Tube Feeding Ducks - discussion on tube feeding ducks

[DuckyDonna]

What size did you end up getting?

Where do you get your tubes? I could kick myself for not stocking up when I worked at the hospital. We were always throwing out because they were expired! I'm talking 100's of them!

 

[casportpony]

Where do you get your tubes? I could kick myself for not stocking up when I worked at the hospital. We were always throwing out because they were expired! I'm talking 100's of them!

https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/tube-feeding-supplies-and-where-to-get-them.915751/

Tubes:
www.greatmedicalsupplies.com/
Syringes:
http://www.shopmedvet.com/product/syringe-60cc-catheter-tip-25-box-MV60CCCT/mvi-syringes-needles

 

[DuckyDonna]

https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/tube-feeding-supplies-and-where-to-get-them.915751/

Tubes:
www.greatmedicalsupplies.com/
Syringes:
http://www.shopmedvet.com/product/syringe-60cc-catheter-tip-25-box-MV60CCCT/mvi-syringes-needles

thanks, I have the syringes but just ordered 7 tubes. I figured if I was going to pay $9 for shipping I might as well get a bunch!

 

[casportpony]

thanks, I have the syringes but just ordered 7 tubes. I figured if I was going to pay $9 for shipping I might as well get a bunch!

Excellent!

 

[DuckyDonna]

Excellent!

yup, now I'm all set and I hope I won't have to use them! I feel pretty confident that I won't have any trouble doing this. I like the position of the people in the videos. That makes a lot of sense to me. What do I have to get for food to go in the syring if I had to feed them? Obviously not layer pellets but I've always got crumble beause of my drake. Do I soak that into mush?

 

[DuckyDonna]

This isn't exactly tube feeding but sort of is so I wanted to share. My friends that work in the cardiac cath lab gave me some 14 ga 5.25" angiocath needles. They have a plastic sheath that is luer lock and last night I used the sheath with a 3cc syringe to give my Eva some B-complex and it worked great! No spillage and I know it went down. Just thought I'd share in case anyone can use this information.

 

[casportpony]

yup, now I'm all set and I hope I won't have to use them! I feel pretty confident that I won't have any trouble doing this. I like the position of the people in the videos. That makes a lot of sense to me. What do I have to get for food to go in the syring if I had to feed them? Obviously not layer pellets but I've always got crumble beause of my drake. Do I soak that into mush?

If properly soaked and blended with a stick blender, you can get crumbles or pellets smooth enough to go through a size 18 tube. For smaller tubes, something like Kaytee Exact works better.

 

[casportpony]

This isn't exactly tube feeding but sort of is so I wanted to share. My friends that work in the cardiac cath lab gave me some 14 ga 5.25" angiocath needles. They have a plastic sheath that is luer lock and last night I used the sheath with a 3cc syringe to give my Eva some B-complex and it worked great! No spillage and I know it went down. Just thought I'd share in case anyone can use this information.

Great info! Got any pictures?

 

[DuckyDonna]

If properly soaked and blended with a stick blender, you can get crumbles or pellets smooth enough to go through a size 18 tube. For smaller tubes, something like Kaytee Exact works better.

I just looked and there are a lot of Kaytee exacts to choose from. Which one?

 

[casportpony]

I just looked and there are a lot of Kaytee exacts to choose from. Which one?

This one:
https://www.kaytee.com/all-products/pet-bird/exact-hand-feeding