[Ag-eq] How to Administer Medicine for a Mini

[Zach Mason]

I've been meaning to get marked syringes for giving medication.
Unfortunately all my experience is in cattle and sheep, not horses. When I
give injections they are usually intramuscular- in the muscle, but I prefer
subcutaneous- in the skin. One thing you might be able to do is to have
someone sighted load several syringes with the correct dosage so all you
have to do is give them. 

Giving shots shouldn't be difficult as long as you have the animal
sufficiently restrained. The way things would often work with my mom and I
am that I'd restrain and she'd give the shots, but that was primarily
because I was bigger and better for restraining than she was. 

I'd consult a vet about proper administration procedure before administering
the medication. 

Zac

-----Original Message-----
From: Ag-eq [mailto:ag-eq-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Nella Foster via
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Sent: Sunday, June 14, 2015 6:50 PM
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Subject: Re: [Ag-eq] How to Administer Medicine for a Mini

Hello Michelle:

I hope your mini gets well very soon.

Do you need to give an injection or oral liquid medicine?

I have some syringes that a friend put grooves on the plunger part.  I have
some
marked with each CC and others with the half CC.  I can use these when
giving
liquid medication to dogs, cats, goats and horses.  I just put the syringe
into
the medication and draw it up until I get to the right groove.  If I go to
far I
just squirt the extra back into the bottle.

When I give the medication I put the syringe in the side of their cheeck and
push in the plunger.  I will hold the smaller animals heads up so the
medicine
is more likely to go down their throats.  I can't really do this with a full
sized horse.  I have not learned how to give injections yet, but hope to do
it
someday.

I hope this makes sense, if you have questions I'll try to explain it
better. 
Maybe Zac has some good ideas.

Nella
Quoting Michelle Creedy  via Ag-eq <ag-eq at nfbnet.org>:

> Hi List
>
>
>
> One of my minis has to take some medication because she's got a breathing
> issue. My question is, how do I administer it if it involves a syringe? I
> can't really imagine how to get the right amount and I'm terrified I'll
kill
> her or something stupid. Right now, I've had to ask for help because the
> intervention was something I needed right away. Any help would be
> appreciated.
>
>
>
> I'll be going to convention so hope to meet some of you there.
>
>
>
> Michelle
>
>
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