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Posted on 03/21/2005 7:18:04 PM PST by HairOfTheDog
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You give it in the vein. I had never given an IV shot, but the vet showed me how and I got it pretty easy. I'm glad I learned, just in case I need to give a shot of Banamine or something like that.
Do you have a marker? I watched and my vet seemed to be right at the crease of the neck and head but he was too fast for me to really get educated about it.
Luckily, my son and DIL, know how to give IV shots. If we ever have to do it, I plan on having them show me. I hate to just practice:)
Becky
Oh, and another thing it might be good for is when the mare's labor slows down and you need to get the baby out fast. My sister uses it when one of her Irish Setters has prolonged labor. She calls them "pop shots" and apparently you can give several of them during the course of one delivery. The guy who owns the stud that I just bred Bluebell back to had a mare to lose her foal this way last Thursday. Said she never would lay down and when she finally did, it was too late, the foal had suffocated. If it works on dogs, it should work on horses. I know that when I gave it to Truly, within a minute she was having really hard contractions and layed down for about 30 minutes, so you would think it would work during labor too. I'll be sure to ask the next time I'm at the vet's.
It's what they give women to increase contractions during labor. We do an IV drip though to regulate.
So do you give it after the foal is born, but before the afterbirth is expelled? Or just after everything?
Becky
Here's a picture. The arrow is where you'd give the shot. You'd put your thumb a couple of inches lower than that.
I guess it'd be best to give it immediately after birth, before the placenta was expelled, but since I had no idea what time the foal was born, I gave it as soon as found the foal, after I was sure it had nursed and there was plenty of milk. I didn't want her laying down if the baby hadn't nursed yet.
I meant before the afterbirth was expelled. Duh!
Oh I'm so sorry for Cindy - it doesn't sound good. Is it possible she really was hit yesterday? I haven't read the rest of the posts yet, but if she's not moving today, I think you might want to have a vet look at her.
How very sad for everyone. I hope they find the cause soon. Just the thought of a fire at my barn terrifies me.
Wow Sharn, that's a scary thread. I'm so glad all that dog got at your place was chickens. You'll be locked and loaded the next time I'm sure.
This is my new view from the pool. New neighbor building an indoor arena. The barn in front of the arena is my next door neighbors place and the new neighbor built the arena very close to their fence line. The next door neighbor is very mad, there's tons of room over there, they didn't have to build that place right on the fence line.
Wow, that's HUGE! It's a shame that they built it so close to the fence, but they have that right I guess. The only thing you can do to protect yourself from things like that is to either build right in the center of your property, or to do it to them first. ;o) Really though, I know of people who have built something right on the fence line to discourage any prospective buyers of adjoining property from building a house right next to them. Nothing like a chicken house or hog house to make you wanna back off.
Precious doesn't hesitate to jump in.
Trixie likes to swim but she's taking it easy in the shallow part.
Cassie the dog pound dog can't decide if she likes water or not.
I love your pool. The rocks around it are really cool, and the dogs are really a hoot. My FIL was always paranoid about dogs getting in his pool coz he was afraid they'd tear up the liner. Yours is a concrete pool isn't it?
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