Do you trust Tractor Supply for Vaccines?

I purchase my vaccines from my feed store. We also have another store Atwoods..where I purchase my meds. Ive used online stores also. TSC is usually higher in price in my area.

 

Anytime we buy medication from any place other than our vet we are not sure it was handled correctly. Not all employees take handling meds seriously. Its a risk.
Might talk with TSC manager and see what their protocol is for refrigerated medication. I know our store here is pretty stricked.. but again..can't always be sure emplyees take it seriously.

 

I prefer the tsc vaccine because they carry colorado serum ones.... no knots. Our southern states i always get knots with.... it is not colorado serum.

 

No - I order from a vet supply company They pack and ship well and provide coolers, ice packs etc.

 

Probably, in the Winter in cooler temps, TSC is ok. Summer- there is no way of knowing if they kept the vaccines chilled. In the summer, the lazy employees at the nearest TSC will leave the trucks to be unloaded for days, so the vaccines are sitting in heat. (they are not packed in long term coolers).

 

I order from online most of the time, unless it’s a shelf stable med. Even with those it’s usually just easier to get everything all at once in one order, so if I think I might get low or an expiration date is coming up it’ll also go in my online order. Texas heat is nothing to mess with, so I also place my yearly order in late December to the first week of February so the weather is my friend not my enemy. I’ve ordered extra ice packs with overnight shipping and they’ve been melted in the foam or insulated coolers.

 

If you are clean..wipe the top with alcohol between pulling meds out. Use new needles and store proper..you don't have to toss it. CD antitoxin has this same warning. I never toss it. Tetanus antitoxin is the same. I used to toss the left overs until I learned I really didn't have to. Being clean is important to prevent bacteria to enter the bottle.