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> remember you are balancing the length of time to get the solution in 
> vs actual pain from the needle.  The most pain is from the initial 
> injection and then when the med goes in.  I prefer fast!!!  Also, 
> thump the area several times before actually putting in the needle.  
> Let the horse settle down a bit before injection the solution.  
> Sometimes doing this during graining time is helpful as the horse is 
> distracted.

And, if having to give a medication over a period of days, switch your 
injection sites.  Or even if giving vaccines spread out over a couple 
days - use different sides of the neck.  Or for multiple days of 
penicillin, use the chest or (my least favorite as it is the most 
dangerous for me!) the large muscle on the rump - both sides.  I always 
feel bad cramming those big old needles in a horse day after day if on a 
course of antibiotics - but without the big needles I was never 
successful in injecting penicillin fast enough to get out of the way 
before the horse freaked out.  Apparently penicillin tends to burn going 
in, too (is that true, vet folks?) - so horses who were great about 
other injections were just terrible about penicillin.  Poor guys.

Alissa



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