tube feeding

  1. ebisu

    Canker Treatment: Metronidazole 20% powder and Tube Feeding with Kaytee Exact. Am I doing this right?

    My previous post. To preface, I'm not trained, this is the first time I'm dealing with this situation, and there are no vets near me and/or willing to help. I have a single EE in isolation since New Years for canker and started treating her 01/05/25 as soon as I got the Metronidazole powder...
  2. ebisu

    Wet Mash and Tube Feeding: Storage questions

    I work in healthcare so some days I'll have to work 10-12hr shifts. I'm currently tube feeding one of my girls who may have canker with no vet around to help (I've already made a thread for it). I have some questions to help me readily feed her with the aforementioned work hours: If I pre-make...
  3. J

    Chickens or bust

    As an adult, have had chickens for 15+ years. Adore them all - we have a Heintz 57 flock - and we're particularly enjoying Houdans right now. What an affectionate breed! We're at 14 ladies right now who keep our large family in eggs, for the most part. Except now. When it's hot at Hades here in...
  4. DHutchins

    Lash Egg (Viral Salpingitis)

    Posting in hopes of helping someone else with the same issue. Last Wednesday I found a lash egg in the coop laid by my little silkie, Tina. After researching online I feared it was a death sentence and frantically tried to get her into our avian vet with no luck. She laid a second a few days...
  5. SunflowerDays

    Broken bottom beak can’t eat!! Duck -

    Hello all, I am in a desperate situation. There is a wild mallard with a heavily broken beak. She also has a duckling, which is why I haven’t taken her to the vets or contacted the wildlife centre as I think catching both will be beyond impossible and extremely distressing. Plus I think they...
  6. thenovicehen

    Tube feeding and mouth breathing

    Howdy, y’all. This is a little long, but bear with me because I need insight. Some background: I have a hen that had severe round worms and nearly died. She had stopped eating because she became so weak so my vet taught me how to tune feed her until she is strong enough to eat on her own...
  7. Snowy Canadian

    Sick chicken having extreme trouble passing food, being tube fed, Help!

    Hello, I have a sick hen who went downhill due to un untreated case of scaly leg mites. I didn't realize anything was wrong until one day she was just on the ground in the corner, she could barely walk, and had stopped eating. By the time I realized what was wrong with her, and started treating...
  8. TundraFang

    How much food for crossbeak?

    I have a crossbeak/scissor beak EE and she's been eating mash for a while. She has stopped gaining weight and is less than 1/4 the size of her siblings. I've began tube feeding her 20ml twice a day. Is this enough? She isn't able to eat anything so the only food she gets is from tube feeding...
  9. B

    Muscle Therapy (Leg)

    Hello everyone! I work in bird rehab, and recently we received in an adult hen who was beaten up by another chicken. (She's a beautiful black silkie!) Her recovery has gone well except for one very important aspect, her leg. Her right leg has issues with the tendons at the knee equivalent...
  10. Goosebaby

    Tube feeding formula recipes

    Anyone have recipes for tube feeding formula, I’m running low on my Harrison’s recovery formula and the next order won’t be here for a day or two. I’m tube feeding a very sick gander who isn’t capable of going without in his current state. The local pet stores don’t carry any kind of hand...
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    • at home recipes recovery tube feeding tube feeding formula
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    • Forum: Geese
  11. Snowingamanda

    Please help to tube feed my chick

    Hi, My Golden laced Polish is dying. The main reason I believe were lice infestation that is no longer a problem. She may have other problems/infections and I’ve tried different meds but right now she is critical. The vet advised palliative care only, but I want to try fluids subcatenously and...
  12. N

    HELP- found hen caught upside down, almost died. What now?

    Hi All, My dear Ellie girl has had a tough go at it the last 10 months. I just found her yesterday afternoon with her leg caught on some chicken wire near the coop and she was stuck hanging upside down. I don’t know how long she was hanging like that for, she was out of the coop in the morning...
  13. EricasRun

    Tube feeding thank you!

    I don’t post a lot, but every time I have a chicken question, I can research the forum and find what I need. Thank you!! Wanted to tell you all I have a Polish chick with severe cross beak. We have been feeding her a special mash 3 times a day, in addition to what she gets from the feeders and...
  14. Lukemjm

    Help! Ducks attacked by mink!

    3 nights ago, our two ducks (1.5 year old Pekin Male, 2.5 year old Saxony female) were attacked by a mink or weasel. I awoke at 4am to my dog (so proud of him) barking and growling incessantly out the window in the direction of our duck run. I was concerned for our little guys, and went out to...
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    • duck happy pekin recovery saxony sick trauma tube feeding
    • Replies: 482
    • Forum: Ducks
  15. jbake

    Tube feeding

    Hey there peeps. I need help on figuring out what feeding tube catheter size I need for my severely cross beaked chick. Its a month old about and looks to be an Easter egger. I think from the opening of its mouth to the gullet its maybe 5 inches unless I'm way off his neck just seems longer than...
  16. Nikkijo

    First time tube / crop feeders

    I searched and searched for info and pictures that showed or told me exactly where/how to insert the feeding tube in the correct hole. I don’t think it’s really possible to see the hole . You just dont want it to go down the hole in the middle that you can actually see when looking into open...
  17. casportpony

    Tube Feeding Ducks - discussion on tube feeding ducks

    Here is a place to ask questions and share your feelings and concerns about tube feeding. Here is a video of an adult duck being tube fed:
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    • gavage feeding supportive care tube feeding tubing
    • Replies: 80
    • Forum: Ducks
  18. P

    Crop Feeding Sick Hen, Losing Wt, Slow Crop, Liquid from Beak, Wiggling Neck

    Hi Everyone, I've been a long time lurker on this website due to the awesome information and helpfulness of the community. Unfortunately, my first post is an emergency. I've searched many pages and can't nail this down. :he I don't want time to run out on my sweet hen. :fl Please pardon the...
  19. breezyj

    Tube Feeding Disabled Chicken

    Hello Everyone, I recently hatched a couple of eggs at school. One chick hatched with a crooked neck. I originally thought it was due to wry neck and treated it as such. As it grew, I realized it had a deformed (haven't thought of a better way than that to say it) neck. His neck literally...
  20. casportpony

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