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This morning, when I drew up Squallie's shot, I had trouble piercing the rubber cap on the bottle but figured I had just missed the target circle. I repositioned the syringe a couple of time and finally it went through. I went to give it to Squallie and it wouldn't pierce his skin. I tried again and it bent the needle! I can only guess that the needle must not have had a point on it. Has anyone else ever experienced this?

ETA: Like an idiot, I disposed of it without looking at it!
 
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The thinner the syringe needle, the easier they bend. I settled on 30 gauge short needles as a compromise between thinness and the likelihood of it bending and stabbing me!
 
It was so weird. I've had them bend before, but never had one that wouldn't pierce the skin. I really wish I had thought to look at the tip before I disposed of it!
 
SpecklesandMe said:
A friend of mine told me about a similar experience once with a dull needle. If others in the batch give you similar trouble, I would return them for a refund. Might be a manufacturing error with the batch.
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I have had some crooked top part of the syringe.made me wonder if top is like that if the dose is off some.
 
I've had a box of BD syringes where for some reason, my girl flinches or meows when I give her the shot. I am a retired R.N. so I think I can safely assume my technique is OK and reasonably consistent. I have often wondered if it was dull needles! I am definitely going to be a little more vigilant when I open a new box of syringes from now on! I have also noticed that the rubber on the top of the plunger of the BD syringes is not always laying at a perfect 90 degree angle. I wish there were other syringe options here is Canada.
 
MrWorfMen's Mom said:
I've had a box of BD syringes where for some reason, my girl flinches or meows when I give her the shot. I am a retired R.N. so I think I can safely assume my technique is OK and reasonably consistent. I have often wondered if it was dull needles! I am definitely going to be a little more vigilant when I open a new box of syringes from now on! I have also noticed that the rubber on the top of the plunger of the BD syringes is not always laying at a perfect 90 degree angle. I wish there were other syringe options here is Canada.
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I noticed that too about the rubber.i thought I had pushed it funny and caused it to do that.im using the BD brand too and that is the ones with the crooked tops of syringes too.
 
Right now I'm using UltiCare syringes. I did retrieve the one that wouldn't pierce the skin and yes, it had no point on it at all. Now I check them all as soon as I take the cap off.

I have also noticed the issue with the rubber stopper, with the BD brand. I've never noticed it with the UltiCare.
 
MrWorfMen's Mom said:
I've had a box of BD syringes where for some reason, my girl flinches or meows when I give her the shot. I am a retired R.N. so I think I can safely assume my technique is OK and reasonably consistent. I have often wondered if it was dull needles!
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Hi Linda,

I wonder whether you're onto something here. When Saoirse was on Lantus last time round I was using BD 0.3ml demi syringes and she used to flinch a bit when I was giving her her injections (doses 0.5IU or less, so Lantus sting not likely to be the culprit). I've been using a different box of the BD syringes since restarting her on Lantus and she doesn't seem to notice me giving her the injections at all now. Definitely food for thought.

Good topic, @Squalliesmom.


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Interesting Mogs! Sounds very similar to my experience. I thought the Lantus was causing a sting given Menace's larger dose. She would not tolerate side or flank shots at all and even her scruff which at low doses had been no problem, became one. It's so upsetting to see them flinch and Menace actually meowed at me and moved away while I was shooting more times than I care to remember. When I switched to Levemir, I expected the problem to instantly go away but it didn't. The meowing stopped but the flinching didn't. I thought it was perhaps a reflex reaction but it seemed to take forever to pass. Now thinking back, there seemed to be an instantaneous improvement and I can only guess it was came about with a new box of syringes. And lo and behold, she now accepts side and flank shots. I'll definitely be more observant going forward. @Squalliesmom I'm too am really glad this topic got started.
 
MrWorfMen's Mom said:
I thought the Lantus was causing a sting ...
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... and I thought it was my fault for being a complete klutz. I would never willingly do anything that would cause my beloved girl even the slightest distress. It used to shrivel me up to see her flinch and also, like Menace, try to move away at injection time. Now I can give her the injection while she's eating her meal and there isn't even a twitch when the needle goes in. I reckon I'm feeling even more relieved about this development than Saoirse is. :)


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Critter Mom said:
It used to shrivel me up to see her flinch and also, like Menace, try to move away at injection time. Now I can give her the injection while she's eating her meal and there isn't even a twitch when the needle goes in. I reckon I'm feeling even more relieved about this development than Saoirse is.
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Ditto on all points with me and Menace! I was periodically ending up in tears when Menace had a major reaction and then found myself upset again about what might happen when the alarm for her next injection went off! Life is definitely much more settled now, thank goodness!
 
Every now and then Bubba flinches and jerks upon injection. I use relion syringes. It happend even before his dose got up to 4.25u .
 
The one I have has absolutely no point on it, whatsoever. I can put my finger on it and push down and...nothing. Poor Squallie! I must have poked him three times before I realized something was very wrong with the needle! Glad it didn't pierce his skin, it would have punched or torn a big hole in him!
 
Squalliesmom said:
The one I have has absolutely no point on it, whatsoever. I can put my finger on it and push down and...nothing. Poor Squallie! I must have poked him three times before I realized something was very wrong with the needle! Glad it didn't pierce his skin, it would have punched or torn a big hole in him!
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Yikes! Squallie must be one patient puddycat! I'd definitely be making a complaint to the company! Sounds like their quality control leaves something to be desired!
 
Time for a refund request, Lucy. :)

I have found this discussion extremely valuable. And quite comforting: it means a lot to know that it may not have been me screwing up Saoirse's injections last year. Thank you for that; it means a great deal. Were it not for you starting this topic, I might never have learned that sometimes syringe needles can be dodgy. Should it ever happen again that Saoirse becomes uncomfortable with injections I'll know to try a different batch of syringes rather than persist with making her uncomfy while mistakenly believing that I suffer from irremediable hypodermic ineptitude. :)


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