stomach tubing gone wrong

Tomjim

I am stomach tubing a calf with a scour for the last few days.

This morning the I had the tube in and the liquid would not move from the container to the calf why would this be.

Tried it on another calf and it worked ok

Count Mondego

You might have been inserting the pipe in too far. Had a calf the last day and it started coming back up for this reason.

djmc

It could be in too far or the position of the calf might be wrong
Moving the calf to a different position or pulling tube out a bit slowly usually gets it flowing

Base price

Agree with above but also bear in mind that with continuous tubing the calves throat can become sore/inflamed which can also restrict the tube and flow.
A little liquid paraffin rubbed on the bulb of the tube can help.

whelan2

Base price wrote: »

Agree with above but also bear in mind that with continuous tubing the calves throat can become sore/inflamed which can also restrict the tube and flow.
A little liquid paraffin rubbed on the bulb of the tube can help.

also proper cleaning of stomach tube between calves to stop the spread of infection

onyerbikepat

I rub the tube with very fine emery paper too to keep it smooth and also use lubricant.

whelan2

onyerbikepat wrote: »

I rub the tube with very fine emery paper too to keep it smooth and also use lubricant.

the stomach tube?

onyerbikepat

whelan2 wrote: »

the stomach tube?

Ya, I have the straight solid tube type, that you can't bend. The calves tend to bite it and the outside gets very rough.

Miname

How about softening it in warm water. It works well.

Jb1989

onyerbikepat wrote: »

I rub the tube with very fine emery paper too to keep it smooth and also use lubricant.

Even a taste of cooking oil, anything beats dry plastic.

Base price

Miname wrote: »

How about softening it in warm water. It works well.

I remember having difficulties years ago tubing calves with the red/orange bunsen burner/flutter valve type tubes. In those days that type of tube was the only option. The warmer the tube got the more flexible it became and ye had to have excellent hearing otherwise you could drown a calf/lamb.

Milked out

Can the Pfizer type tubes be got anymore?, they had the best shaped bulb and flexible plastic I thought. Using the other ones now which are hard with a bigger bulb I think they are too rough on the calf myself

Limestone Cowboy

Milked out wrote: »

Can the Pfizer type tubes be got anymore?, they had the best shaped bulb and flexible plastic I thought. Using the other ones now which are hard with a bigger bulb I think they are too rough on the calf myself

Ya, have 4 or 5 of them here. I normally get a new one every year because they get a bit rough along the tube part after a while. Way prefer them to the other types.

Nekarsulm

As long as you haven't dumped a litre in his lungs, your not doing so bad........

Tomjim

brought the calf into the vet after, he had an infection in throat /neck and died in vets as she was stomach tubing the calf