Administration of medication to reptiles can be “very slippery.” With the diversity of their physiological and anatomical make-up, choose the route of administration of drugs “is quite complicated. After treatment with scales, teeth, and a cranky attitude makes reptile medication a daunting task for a beginner. There are certain techniques that can be used in treating a sick reptile with drugs. Each form of reptile medication advantages and disadvantages that should be considered carefully so as not to give the reptile more pain.
The administration of fluids or medications by mouth of reptiles is difficult because it has sharp teeth to deal with potentially toxic and the glottis is very sensitive. In addition, all reptiles (and everyone!) Do not feel like a foreign body in the throat has moved and can be very uncooperative. They tend to acquire an unpleasant when one is sick, too. Generally, a catheter or syringe feeding a loan with liquid manure or drugs in the throat to the stomach to the flooding in the glottis, causing fluid to avoid that is inserted into the mouth again. If medication administration is very difficult and risky, another reptile medicine is injected. There are different types of injection: intraocoelomic / intraperitoneal (IC / IP), subcutaneously (SC) and intramuscular (IM). This is the body cavities, loose skin and muscle, respectively. When liquids are injected directly into the body, which are absorbed faster and can be administered at the same time, oral fluids or SC. The problem is that you must be very careful, because if it is bad, a body can be damaged.
To avoid the sites where the injection should be carefully chosen for SQ injections and instant messaging, unnecessarily damaging the reptile. For SQ, in particular, should be injected under the skin often require the injection should be administered several times in different parts of the body of the reptile sufficient dose. After trying to push a shot once the reptile probably more to be fast. Injections of drugs to treat reptiles, should at least have experience in dealing with needles, to avoid a taste of his own medicine – literally!
Reptiles pet owners should be careful in choosing (or only) the nature of the drug reptiles. For example, instant messaging is not suitable for Chameleons “very thin, muscular legs is bad it is less painful, the drug in the body of a poisonous snake, the company in the syringe in the mouth like a crocodile in 2000. . – books with a provision of unpleasant, it is wiser to hide the drug in a piece of food. Wrap the oral medication in a discreet package is delicious to eat more effective with less food. The food is said to interfere with the absorption of drug reptiles, so this method should be seen as a last resort. However, it is important to have experience and expertise in treating reptiles. The ultimate goal of reptiles drugs will not bring more stress, but relief.