First-time do-it-yourselfers, whether it’s a home project or pet vaccination, gain confidence from a little self-education and practice. The giant savings is good reason to invest a few minutes learning about do-it-yourself vaccines.
Glance over our Do-it-Yourself instructions. Familiarize yourself with the easy vaccination steps. Practice: Draw water into a spare syringe (they’re cheap) and eliminate the air in the syringe. Crumple up a bath towel, place it on a table, then inject the water in one smooth movement just below the first layer of cloth. Practice with your pet. Draw a fold of skin at the neck and shoulder, then visualize yourself injecting the vaccine just below the skin. Practice will prepare you and your pet for actual vaccination. Once you do it the first time, your annual boosters will be easy. Besides, who do you think your pet would rather be vaccinated by? A vet … or you?
Other suggestions: Many of our customers have ‘vaccination parties.’ They do group vaccinations with friends or family members who have pets, with the person most comfortable with vaccinating doing all the animals.
Don’t forget. There’s a huge number of dog and cat owners out there who are already comfortable with a syringe. Who are they? Doctors, nurses, emergency medical technicians, paramedics and lab techs … plus diabetics … plus people with a farm background used to vaccinating their livestock and companion animals. Do you have pet-owning friends or family who fit any of those descriptions? Hold a get-together with your pets. You’ll all save money, and you’ll have fun doing it.