My vet gives me antibiotics to inject at home for my boy, but only after he had seen me do several injections at the surgery first. This is simply because Merlin HATES going in the box and would have needed trips to the vet every other day for an eye injury last year. The stress of the travelling would have caused more problems than me doing the jabs at home, along with the 8 eye drops a day, and various other treatments.
Gladly, at the end of the treatment, Merlin retained full use of the eye with no obvious ongoing issues - Unlike another cat recently, who lost its eye because the owners found two eye drops a day to much lie hard work....
I do take him annually for his boosters and check-up, irrespective of being happy to do sub-cut jabs myself, as my vet still likes to see him (and hear him...) Personally, I think the vet has a mean streak towards me as he adores Merlin..... who sprays me when putting him in the basket!
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