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LOL, that is almost the same set. But an 8 gauge is slightly smaller than a 10Fr. I bet in Stainless a 16 (what I have now in tubing) would be perfect because the walls would be thinner. For now I think I'm good.
I fed Casey her last antibiotic with another 30ml of smoothie and she pooped her first real poop in about 2 wks (probably from the last feeding). So going forward, her medication is done and hopefully she will decide to eat in the near future. So here is what I'm thinking for her feeding:
My ducks go through about 25 lbs of food / week (self choice). So 7 days / week/ 15 ducks gives me an average of almost 4 oz / day / duck. I'm thinking that Casey is one of the smaller ducks so is probably on the low end plus I will still give her free choice meal worms (some), food and lettuce (unlimited). So I should probably tube feed about half of that. I measured that out and it comes to 1/3 of a cup of dry food - almost 80ml - so probably 90ml of mush (the water won't increase the volume that much since there is lots of air around the pellets.) So I'm figuring on feeding her 2 feedings of 45 ml each per day.
Also for consideration, she weighed 4-1/4 lbs last May and is currently 3-3/4 lbs, so she's down 1/2lb or 12% - she was fattened up for winter so she probably lost a bit more than that, but I doubt she weighed over 4-3/4 lbs 3 weeks ago (or even that much). I will monitor her weight much more closely now. Does this level of feeding make sense to you Kathy? My guess is just based on we get 2 buckets out of a 50lb bag and go through about a bucket/week so just a guess.