Those of you who inject penicillin...

[Santa]

...what colour needle do you use, please?

Thanks

 

[Jack's-Jane]

Blue :wave:

 

[Santa]

Ta :wave: I usually use blue for engemycin but I was worried that penicillin might be too gloopy for it. Bit of a relief that it's not - I wasn't relishing using a green needle on ickle Santa :shock:

 

[marie_kubiak]

I prefer green - some penicillin suspensions can be really thick

 

[Jack's-Jane]

I prefer green - some penicillin suspensions can be really thick

I tend to draw it up with a green then inject with a blue

Mind you, I am sure the more recent Depocillin is less gloopy :?

 

[Santa]

Thanks Marie, that's what I was afraid of! But Santa only weighs 900g and I'm worried that the green will be too big to use regularly :?

 

[Jack's-Jane]

Thanks Marie, that's what I was afraid of! But Santa only weighs 900g and I'm worried that the green will be too big to use regularly :?

Recently I have been able to inject with an Orange as long as I draw up with a green. As I say, I am sure it's less gloopy now-a-days :?

As an afterthought, could it be mixed with the sterile water especially for injections :? That'd def make it possible to use an orange :?

 

[Kermit]

I had real trouble with the injections exploding all over the place when i used the blue syringes as the meds are thick, so i used the green.....they are a bit more difficult to inject with, but at least they dont burst!

 

[angeleyes]

TBH I didn't find much difference between the green and the blue I was using both for depocilin, whichever one i picked up really

 

[abbymarysmokey]

Depends on the type of pencillin...sometimes blue, sometimes green.

My vet usually uses green like Marie, but I think I'm a bit more heavy-handed than most vets so feel a bit less mean using a blue

 

[halfpenny]

I tend to use a ble, as long as the animal is settled enough to allow me time to inject slowly. If it is a feisty or nervy one, I use a green because you can get it in quicker- I've also had a few explosions.

 

[hannah.mc]

I go blue with green to draw up. Even with a big calm bunny I think green's a bit wide bore but I'm very much doing antibiotics long term (and twice a day at the mo so want to minimise the trauma).

 

[Santa]

Thanks all After a disastrous first couple of attempts I went back to the surgery and had a little practice session (using s/c fluids) with the nurse. She showed me a slightly different technique to the one I'd been shown before and I'm finding it much easier now. Santa does flinch a bit when I inject the penicillin though - is this normal, I have vague recollections that it is supposed to sting a bit?

Ta

 

[Jack's-Jane]

Thanks all After a disastrous first couple of attempts I went back to the surgery and had a little practice session (using s/c fluids) with the nurse. She showed me a slightly different technique to the one I'd been shown before and I'm finding it much easier now. Santa does flinch a bit when I inject the penicillin though - is this normal, I have vague recollections that it is supposed to sting a bit?

Ta

Are you using it straight from the fridge ?

 

[Santa]

I took it out for about 20 minutes before I injected it :?

 

[abbymarysmokey]

I have one rabbit who is very sensitive to being injected, and will flinch as soon as the needle touches his skin.

 

[Santa]

Ta - it's not the needle going in that she's flinching at, it's when I start to push the plunger that she flinches. She didn't do it with engemycin which is why I'm wondering if it's the contents rather than the needle itself that is causing it :?

 

[louise and Gus]

Aw poor ickle Santa

I have no idea but when mine had to have penicillin injections I remember them flinching when it went it..

 

[abbymarysmokey]

Ta - it's not the needle going in that she's flinching at, it's when I start to push the plunger that she flinches. She didn't do it with engemycin which is why I'm wondering if it's the contents rather than the needle itself that is causing it :?

Could be that you've reached the muscle? I think it stings a lot more if you inject into muscle

 

[Santa]

I don't *think* so. I left it out for a little longer today and she didn't flinch at all when I injected it so hopefully it'll keep getting better as I get more used to doing it