Needle Length Preference

Is needle length a matter of personal preference? 5/16 short....or 1/2 in. ?

 

It might depend on the coat as well. I bet if you had a huge fluffy fella, you may want a bit extra length.

I like the short ones myself but both mine have short coats.

 

I have always used the longer needles - and then someone wrote that they hurt more - and although Dude never reacts at all to the shots, I decided to try the shorter ones.

I got worse numbers on the short needles - when I went back to the long ones, they got better.

Emmy & Dude (& Mittst too)

 

Just wondering how you can get better numbers with the longer needles? What was the problem with the short needles?

 

I agree Emmy, same here. As to why, I don't know. Maybe just better absorption?

In the recently submitted AAHA Diabetes Guidelines they say to use the longer needles but unfortunately they don't say why.

http://www.aahanet.org/PublicDocuments/ ... elines.pdf

"Do not use "short" needles. A standard 29-g, half-inch length needle is recommended."