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Injections help

mariposa

mariposa

Mama Doe
As you know, our little one is on Depocillin injections for an ear infection. I tried to do it today, and while practising with sterile water am worried I went too deep as I pushed the needle in after piercing the skin. Bunny shook a bit but now seems fine. Have I hurt him? xxx
 
mariposa said:
As you know, our little one is on Depocillin injections for an ear infection. I tried to do it today, and while practising with sterile water am worried I went too deep as I pushed the needle in after piercing the skin. Bunny shook a bit but now seems fine. Have I hurt him? xxx
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No I am sure you haven't :)

Did the vet show you how to tent the skin and then push the needle into the tent? Then withdraw the needle a little to check you haven't hit a blood vessel or anything?
 
There's a helpful video here (excuse the music!)


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iDFiXIgIfOE

Especially important is the holding of the injection site and a little massage afterwards. Especially with penicillin, it's important that none goes onto the fur, as it's bad to be ingested orally :)

I am sure you know this already x
 
Thank you so much as always, MM. Yes, the nurse showed us how to do it but I'll take a look at the video as well xxx
 
mariposa said:
Thank you so much as always, MM. Yes, the nurse showed us how to do it but I'll take a look at the video as well xxx
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You're very welcome :)

Do you have a bottle, or are the syringes pre-drawn? Pre-drawn don't make it easier for you, as Penicillin can sometimes clog up.
Warming the penicillin by rolling it between my hands usually makes it go in easier.

If it's from a bottle, I always use a fresh needle to the one I drew the pen out with. It gets blunted going through the bung!

How long do you have to give the injections for?
 
We have a bottle. He's back at the vets on Friday for a check up but will probably continue with antibiotics for a few weeks xx
 
You've already had brilliant advice from MM.

You wouldn't have hurt him, so don't worry. It takes some time to get used to doing S/C injections but soon you'll be doing it like a pro!

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mariposa said:
We have a bottle. He's back at the vets on Friday for a check up but will probably continue with antibiotics for a few weeks xx
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I'm glad you've got a bottle, so much easier :)

I've lost count of the number of rounds of pen injections I've given. I always take a deep breath before each one though ...!
 
I've never had to inject a bun,however I was an expert at injecting a human.My late mother was a diabetic and after a stroke she couldn't manage it herself .A few lessons from the nurse and I was okay with it.Firm and bold was the way,not worrying if you hurt them.I did sweat a bit the first few times.Inject into fatty flesh for diabetes.
 
We've all been there :) Doing them for the first few times is horribly stressful and as MM says even when you are experienced, it still isn't something you do without thinking about it.
 
I found wetting the fur a little prior to injecting let me see where the needle was going helped. I hated doing them also but got better over time, but agree with MM you still had to concentrate even when experienced .
 
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