roxy's_mom
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My little mare some how pulled a shoulder muscle friday night, i think she slipped on the mud that came from all the rain we've had for two days.
Called my vet Saturday morning to get his advice on what I needed to do. His recommendations were to wrap all four legs from fetlock to the knee and hock, 1/2 tablet of Bute 2x daily for 3 days then cut back to 1/4 tablet for the remaining 4 days, 5cc Penicillin 2x daily for 7 days, and hose/massage shoulder area 2-3x daily if possible for several days to help with swelling and turnout to keep her from getting stiff. She went from not bearing weight friday night/saturday morning to putting some weight on saturday afternoon/evening and all of today. The swelling seems to have gone down and she seems in better spirits but still limps.
I've been giving the Penicillin in her mouth because I'm afraid to give shots (heard to many stories of people giving shots and accidently killing the horse) and because I'm afraid of needles myself ( I can use a needle to get the Penicillin out of the bottle but that's it). She won't eat anything after I give her the Penicillin in the mouth, I think it makes her food taste bad. My vet has showed me many times where I can give shots in the neck but I can never seem to remember how far past the shoulder I can go and be safe with out hitting anything major. What's the width you can go past the shoulder, any one know? Hand's width up and over? And the needle I have is a 22G x 3/4", would that size work or do I need to get smaller needles? Thanks for any help or advice!
Becky M.
I've been giving the Penicillin in her mouth because I'm afraid to give shots (heard to many stories of people giving shots and accidently killing the horse) and because I'm afraid of needles myself ( I can use a needle to get the Penicillin out of the bottle but that's it). She won't eat anything after I give her the Penicillin in the mouth, I think it makes her food taste bad. My vet has showed me many times where I can give shots in the neck but I can never seem to remember how far past the shoulder I can go and be safe with out hitting anything major. What's the width you can go past the shoulder, any one know? Hand's width up and over? And the needle I have is a 22G x 3/4", would that size work or do I need to get smaller needles? Thanks for any help or advice!
Becky M.