problem with injection site Please help!!

[Fancychooklady]

That's good news. I would think that size 18 gauge needle is a bit big for chickens. Try to source some 20- 22 gauge. We use 18 on our horses.

 

[casportpony]

I think 18 will be fine, 22 is probably too small for Penicillin. I use 22 for Baytril, but 18 for SC fluids, don't use penicillin in my flock and haven't used it in horses in years, so can't really remember how thick it was, lol.

-Kathy

 

[Eggcessive]

I have used 22 gauge to give Pen G to kids, but 20 gauge would be easier. Thicker medications are harder to push through the needle; needles that don't screw onto the syringe will sometimes pop off wasting the meds.

 

[Michael Apple]

Due to the consistency of Penicillin injectible, you must use a 16 or 18 gauge needle to withdraw the penicillin from the bottle. For each injection, a 22 gauge animal needle is used, or a 20 gauge human needle. I remember the frustration I faced before knowing this. Here's some guidelines for Pen G injections, thanks to Poultry Podiatry: https://sites.google.com/a/poultryp...oultry-podiatry#chickens_penicillin_injection

 

[JimH99]

I have seen that happen with giving horses injections with combiotic....they will sometimes get a lump for a few days. Only time I have seen it. I use Bio-Myacin 200 which has non-stinging agent to carry the antibiotic which is oxy-tetracycline and this is exact same as LA-200 except no sting when giving. I also inject Baytril in muscle if I feel it is something serious like a bacteria infection. Remember these do not work on virus type illness.

 

[casportpony]

FWIW, I've seen nasty site reactions from Baytril and Tylan.

-Kathy

 

[Michael Apple]

FWIW, I've seen nasty site reactions from Baytril and Tylan.

-Kathy

Much to do with not sterilizing needles, using the same needle multiple times, and not swabbing injection site with alcohol. Bio-Mycin doesn't burn as much as LA-200.

 

[casportpony]

In all cases I used new needles and swabbed the injection sites and even gave a bolus of fluids with the Baytril, which is what's recommended.

-Kathy

 

[Michael Apple]

In all cases I used new needles and swabbed the injection sites and even gave a bolus of fluids with the Baytril, which is what's recommended.

-Kathy

That's odd. I've never had problems with enrofloxacin (Baytril) or Tylan. Only LA-200. Perhaps a dehydrated bird would be more sensitive to injections.

 

[casportpony]

One might have been dehydrated, but the others were not, you know me, I am the tubing queen, lol.

Hope no one thinks that I don't use them or that I'm recommending against using them, just wanted to share my experience and will always have them in my first aid kit.

-Kathy