Not always owners of animals, rabbits for example, have an opportunity to bring the sick pet to veterinary clinic therefore they need to learn to inject independently. The course of treatment cannot be interrupted not to aggravate a condition of the favourite. The medicine injected by means of the syringe works quicker, than received orally. And these in certain cases can save several minutes life of a rabbit.
It is required to you
- - insulin syringe;
- - medicine;
- - rabbit.
Instruction
1. Stock up with all medicines necessary for the pet: disposable insulin syringes, prescribed by vitamins and medicine, antibiotics, soothing and anesthetizing. Get digital scales always to know animal weight. It will help to calculate a medicine dose correctly.
2. Gain necessary amount of medicine in the syringe, let out all air, having directed a needle up. Ask somebody to take a rabbit gently, but it is strong that the pet did not move at the time of prickneedle a.
3. You speak with the favourite quietly and tenderly, at the same time take a skin fold between shovels or in the field of withers. Usually this place at animals is less sensitive. Pierce skin, but do not try to enter all needle. Smoothly squeeze out syringe contents, without paying attention to reaction of the pet.
4. After the end of a procedure, unpleasant for a rabbit, stroke a small animal, praise and give favourite delicacy. Watch the favourite, calm him if he is nervous. If to it there is something bad, call the veterinarian.
5. It is possible to put a prick intramuscularly, in back muscles of a hip. The medicine entered thus is soaked up quicker as muscle tissue contains larger blood vessels, than hypodermic. But this way quite painful therefore you hold a rabbit strong.
6. Skin of animals has a certain disinfecting property therefore it is not necessary to wipe the place of a prick with alcohol. But it is possible to use yodinol or chlorhexidin if you are afraid to bring an infection. Do not use one syringe twice.
7. If something goes incorrectly, or the injection will be very painful, the rabbit can fall into a state of shock and die. Give together with medicine something calming and anesthetizing. Care for health of pets that it was not necessary to hurt them. Consult with the veterinarian about necessary inoculations and vitamins, strictly follow instructions of the expert.