Hi Leslie,

I work for a diabetic testing supply company I do know about the meters
we offer. I personally use the Accura as I have low blood sugar but
we also offer the Ebrace talking meter. I had my vet check them out
against the one they use at the clinic and they are just 2 points off
on accuracy. Although from what I understand that the Accura is being
faised out (my bosses astranged husband owns the company), I believe
you can still purchase it on line and I have seen the strips beign
sold on Amazon.com. Amazon.com also sells the Embrace meter and
testing strips as well and I use the Omni lancets.

The nice thing about these meters is that they do have a large test
strip memory (up to 350), require a minute amount of blood and give the
resding in LESS than 6 seconds. The nice thing about the strips is that
they are precoded and have a clear window in the tip so you can see
the blood being colected unlike the Free Style meter and some others.
I have used my personal meter for my ferrets to keep there glucose
levels in check.

Many people chose to use the Alpha Trac which is specified for dogs and
cats but I prefer using my meter. I se the ote pad most of the time to
colect the blood but have with some ferrets had to just clip the tip of
the quick. Because the strips I use act like a straw doing it that way
is also less stressful for my ferrets.

Debi Sadowski
Fuzzy Loving Ferrets

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