From:
Russell Prater
Date: 2007-08-01 02:11:52 UTC
Subject: Re: [ferrethealth] Feeding baby ferret via a tube......would this work?
To: ferrethealth@yahoogroups.com
The end where you cut the needle off is going to be a little rough and
that tube is really small. I wonder if soup would pass thru it. You
might try a really small sized like a french 8 or 10 red rubber urinary
catheter. You can get those from a home health supply store.
Russ not a vet.
Jerri Carel wrote:
> I had one of those "ah ha" moments today as I was giving sub-q fluids
> to a sick ferret. I use those little butterfly needles that have
> several inches of thin tubing attached to them and then the
> connection to the syringe. I think this might be called an infusion
> set? The tubing is very soft and flexible. Although they're each
> individually wrapped, I'm not sure if I could assume that the tubing
> portion is sterile though......I guess it would be unless you touched
> the outside to anything other than sterile gloves.
>
> Could anyone tell me if might be a possible solution, should the need
> ever come up again?
>
> Jerri Carel
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