i got some work to do and it havnt been explaned to me coz i have to do it myself really but i can get help for it, my college work i have looked on google but i really dont understand if anyone know what this is and can explan it to me simple. its 2 things only one i need to know a ferrt needs an intravenous induction agent injection do u know what it is and means? i though it was for a female ferret in season. but i think im work.
and the other is a post operative ferret requires an analgesic subcutaneous injection i dont have any idea i have looked on google and it different things coming up any one that could help i appreciate it.

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Hi

Intravenous means injected directly into a vein, induction implys that it is going to start something off (like labour). Does this fit in with the problem?

Subcutaneous means injecting under the skin and analgesia is a painkiller.

Hope this helps a bit - I'm sure someone in a medical profession will be able to either correct me or give you a more detailed answer.

not sure i understand what you're asking?? how to carry out the procedures, or just what the words mean??

analgesic = painkiller
subcutaneous = just under the skin, i.e. not intravenous
intraveous = into a vein
induction = setting a process in motion..... usually referring to childbirth but not always. guessing that as ferrets stay in season until mated (and the prolonged season can lead to aplastic anaemia which is potentially fatal) it may relate to the jill jab??

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ive got to draw a poster how to restrain the ferret to have the injections and why its improtant to carry out this procedure in the appropriate way.

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the most i know about ferrets is how to handle and do nomral care and i know a female ferret wont comout of season unless they have been bred or have been to the vets and they sort it out coz they will soon bleed to death from it. thats all i know i dont own one i seen my mate get bit by one and it was hanging on and from then i dont like them.

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I think you need to find out which veins are used for injecting ferrets - maybe femeral artery (inside the back leg/thigh) would be the easiest but I could well be wrong. Subcutaneous jabs are usually where there is a bit of excess skin - scruff of the neck?
Then work out the best way to hold it still without the injector or the restrainer getting bitten - I would also include thick gloves in your diagram

The intravenous induction agent would be administering an anaesthetic. It would usually be given into the cephalic vein which runs along the top of the front leg. To restrain you would need to hold the ferret still laying down on its sternum (upright) with your hand behind its elbow to keep the leg still. You may be requird to 'raise' the vein, making it more prominent by applying pressure in the crook of the elbow with your thumb. It would be important to restrain correcty to ensure the injection wasnt given peri vascular (outside the vein) by mistake and that the anaesthetist doesnt get bitten!! The sub cutaneous analgesic injection is a painkilling injection which in ferrets would usually be given in the scruff of the neck. The scruff is pulled upwards gently to make a 'tent' or triangle of skin, the drug would then be injected into this at a 45 degree angle. For restraint I would recommend again lying the ferret on its sternum, place the flat of your hands one over the head and one over the rump and apply gentle pressure. Useful restraining aids to have close by are thick, long gloves and a big thick towel which can be used to wrap the ferret up in. Hazards if not carried out correctly include- bites to handler or injector, needle stick injuries to handler or injector, injury to ferret from restraining too hard, injections going into the wrong place. Hope that helps, let me know if you need anything else explaining. Good luck with the project!

Only in reply to your comment about jills in season, they don't actually bleed at all but they can die from aplastic anemia I think it is called so maybe have a read up on that if it is relevant to your 'course'

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Loobylou you explained that so well!
Just out of interest, is there a reason why it has to be a vein rather than an artery? I was thinking that it might be really tricky to get at the cephalic vein on something with such diddy legs but you obviously know your stuff. I thought of the femural artery as it was the furthest away from the teeth! I've seen rabbits euthanised via a vein in its ear.

To be honest most ferrets these days are either gassed down in a chamber with inhaled anaesthetics or injected into the muscle with a heavy sedative then topped up with gas and oxygen. Safer for both the ferret and handler!

The two main reasons for using a vein over an artery are 1) injecting into a cein will get the drug to the heart and brain more quickly and 2) occasionally when injecting you will get blood 'leaking' out of the hole you have made in the vein, this isnt too much of a problem with veins as they are under low pressure but arteries are under high pressure and you would be at risk of heavy blood loss.