Tube Feeding Ducks - discussion on tube feeding ducks

[casportpony]

@Patrick McKee, what was the hardest part about tubing?

 

[harmonymw]

More or less. I am a neonatal ICU nurse. My patients range from 23 weekers weighing less than a pound to full term babies that way a whole lot more! Sometimes our tiny babies are there long enough to celebrate their first birthdays with us - in those cased I am a pediatric nurse lol

I have a 29w 2d (now 7) and a 28w 3d (now 3) I also know how to insert NG tubes in humans but not fowl.

 

[casportpony]

I have a 29w 2d (now 7) and a 28w 3d (now 3) I also know how to insert NG tubes in humans but not fowl.

Would you like to learn?

 

[harmonymw]

Definitely. I also have lots of tube supplies leftover from my various babies. Do you do a syringe feed or a gravity feed or both?

 

[casportpony]

Definitely. I also have lots of tube supplies leftover from my various babies. Do you do a syringe feed or a gravity feed or both?

I always use a syringe.

 

[harmonymw]

I always use a syringe.

You must have a very steady trigger finger!

 

[casportpony]

You must have a very steady trigger finger!

It usually goes like this:

 

[casportpony]

What is it like tubing neonates?

 

[harmonymw]

Oh WOW. Okay, no. That is much, much faster than I imagined. I guess since chickens can’t vomit, it’s different.

 

[casportpony]

Oh WOW. Okay, no. That is much, much faster than I imagined. I guess since chickens can’t vomit, it’s different.

Yeah, it goes pretty fast, and since we're supposed to tube based on weight, we shouldn't ever over fill.