Many owners of domestic animals treat them as family members and are very worried when their pets get sick. They are ready to pay for the services of the best veterinarians, buy expensive medications, and do everything to cure their cat. Often veterinarians appoint cats to intramuscular and subcutaneous injections. As a rule, this is a course of injections, and every day to wear a cat for injections is quite problematic. Therefore, the owners of cats are useful information, how to inject your own cat. And having learned to make a shot, you will save the cat from unnecessary stress, and yourself from additional expenses.
How correctly to do or make nyxes to cats?
It will take
- several children's or insulin syringes with thin needles;
- preparations for injection;
- a treat for a cat;
- plaid.
Preparing for the injection
It is important to prepare the animal for the procedure. The cat needs to be placed on a surface convenient for it, and next to put a treat. Prepare a syringe with the medicine in advance. The injection should be done at the same time, and before the procedure itself, give the cat something tasty. Praise the cat, speak to her in a calm, even voice.
How do I inject subcutaneously?
If you saw that your animal is calm, take a crease on the cat's withers and pull it. With your free hand, take the syringe and insert the needle under the skin. Be sure to look for the needle to be in the subcutaneous space, and not leave the skin folds on the other side. If it's okay, inject the medicine under your skin. Your movements should not be sharp, but sure. If the wool after the injection has become wet, then under the skin did not hit the liquid. You need to recruit a new dose and repeat the injection. Now take out the needle and tell your cat affectionate words. If you follow the recommendations, you can learn how to correctly inject a cat. If the wool is dry, then the medicine has not leaked and the injection has been done correctly. The cat needs to be released and treated with a delicacy. If the cat is prescribed an injection course, do not colitis in the same place.
note
- When you choose a place for subcutaneous injection, you need to find a place where the skin can be folded. This will be the lower back of the animal or the area of the shoulder blades.
- The skin of the cat is folded into the fold with the thumb and forefinger of the left hand, and keep the syringe with your right hand.
- Inject the needle into the base of the skin fold by 2 cm, the depth will depend on the thickness of the skin of the cat.
- Use disposable syringes and discard them immediately after the injection.
- In order to easier to dose the drug, you need to choose a syringe with a capacity that would match the volume of the vaccine.
How to do intramuscular injections to a cat?
To make the skin an intramuscular injection, you need to find the muscles behind the thigh bone. It is necessary to introduce a needle into the thickness of the muscles to a depth of one and a half centimeters. The angle of the syringe to the surface of the skin should be less than the straight. Fix the animal, you need to put the cat on your right side, press the hind legs to the floor with your right hand, and press your left paws with your left hand. You need to hold it tight so that the cat does not jerk at the most crucial moment. The injection is done in the most meaty and thickest part of the thigh. It is better to do with someone together, one holds a cat, and another pricks.
Following these tips, you can correctly learn to do cats injections.