This message is from: Mary Thurman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
---Karen McCarthy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > This message is from: "Karen McCarthy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > Does anyone out there give shots in the rump area? Karen, Yes, always in the lower thigh below the tail (kind of gives you a bit of an "upswing" when implanting the needle <g>). We have never had any luck using the neck. Line's neck is too muscular to get the needle into, plus I find it makes the horses spooky about their necks, which is not any help when you are trimming their manes up near their ears. The only shots that were given in the chest were the strangles vaccine a couple of years ago, which caused a reaction, and a tetanus vaccine given to our appy several years ago, which hit a nerve and paralyzed his front leg for several weeks. Poor guy couldn't pick up his foot to step up into the barn if he went outside, so we kept him in for two weeks. Not fun for any of us! None of our gang seems to mind being stuck in the rear end - they just go right on eating their hay. Our vet says "if you use two shots/needles use two sites" - one in each side of the rump, in our case. Mary == Mary Thurman Raintree Farms [EMAIL PROTECTED] _________________________________________________________ DO YOU YAHOO!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com
