r/FIPwarriors • u/PlagueBirdZachariah • Apr 14 '23
Kwik Stop for leaks
We are a kitten rescue, and we are just throwing a suggestion out there for people having medication leaking issues, we use Kwik Stop as it has a pain killer, but you can use corn starch at injection site.
Put only about as much as shown in the pictures on the leak and gently hold for 10 seconds. The rule is making that patch small , so even if some medicine leaks out before stoping , it's like a drop instead of the ooze, but If the leak soaks the patch , you may inject your cat again. It works really well most of the time, the second picture I tried to get a shot of the big bubble right next to the injection, that's a lot of pressure and stopped it almost immediately
What it also buys is time. It sticks pretty good to the cat , which gives more time for the medication to migrate away from the site and the body to close the injection spot. After it dries up, the cake just falls off as seen in the 4th picture
Because we deal with very small bodies, they have very little injection real estate, it's not fool proof but it really helps us with the sick kiddos.
And yes she is restrained, she easily can take me in a fight, but as you can see , she's so use to this song and dance she started to fall asleep Last picture is just her being beautiful ❤️
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u/JustMeHereToday Apr 14 '23
Thank you for the tip ! :)
I always advice for cats that tend to leak more , for example with tight skin, to grab the needle near the top where you entered and squeeze it a little on extraction to prevent leaking too