Catcrazed-actually, the shots are completely painless. One of the insulins I take sometimes stings slightly cuz of the zinc in it, and since it's my "baseline" I take one large shot of it a day. But the regular I take three times a day causes absolutely no duscomfort. But the needles are so short and thin that you don't even feel them. Really. And, since inslin is a protein, it can't be eaten, lest it be digested. That's why we all have to take shots.

Incidentally, I've never figured out why they use those huge, one inch, 22 guage needles to give cat shots. I mentioned that last year to my vet. Imagine my surprise when, on the last annual visit, he was using insulin syringes for the vaccinations!