great. Still on a learning curve myself my dog Whitney was just diagnosed with Diabetes

Only worked every 3 to 4th time I used it. Had to use the calibration fluid everyday if I wanted it to work maybe by the 3rd strip.

Have not really used yet but the puppy pays attention to the beep.

Easy to use, worked well for my cat. Durable and has lasted for years.