How to give injections intramuscularly to a cat

How to give injections intramuscularly to a cat

Little fluffy kittens quickly grow and turn into large, dexterous and strong cats and cats. Owners can not always cope with them. For example, when prescribe pets pricks intramuscularly – whether it be vitamins, vaccines or a course of treatment from a disease. Many cats at this procedure shout, hiss, escape, use teeth and sharp claws. What should I do? The cat can put, of course, each prick in veterinary clinic, but it demands a lot of time, money and is a severe stress for an animal.

It is required to you

  • Syringe, medicine.

Instruction

1. Equip the syringe. Holding it a needle up, remove vials of air. Try that the cat did not see your preparations. It is ideal if at this moment he is full and sleepy.

2. Put a cat on a table paws to yourself. In a prone position of a muscle are more weakened therefore it will be simpler to animal to transfer a prick, and medicine will quicker be acquired.

3. Ask the assistant to record reliably an animal for front and hinder legs and, whenever possible, for a nape. If at the time of an intramuscular prick the cat manages to move, the needle can be bent or even to break.

4. Push a hand under a hip of a hinder leg, approximately in the middle between a knee and coxofemoral joint, move apart wool and grope a muscle (it will be rolled at you under fingers).

5. Stick a needle in a muscle perpendicular to a hip on depth about one and a half centimeters, inject drug and quickly take out a needle. It is desirable to massage the place of a prick.

Author: «MirrorInfo» Dream Team


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