I need your help and input! Warning, contains pictures of deceased peafowl!

[zazouse]

Size 30 french tube, 16" long.
Tubing pictures:










-Kathy

These are AWESOME visuals Kat well done

 

[casportpony]

This should give everyone an idea of how big that tube is:

Here are the sizes:

French
Gauge Diameter
(mm) Diameter
(inches)
3 1 0.039
4 1.33 0.053
5 1.67 0.066
6 2 0.079
7 2.3 0.092
8 2.7 0.105
9 3 0.118
10 3.3 0.131
11 3.7 0.144
12 4 0.158
13 4.3 0.170
14 4.7 0.184
15 5 0.197
16 5.3 0.210
17 5.7 0.223
18 6 0.236
19 6.3 0.249
20 6.7 0.263
22 7.3 0.288
24 8 0.315
26 8.7 0.341
28 9.3 0.367
30 10 0.393
32 10.7 0.419
34 11.3 0.445​

It's huge, no way to get it down the "wrong hole". It also big enough that crumbles mixed with water will pass through it.

-Kathy

 

[casportpony]

With a little practice on chickens, one should be able to tube any bird, duck, poult, pea, etc.

-Kathy

 

[casportpony]

Which means I will have to provide instructions for all of them... sigh. Baby chicks, birds (finches, pigeons, etc) and ducklings can be tricky, and I would not suggest learning how to tube on them.

-Kathy

 

[casportpony]

more info:
Rubber catheter type feeding tubes come in "French" sizes from 3-34. The smaller the number, the smaller the tube. The smallest one I use is an 8 and I use that on all baby chicks. I think metal crop tubes are sized in gauges, so for those the smaller the number, the larger the tube. The sizes I use most are 8, 10, 16,18 and 30.
Here is the size 8






-Kathy

 

[birdman55]

when I tubed hawk the chicken...it was my first time and all you have to do is go super slow and once it starts to go down it will go easily down...pre measure to where the crop would be on the outside of the bird as a dry run so to speak....and then mark on the tube so you know how far to go down...and then do it....thanks again Kathy for the help...and so sorry for the loss of your peafowl....

 

[casportpony]

when I tubed hawk the chicken...it was my first time and all you have to do is go super slow and once it starts to go down it will go easily down...pre measure to where the crop would be on the outside of the bird as a dry run so to speak....and then mark on the tube so you know how far to go down...and then do it....thanks again Kathy for the help...and so sorry for the loss of your peafowl....

It was a lot easier than you expected, right?

-Kathy

 

[casportpony]

Volume notes:

Fledgling pigeon - 60 ml twice a day
4-6 month old peafowl - 60-90 ml 2-3 times a day

-Kathy

 

[casportpony]

This is what I have so far (ignore the order, I'll sort that out later).

• When not to tube
• When to tube
• Supplies needed, where to get them and possible substitutions.
• Pictures of supplies
• Pictures and videos of where to insert tube
• Chart with volume of liquid and frequency
• Chart with volume of food and frequency
• Dehydration correction instructions
• Possible complications
• Thickness of formula
• Speed of delivery
• Length of tube needed listed by species and age of bird.

-Kathy

 

[birdman55]

It was a lot easier than you expected, right?

-Kathy

yes it was...it was scary at first cause I had no clue...but she is doing great...here is a pic of her with her fam....she is the one in between the two brown chickens...

Volume notes:

Fledgling pigeon - 60 ml twice a day
4-6 month old peafowl - 60-90 ml 2-3 times a day

-Kathy

also just for clarification on the amount ....that is for food only or for water as well....