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How do you know if you have placed an injection correctly?

F

FriskyClover

Warren Veteran
As above really. I am having to inject Inky with Baytril (for a very mild chest infection) because he gets so stressed by taking it orally. I did my first one on my own today (my vet showed me what to do yesterday) and the liquid went in fine (I pulled back slightly first to make sure there was no blood).

Straight after, there felt like a bump under the skin (which I rubbed like the vet had told me to), does this sound like it was in the right place? Inky seemed totally unworried by the whole thing (he was munching a handful of grass), which I am pleased about.

Thanks,

FC x
 
Placing an injection in the scruff is quite easy and safe, and hard to do wrong =) As long as you pull back to check for blood it should be fine. Sometimes you may feel a little bump under the skin, and I don't think it's something to be worried about. The medicine will slowly be distributed around the body.
I know that you can put a lot of water under the scruff, for example for dehydrated animals, and then it'll feel like a big balloon under the skin :lol: but it's still safe, and will slowly go away as the body absorbs the water.
 
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