12/12/14 Need Help with giving Oz his shot

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Ian & Oz

Ian & Oz

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Hello All,

Oz has being doing much better on his new dose, but Erin & I are now having trouble with consistently giving him a good shot & not a fur shot. I don't know the reason, each time we give the shot it seems the same, but lately more of them have been fur shots. We know to grab his fur & create the tent to inject into, but I'm needing some input from anyone here who may have a way to consistently get the shot administered. It's beyond frustrating knowing that we're letting him down everytime he doesn't get the shot. How many (random) times can he miss his shots before it effects his chances for remission?

Thank you for any help you may have
Ian
 
Hi Ian,
Does Oz have long hair? Rusty (a Maine Coon mix) has very long hair and at first I gave a lot of fur shots when I was trying to shoot on his side, behind his shoulder. I switched to shooting in the scruff. With his long hair I simply pull up the hair on his scruff until I see skin and then shoot.
I don't think this would work on a shorthaired cat, but if Oz has long hair, it works pretty well. (But I still give my share of fur shots! Everyone does.)

Good luck!

Ella & Rusty
 
Hi Ian, Erin and Oz!
I don't do the 'tent' as I tend to shoot right thru it if I do. I hold fur between my thumb and forefinger and roll it back over my hand a bit. This parts the fur leaving a 'part' of skin showing with just a bit of rise. I shoot that 'part'. After I changed to this way, I don't do fur shots as often.

HUGS!
 
Have you seen the post on Testing and Shooting Tips? There's a picture of the roll method that Lyresa is describing. Also, what length needles are you using? Some people prefer the short or the long ones to reduce the number of fur shots.
 
We rarely had fur shots because we shot along the scruff and back from it a couple of inches. You can see well there. We waited til punkin had his head in his food, grabbed a big hunk of skin and pulled it up as far as it easily went, then inserted the needle fairly near the body at the bottom of the tent.

I was helping someone do the roll method and found that she barely had the needle under the skin. I could literally see the shape of the needle through the skin. You want it far enough in the body. There are also quite a few youtube vidoes on giving a cat an insulin shot.

I wouldn't worry about past fur shots and their possible effects. I doubt anyone could know the answer to how many fur shots become a problem. Just try to master a technique that works for you from here on out and move forward.

good luck!
 
Thanks for your replies Ella, Squeeky,Wendy & Julie
I've been reading over the link & have checked out videos too.
Things have been good for the past few days so hope this will continue!

Ian
 
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