Rooster about to die from anemia/dehydration caused by mites! HELP!

[Haunted55]

If you have a wildlife rehabilator close by, call them. They KEEP French Catheters onhand for tubing the orphaned wildlife, and may have a unique treatment for re-hydration. I know I always got babies After the vet closed, so I learned all kinds of tricks to save a life, Including keeping bottles of saline on hand (which can be injected under the skin). Oh, how I wish that I had had access to Pedialyte back then!

Great info!!!

 

[casportpony]

If you have a wildlife rehabilator close by, call them. They KEEP French Catheters onhand for tubing the orphaned wildlife, and may have a unique treatment for re-hydration. I know I always got babies After the vet closed, so I learned all kinds of tricks to save a life, Including keeping bottles of saline on hand (which can be injected under the skin). Oh, how I wish that I had had access to Pedialyte back then!

Very good info and one could always try a cat/kitten/dog/puppy rescue place, they always have stuff on hand. However, where I live, both the Wildlife Rescue Places near me have *very* limited hours, but there are many vets that stay open until 6pm and a few that are open 24/7 and I think all of them KEEP feeding tubes in stock. They might not have all they sizes, but I bet they'd have something that would work.

FWIW, I have found the size 18 to work best for tubing birds 500 grams or larger.

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​