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<blockquote data-quote="milkmaid" data-source="post: 233046" data-attributes="member: 852"><p>Alice, maybe I'm wrong, but I'd rather have a plastic tube with some "flex" to it than a stiff metal one. Just seems easier on the animal. The plastic ones I get are designed for tubing calves, and I've heard it said that due to the bulb on the end, you cannot get it down the wrong way. Maybe, maybe not, but I know I've never gotten fluids into the lungs.</p><p></p><p>I dislike tubing 'em too - simply because they obviously don't like it! - but at the same time if that's the only way to get fluids in you'd better believe I'm going to do it without hesitation.</p><p></p><p>Folks, keep in mind that when checking the skin, it is said that an animal must lose 6% of their body weight before signs of dehydration become apparent. So just because they don't "look" dehydrated, doesn't mean they aren't. You can also use the eyes - calf's eyes, that is - as a measure of how dehydrated they are. I tned to think the eyes show dehydration first.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="milkmaid, post: 233046, member: 852"] Alice, maybe I'm wrong, but I'd rather have a plastic tube with some "flex" to it than a stiff metal one. Just seems easier on the animal. The plastic ones I get are designed for tubing calves, and I've heard it said that due to the bulb on the end, you cannot get it down the wrong way. Maybe, maybe not, but I know I've never gotten fluids into the lungs. I dislike tubing 'em too - simply because they obviously don't like it! - but at the same time if that's the only way to get fluids in you'd better believe I'm going to do it without hesitation. Folks, keep in mind that when checking the skin, it is said that an animal must lose 6% of their body weight before signs of dehydration become apparent. So just because they don't "look" dehydrated, doesn't mean they aren't. You can also use the eyes - calf's eyes, that is - as a measure of how dehydrated they are. I tned to think the eyes show dehydration first. [/QUOTE]
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