Injecting cats

Nassem N. Naimi A quick question:
When giving injection to cats especially painful once do you think using a larger gauge needle would be better for example instead of 21 using 19??? I tried it and it works well but want to hear other vet's opinion!!! (increase the gauge will increase the speed of the injection especially in thick irritating injection)
ONLY S.C. !!!

20 June at 20:43 · Comment · · Flag

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    Sumit Virmani I always think of this while giving ivermectin injection. Thanks you brought this up.

    20 June at 21:43 ·
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    Joseph Cyrus i dont think it will make a difference./

    21 June at 19:08 ·
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    Gurpreet Singh Chahal It does help using a bigger gauge needle. Its my experience only. We use it at the same force to administer the inj. So medicine comes out fast, but with lesser force so less trauma to the the tissue.

    21 June at 23:24 ·
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    Gautam Unny it does make a difference, its simple physics. if the bore is smaller the drug passes with greater velocity making it more painful. larger bore, less pressure, les pain. i do it all the time

    22 June at 09:27 ·
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    Sumit Virmani I guess, 20" or 22" for adult dogs is good enough, Dr. Gautam?
    The needle size that comes with a standard 2 ml syringe is 24".
    

    22 June at 09:35 ·
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    Gagan Gaudi i always use 22g needle for the adult dogs and 23g for pups

    22 June at 09:41 ·
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    Gautam Unny well i normally use a 23g needle and have 20g, 24g, 21g needles available spare. change it according to the need. @sumit you casn get any syringe with needle on order from bhagirath place

    22 June at 09:44 ·
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    Sumit Virmani OK. Thanks, Dr. Gautam / Dr. Gagan :)

    22 June at 09:48 ·
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    Nassem N. Naimi

    In cats for example giving an injection especially painful once will increase the chance of being injured.
    I prefer to use up to 20g needle I know some will not agree but in my experience anyway it will be painful especially when I give Metronidazole SC and I need to give 5-7 CC

    22 June at 10:32 ·
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    Rajshankar Tony Sarma

    I usually use a 25-27G in any patient, so long as the medication will pass through easily. Does reduce responses to most medications, particularly IM.
    
    Not sure about the specific example of painful meds; I can see a benefit to a large gauge needle (just getting all the medication in asap!!!)
    

    24 June at 07:19 ·