digital ear thermometers

Re: digital ear thermometers

rrrrrmeow — Sat, 25 Sep 2010 01:06:17 GMT

If you get a good ear one (doubtful!) the reading will always be lower than a rectal. They state 1oC lower in human medicine so I guess the same for animals? We do use them occasionally in the ECC practice I work in as less invasive but you do sometimes have to repeat the process a couple of times to get a realistic reading! Plus our one is in Farenheit and I can't figure out how to change it!!

Re: digital ear thermometers

A-J — Fri, 24 Sep 2010 22:00:57 GMT

i guess i will save my cash and stick with the rectal ones - cheers

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Vicky RVN — Fri, 24 Sep 2010 21:28:19 GMT

I got a digital thermometer from Centaur but don't really like it...i want a decent one if someone can recommend one!

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Kim Buckley — Fri, 24 Sep 2010 20:07:53 GMT

I've got a quick thermometer. Bought it from boots!

Tried an ear one before but it was rubbish and way out!

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Doolally — Fri, 24 Sep 2010 20:05:15 GMT

I really wish someone would invent a decent alternative to rectal thermometers for animals.

Has anyone got rectal thermometers that work quickly? we've got digital thermometers but they seem to take ages to read and lots of animal's hate sitting still for that long.

When I had an operation the nurses did obs a few times a day, they used an ear thermometer, stuck a disposable cap on, stuck it in my ear, and 3 seconds later they had they temp, sooooo quick and easy!!!

Re: digital ear thermometers

loobylou — Fri, 24 Sep 2010 10:17:41 GMT

We have used them in the past but found that we were mostly getting low readings. Any normal readings tended to be from pyrexic animals when checked with a rectal.

Re: digital ear thermometers

Nick Shackleton — Fri, 24 Sep 2010 09:52:05 GMT

I'm personally not keen on them. Am sure I recall do a trial similar to Chip althou it was on pets pre GA and post GA. and the ear thermometer read lower.

I personally like my 5 second rectal thermometer

Re: digital ear thermometers

chip munk — Fri, 24 Sep 2010 09:46:18 GMT

We ran a trial with 1 last year on the MoD working dogs and didn't get great results. That may have been to do with the quality of the reader???? And I can't remember the make of it!!! We took resting temps of the dogs and then repeated it after working. We took rectal and ear thermometer readings and compared them. The ear temp nearly always read a lower temp than the rectal readings. The dogs obviously tolerated the eat thermometer better which was a bonus but the readings were hit and miss x