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

[Michelle Creedy]

Hi Nella 

Thanks for the great suggestions. I really appreciate all the knowledge on
this list. It's great!

Michelle



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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
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> 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.
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> I'll be going to convention so hope to meet some of you there.
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> Michelle
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