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[casportpony]

Quote: Thanks! Some math is easy for me, like calculating doses, but other stuff, I get stuck on stupid!

-Kathy

 

[ChickenCanoe]

The amount of calcium will vary from species to species so it would be best to start with the same species fresh egg.

 

[casportpony]

I like the micros!

-Kathy

 

[vehve]

Kathy, here's one method I just thought of. This method assumes a similar density in a fresh chicken egg and emu egg, so might be a bit wrong. Take a container large enough to fit the emu egg, and a precision scale (one gram precision would be nice). Fill the container to the brim with water and weigh it. Then completely submerge the emu egg in the water, pressing it down with a very thin stick to not offset any more water than what the egg does. Take out the egg, and weigh the container and water again. Subtract from the first value, and you'll have the weight of the water removed. This weight (in grams) is also the volume of the egg in cubic centimeters. Now, with the same method, do the same to a fresh egg (emu egg would be better, but I'm guessing the density will be the same for a chicken egg. Once you've worked out the volume for the chicken egg, weigh just the egg. Then divide the weight of the fresh egg with it's volume to get the density. Multiply the density with the volume of the emu egg to get an approximation of it's original weight.

 

[vehve]

(That solution beautifully highlights the simplicity of the metric system. Go Metric System!)

 

[casportpony]

(That solution beautifully highlights the simplicity of the metric system. Go Metric System!)

It sure does, lol, that's why I do all my animal stuff in metric.

-Kathy

 

[vehve]

Woohoo, a convert!

 

[superchemicalgirl]

We have had quite a bit of excitement since Friday over here. My DW is recovering from the motor cycle accident from last August and went to Emergency over night on Friday with fainting symptoms. They diagnosed an urinary tact infection and sent her home with anti biotics. Last night she went in again with similar symptoms and found kidney stones! She also has elevated calcium levels so depending on what the stones are made of, she may need to be checked out for hyper para thyroid problems.

Next step is to save stones and see a kidney Dr. The stone in the kidney is to big to pass so it will likely need to be chunk ed up with sonic waves.

OMG!

Sounds like a rough couple days. Hope it's an easy fix.

 

[casportpony]

Woohoo, a convert!

I was converted the moment I had to calculate amounts of medications, food and fluids to give birds... So much easier.

-Kathy

 

[ronott1]

Sounds like a rough couple days. Hope it's an easy fix.

Thanks!

Passing the stones does not sound like fun but it is treatable.