Thanks Cyn. That's great information to have. Especially about the saline dilution and warming it up so she doesn't squirm from the shot. Now I just need to know how much to administer to her. And if I ever do have to dilute it due to thickening, how much, and how do I go about it? I would imagine one would have to extract a certain amount from the bottle and then draw up some sterile saline, leave a bit of an air gap and then shake the living daylights out of it?
I'm sooooooo clueless!
Evie is not an especially large bird. If I had to guess at her weight, I'd put her at right around 4 to 5 pounds. I do intend to weigh her before we get all of this madness underway. I have a wonderful and very accurate postal scale for just such occasions!
To the best of your knowledge Cyn, is there a chart somewhere around here with the dosing amounts in correlation to how much the bird weighs? That sure would be handy. I suppose I could just Google it, but time is precious these days, and I get so easily distracted.
Why do you think all of my posts end up so long winded? Distractions, I tell ya! Distractions!
OK kids! Break time is over....back to the salt mines of putting more tile down and playing in the mud!!
Y'all have a great afternoon.
Oh yeah, almost forgot again. Tim, if you have a farm museum anywhere in your neck of the woods, try contacting them. They may have a fully restored unit in their collection. And even if they don't, they'll probably have a pretty good idea of where you might be able to get your hands on a copy of the original instruction manual. Heck, even just an illustration page with all of the components and their function listed would be of great assistance to you right now, I should think! Good luck on that and please keep us posted on how you're coming along with it. As I said before, I've seen a couple of them fully restored and they are a beautiful sight to behold when they're completely intact and in working order!
Evie is not an especially large bird. If I had to guess at her weight, I'd put her at right around 4 to 5 pounds. I do intend to weigh her before we get all of this madness underway. I have a wonderful and very accurate postal scale for just such occasions!
To the best of your knowledge Cyn, is there a chart somewhere around here with the dosing amounts in correlation to how much the bird weighs? That sure would be handy. I suppose I could just Google it, but time is precious these days, and I get so easily distracted.
OK kids! Break time is over....back to the salt mines of putting more tile down and playing in the mud!!
Oh yeah, almost forgot again. Tim, if you have a farm museum anywhere in your neck of the woods, try contacting them. They may have a fully restored unit in their collection. And even if they don't, they'll probably have a pretty good idea of where you might be able to get your hands on a copy of the original instruction manual. Heck, even just an illustration page with all of the components and their function listed would be of great assistance to you right now, I should think! Good luck on that and please keep us posted on how you're coming along with it. As I said before, I've seen a couple of them fully restored and they are a beautiful sight to behold when they're completely intact and in working order!
