zoey vagner
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I gave Shiloh his 2nd round of antibiotic today. It was nerve-racking to say the least!
I had him eat a little bit before so he could feel comfortable and gave him a good snuggle (hes a mamas boy and loves attention from me, basically a hard dog hahah).
Anyway, I propped him on top of my leg so that his legs were on both sides and not touching the ground which made it super easy to have minimal movement as I inserted the needle. I also had a towel that I wrapped around his shell so that there was more traction over my leg for the initial jerk reaction to the needle.
Today, I was injecting into the right leg which was easy that the left (im a righty). Overall, it took just 15 seconds to stabilize, insert, inject, and remove.
Hope this helps anyone who needs to do injectables on their tortoise :] Not the most fun activity but there are easier ways to do it!
I had him eat a little bit before so he could feel comfortable and gave him a good snuggle (hes a mamas boy and loves attention from me, basically a hard dog hahah).
Anyway, I propped him on top of my leg so that his legs were on both sides and not touching the ground which made it super easy to have minimal movement as I inserted the needle. I also had a towel that I wrapped around his shell so that there was more traction over my leg for the initial jerk reaction to the needle.
Today, I was injecting into the right leg which was easy that the left (im a righty). Overall, it took just 15 seconds to stabilize, insert, inject, and remove.
Hope this helps anyone who needs to do injectables on their tortoise :] Not the most fun activity but there are easier ways to do it!