Unfortunately, dogs as well as people, sometimes are ill. Often, the most effective method of treatment are droppers and pricks. Practically any course of antibiotics is appointed, at least, to 5 days. And, it is daily necessary to do 2-3 pricks. Not all have an opportunity with such frequency to carry an animal in veterinary clinic. Therefore it is desirable for owners of dogs to learn to inject independently.
It is required to you
- - syringe with a needle;
- - medicine;
- - muzzle
Instruction
1. Muzzle on a dog or tie up it a muzzle bandage. Ask the assistant to record an animal.
2. Carefully wash up hands with soap. Take the syringe and a needle. It is necessary to remember that for carrying out injections it is necessary to use only sterile tools. Gain necessary amount of medicine in the syringe and, having lifted it a needle up, produce a little liquid. This manipulation is necessary to remove vials of air.
3. For carrying out a subcutaneous injection move apart hair of a dog between shovels, in the field of withers. Take a skin fold and slightly delay it from a body. Enter a needle under the fold basis, at an angle approximately into 45 degrees. Enter medicine under skin of an animal. Take out a needle, calm and praise a dog. It is optional to disinfect the place of a prick. It is necessary to know that if the piston of the syringe moves ahead rather hardly that, most likely, the needle is entered incorrectly - into skin, but not under it.
4. It is recommended to do an intramuscular injection in a femoral muscle of a hinder leg, from the outer side. Lay a dog sideways and record her hinder leg. Enter a needle approximately at 2/3 of its lengths, perpendicular to a skin of an animal. In case of blood, take out a needle and give an injection in other place. If blood did not act - quietly enter medicine, pull out a needle and slightly massage the place of a prick.
5. Performance of intravenous injections demands special skills and knowledge. This type of pricks is connected with big risk and has to be carried out only by professionals. An exception of this rule is the situation when at a dog the intravenous catheter is already established.