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Post by kigerfan on Feb 13, 2008 20:56:35 GMT -5
Firefly is still scared of the vet. She got a puncture wound and she needed a booster tetnus shot. She was far from easy to give the shot. I need some good suggestions of how to get her to relax around the vet. I don't think it's the best idea to force her to accept a shot.
She was somewhat used to her old vet and was able to get her shots, but with a stranger, she's just not having any of it.
After the shot, she was quite ticked off, I had to work with her for an hour before I could touch her neck anywhere near where the shot was given. She was putting her ears back at me and nipping at me though no contact was made. I didn't put her away until I could pet her neck, but she was still sensitive to it.
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Post by fantasykiger on Feb 14, 2008 13:50:09 GMT -5
OH I know your frustration because Fantasy dislikes the vet with a passion. At one point he would not give her shots, he simply left it up to me. Fantasy trusts me and allows me to give her shots so he hands me the shots. That works well and fine but I do not do intravenous shots, so to sedate her for like a ultrasound, it was always a rodeo. We always had to give one shot in the muscle to relax her enough to hold still to get the one in the vein. I wish I could tell you we found a trick a way to train her to except the shots from the vet but the truth is she is now 11 yrs old and just decided to quit fighting. The vet can give her a shot even intravenous shots no big deal maybe an initail snort when he walks up, but then she settles right down when I tell her she will be fine. It just all stopped one day.
I do know I never tapped on her neck first then stabbed her with needle that just would escalate her apprehention about getting the shot. I just gave the shot like it was no big deal.
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Post by nrly on Feb 14, 2008 17:18:32 GMT -5
so far I have been lucky with the way all my horse's react to shots and the vet, but now it is a fight to give a certain few their worm medicine. and my pregnant mare hated being checked by the vet, and i understand she has always been that way.
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Post by angelsdream on Feb 14, 2008 17:36:44 GMT -5
I had seen a vet grab the halter with his left hand, shot in his right and press and rub his thumb under there eye to get there attention on that instead of watchin the shot. Maybe focusing the pressure under there eye and not the shot... he's an old old vet, beein doing it for a long time, so I guess he's came up with his own remedies that work... Ive never had any problems with any of my horses when it came to giving shots.... thank goodness. Thats a nightmare all by itself.. good luck
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