Baytril needle clogged!? Please help

[Demonatrix]

I've been giving my beard that a rescued baytril injections everyday for over a week. When I went to inject him last night the plunger was stuck as if something was clogging the needle. So I removed the needle from him and tried to figure out what was wrong.

I was able to pull the plunger up but not down. When I tried to force it it squirted out the top. At this point I had that needle and 3 others. The next 2 had the same issue. That last one was fine so I injected him with that. However now I have 3 "bad" needles and only one of them has baytril in it because I didn't try to force that one. The vet is closed on Sundays so I can't give him his injection today. And I don't think I'll be able to get to the vet till Thursday! I'm freaking out. I don't want to have gotten this far and have to do a whole new round of shots just because the needles were screwed and he couldn't finish his "term". I know baytril can take a while to show signs it's working if it even does but he seems a little better already and I'd hate to mess up his healing process.

Does anyone have any ideas on what I can do?

 

[Germ]

Can you sterilize the working needle by boiling it or alcohol, even bleach thoroughly rinsed. Pull the plungers & transfer the Baytril from the non-working ones to the sterilized working one, the replace the plunger. Hold the needle pointed up & plunge to remove the trapped air.

 

[Germ]

Can just the needle tips be interchanged? Possibly check with your local druggist, who knows they may have baytril or equivalent.

 

[Demonatrix]

Ohhhh good ideas! I am going to try the switching needles idea. I will sanitize the working one and do it that way. Tho that only helps me for today but I am going to try to figure out how to get to the vet tomorrow.

Thanks so much