How to make a prick a cat

Let's start with subcutaneous injections, since it is quite simple. Such an injection is made in the withers, in the area between the shoulder blades. This place is practically insensitive, so the animal will not twitch and break away. The chance to get to the wrong place is reduced to zero. If you have a thick-skinned cat, then use an insulin needle is not desirable, since it can bend. If the dose of the drug is small and the skin is thin, then an insulin syringe with a thin needle is the most successful option.

So, draw the medicine into the syringe and releaseair bubbles. Such a prick is better done together, so that one pricked, and the other kept the cat. The skin needs to be seized with three fingers and pulled as much as possible (an average of 5-7 cm). The middle finger should be slightly pressed into the skin, to get a kind of pocket between the folds of the skin. You need to stab it in this hollow. Hold the syringe parallel to the spine, making an injection at a distance of 1-2 cm from the spine. Need to deepen the needle by 1-2 cm, and if you have an insulin needle, then you can enter it completely. As soon as the needle penetrates under the skin, you will cease to feel resistance. You can move a little with a needle to make sure it is correctly penetrated.

According to the rules of 20 ml of the drug, about twominutes, so try to slowly inject the medicine to your pet. If you notice the moisture on the fur, then the cat did not get a shot, because you did not inject the needle deeply enough and the whole medicine poured out. The site of the injection does not need to be disinfected, since the blood does not protrude. If you really want, then you can wipe the place before and after the injection with chlorhexidine.

Make intramuscular injection cat a bit complicated. This injection is made into the fleshy part of the leg. The basic rules are the same as for a subcutaneous injection. Such a prick can be painful, so you need to hold your pet firmly. If the needle was injected almost parallel to the spine with a hypodermic injection, this time the needle should be inserted at an acute angle, going deep by 1-2 cm. Be very careful, you can get into the bone, which is not a desirable action. If the needle injects blood into the syringe, the needle should be removed immediately, and the injection site should be treated with iodine or alcohol.

To pinpoint the site of the injection and to fall into the bone, you must first grope this very femoralbone. There will also be located a muscle, in the center of which it will be necessary to prick. With numerous injections, seals can form in the same place. They are treated with iodine or alcohol compresses. You can get into the bone, as already mentioned above. The animal may limp slightly. The cat will also limp if the medicine has a negative irritant effect.

Initially, you can practice on a soft toy, so as not to injure the animal. So you will gain experience, and to make a prick a cat from the first time you will not be difficult. Intravenous injections require special training, so thiskind of injections and droppers doctors try not to prescribe. If there is no other way, then it is better to carry the animal to the veterinary clinic every time. For safety, it's better to call someone to help, as the injection is intramuscularly very painful, and the animal will be against this manipulation. The subcutaneous injection is very long, so in both cases the animal should be firmly held tight.