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Oral Gavage Needle to Avoid Soft Tissue Injury in Animals While Feeding

The oral gavage needle is the best option to feed the mice and the rats that easily pushes the liquid compound directly into the stomach without hurting the soft tissues of the animals in anyways. The malleable disposable oral gavage needle comes with a flexible tubing that helps it in bending easily.

This ensures a smooth feeding process without a single cut. A sharp tip can easily hurt the soft muscles of the animals and that is why these gavage needles are ball-tipped. GavageNeedle.com makes your purchase for surgical instruments like malleable disposable oral gavage needle not only easy but also cost-effective. Order and receive at your convenience.

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Selecting Correct Gavage Needle Size

Choosing the right gavage needle is essential to ensure safe and effective dosing, and it largely depends on the species, weight, and age of the rodent. At GavageNeedle.com, we offer a wide range of high-quality, reusable oral gavage needles to match your lab’s needs.

Here is a document from George Washington university that provides guidelines on gavage needles sizes based on animal weight. Click Here to access the article 

For rats, you'll typically use a thicker gauge:

• Small rats between 50–100g often require a 20G or 18G needle.

• Rats from 100–200g typically benefit from an 18G needle with added length (2–3").

• Larger rats (200–300g) may need a 16G needle, especially for higher volumes or thicker solutions.

Always choose the needle length to match the esophageal distance—from the rodent’s mouth to the sternum—to prevent aspiration or injury.

Gavage / Animal Feeding Needle Sizes for Mouse and Rats

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Introducing New Disposable Gavage / Animal Feeding Needle

Our goal was to bring you a better disposable gavage / feeding needle at a much lower cost and we are please to announce the launch of new disposable gavage / animal feeding needle. It is packed in sterile pouch ready to use. We have launched it with limited sizes and currently only in straight versions but new sizes and curved versions will be launched soon. Here are the key features:

• Sterile pouch packed 
• Steel tubing for strength while feeding
• Smooth stainless steel ball tip to minimize tissue injury
• plastic luer lock hub that fits most syringes
• Priced at $35 for a box of 20 disposable animal feeding /gavage needles