Lumps after antibiotic injections

[farmerjan]

Agree, open up the already burst out part, squeeze/work out any more junk... wash off with clean water... and some antibacterial spray around the surface... It will take a few weeks to heal over as long as all the "junk" is out... You can take an old rag with very warm soapy water, and use it to "soak" the scab off, get it to drain more... wash off the hair/skin around it....then fly spray so they leave it alone...

She is looking much better.... Glad the antibiotic shots have disappeared... that is fairly common in any animal getting oxytet/tetracycline of some sort... lumps and usual gradual clearing/shrinking as it is fully absorbed into the body.... it is an irritant and it causes that reaction... Some worse than others.

Looks like she is also learning to finally eat feed.... that's great too....

Looks like you are doing just fine with her.....

 

[Ridgetop]

Definitely open the scab and flush out the pocket. You can use a syringe without a needle. If you can get iodine, that is what I use to flush out abscesses. You can also put some injectible antibiotic in the pocket using a needless syringe. I use the tubes of mastitis antibiotic since they are made to inject into teats. I use those tubes for any puncture wounds after I have cleaned them out really well. It is an off label use but works well for punctures that otherwise tend to seal up on the outside and then make huge abscesses under the skin. If the hole where the abcess drained is very large, I might give a shot of Penn. Definitely spray with something to protect the site from flies. Alumashield is good for that.

When vaccinating young lambs and goat kids, we inject sub Q under the skin of the inside hind leg. The action of the leg rubbing on the groin as the animal walks tends to help dissipate the medication. On older animals, I pat the injection site about 10 times before injecting sub Q or IM to desensitize it.

 

[SteepedInSheep]

Looks like she is also learning to finally eat feed.... that's great too....

She only eats it when she's desperate. She's making progress, though. She used to just push it around and mouth it but now she will eat most of it if I give it to her close to bottle time. It's weird to see an animal not go crazy for grain. My goats would never.