[RC] For those who give their own shots... - Sherman
I recently saw the WNV on a website, not valleyvet, but can't
remember which it was. However, when I buy the WNV from my vet, as opposed to
him giving it, they tell me to use it within 48 hours.
Also, I always had epinepherine on hand, "just in case" of
anaphalictic shock, however, I no longer see that available in the catalogues
without a prescription. I suppose I could buy a vial of it from the vet when
mine goes out of date. Luckily, I've never had to use it yet, but if you give
your own shots, you should have it on hand.
I give shots to 7 horses, so it does save me some $$, at
least enough to get a new pair of shoes (for the horse, not me). I do still need
to have the vet come out at $60 a farm call to give the rabies, as we are not
allowed to do that ourselves in CA. Funny though, the vet used to have me
give the rabies vac to my mustang, as she wouldn't let him do
it.
Kathy
Is it only a significant savings if you have more than one
horse?
I have one horse. I will only save about $20 overall if I
buy some of the shots online (valleyvet.com) and do them myself. Is
there a cheaper source for vaccines?
I have to use the vet for Rabies and Coggins...
can't find a WNV shot at valleyvet... and don't want to try and do Strangles
intranasally myself. Here's how it breaks down... I only save around
$20.
VET AND ME Rabies (vet): $16.00 WNV (vet): $24.00 Strangles
(vet): $25.00 Coggins (vet): $34.00 Rh/F (me): $14.25 EWT (me):
$6.39 PHF (me): $8.59 TOTAL: $128.23
I suppose doing some of the
shots myself would *not only* save $20, but would also allow me to spread
them out over the course of a few days to limit my horse's soreness. I
don't know, do y'all find it worth the effort?
