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Old 29-05-2011, 03:55 AM   #21
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Hello! Apologies for delay on getting back to you all.
Bowser is back home after a week at vets, leg looking much better, much more mobility in it. (I didn't notice how little he was using it. Flies around now!)
Causing the swelling was a bacterial infection, discovered by a biopsy from the knee joint which found a lot less than the vet was expecting given the size of the leg.
It's still swollen, and I have been given three 0.2ml shots to give myself Sunday, Weds and Sat.
One thing I forgot to ask... How far do I push the needle in?
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Old 29-05-2011, 01:00 PM   #22
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Something I have never attempted - I can inject humans but not my tortoises.

I expect EJ or Danny can help you out here - or just phone The vet (if it's John Chitty ) he really won't mind you phoning him.

Glad Browser is getting better - let us no how he gets on.
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Old 29-05-2011, 03:55 PM   #23
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It all depends on what antibiotic was given as to how you should inject it. What did they give you? It sounds like he is doing much better.

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Old 29-05-2011, 04:04 PM   #24
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Not sure what it is, just know it's 0.2 ml of something.
&& it's being given in to the top right of the thigh (looking from the rear). Poor mites skin has all peeled where it's been given (at least I know where to aim )
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Old 29-05-2011, 04:45 PM   #25
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Some antibiotics you only want to do just under the skin (subcutaneous) and some into a muscle (intramuscular) and some you can do either way. So it would help for you to call the vet and ask what antibiotic you got and how best to give it.

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Old 29-05-2011, 05:34 PM   #26
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It's Fortum, and it doesn't really matter how far.
Will let you know how it goes. Have to do it around 7-8ish.
...But I am most definitely not nervous.... *starts shaking*
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Old 29-05-2011, 07:23 PM   #27
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If you lived near me I would do it for you, I inject 4-6 times daily, I'm a diabetic, I have done more jabs that you've had hot dinners !!!! I could inject in my sleep !!!!
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Old 29-05-2011, 09:37 PM   #28
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If you lived near me I would do it for you, I inject 4-6 times daily, I'm a diabetic, I have done more jabs that you've had hot dinners !!!! I could inject in my sleep !!!!
I still couldn't inject my tortoise though Jackie and I'm a nurse !!!
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Old 29-05-2011, 10:29 PM   #29
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Sotn general? If so I'm in the lab upstairs processing the blood you send me haha!

It's done! May have not got a full 0.2 as I over-squirted the needle as I was worried about injecting air, but he got *most* of the dose lol

Just hoping he won't hate me now that I'm the bad guy
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Old 29-05-2011, 10:36 PM   #30
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Sotn general? If so I'm in the lab upstairs processing the blood you send me haha!

It's done! May have not got a full 0.2 as I over-squirted the needle as I was worried about injecting air, but he got *most* of the dose lol

Just hoping he won't hate me now that I'm the bad guy
He probably will but he'll get over it lol

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