AlexBarnes
New Member
Hi, my name is Alex and I recently bought a Russian Tortoise who is the light of my life. His name is Popcorn. Sadly, I bought him sick unknowing the signs of a respiratory infection. Long story short, my vet prescribed him Fortaz shots for the respiratory infection. They went over how to do it and showed me how. My vet told me to inject between a scale, but the vet tech came in and injected him in the soft skin behind his front leg. Needless to say he freaked out and acted like the shot was extremely painful. I have two questions. Is there an easy way to inject him because he was extremely squirmy and I feel very uneasy administering the shot. Also what is the best place to administer the Fortaz injection? Behind the leg or in between a scale, or somewhere else on the front leg? Thanks for any help that is given. I appreciate it more than you know.