| Commonly used everyday items: |
| Cleaning Supplies** |
- Dawn dishwashing liquid (NON-antibacterial)
- Assorted scrub brushes
- Purell type dry hand cleaner
- Sponges & scrub pads
- 30 gal & 13 gal trash bags (no pull strings)
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- Bleach, Clorox preferred
- Chlorhexadine disinfectant
- Soft soap (NON-antibacterial)
- Small bottle brushes
- Electrasol GEL packs
- Industrial strength spray bottles
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| Office Supplies |
- White paper, 8-1/2x11"
- Flip-style lined note pads
- Pens (thick gripped and non-capped)**
- Ink for Dell Photo Printer 720: Black & Color**
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- Sharpies (ultra fine tip)**
- White erasers
- Wide masking tape**
- Scotch tape
- Duct tape
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| Animal Food Supplies |
- Beechnut infant chicken food & broth (stage 1)
- Start n' Grow Duck Starter (NO antibiotics)
- Hills Science Diet Canine Maintenance**
- Cracked Corn
- Hills Science Diet Feline Growth**
- Haytee Exact Original Pellets**
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- Specialty seed mixes - Black oil sunflower, Niger/thistle, Safflower, Finch mix, Peanut bits, Hull-less/No-waste seed mixes, Sunflower bits, Millet seeds
- ReptoMin TurtleSticks**
- Kaytee Exact Hand Feeding Formula
- Suet
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| Medical Supplies |
- Lactated Ringers Solution**
- Saline solution
- Cotton swabs
- Gauze sponges: 2"x2" ** , 3”x3”, 4”x4”
- Hemostatic sponge
- Waterproof adhesive tape, 1/2" to 2"
- Micropore tape, 1/2" to 2"**
- Scalp vein sets (aka butterfly catheters) 21g
- Needles 25gx5/8" and 20g x 1/2"
- Syringes: ½ ml insulin, 1 ml, 5-6 ml, 10-12 ml, 20 ml, 35 ml, 60 ml (luer and catheter tip)
- Suture / Monocryl (absorbable monofilament) or like 3-0 thru 5-0
- Surgical blades 10,11
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- Wound dressing:
- Tegaderm**
- Bioclusive
- Collamend
- Biodress/Aquasorb**
- Hydrocolloid dressings (e.g., Duoderm)**
- Vetwrap**
- Calcium alginate dressings (e.g., Nu-Derm, Sorbsan)**
- Composite/silver dressings
- Isopropyl alcohol**
- Wound gel:**
- BNP (bacitracin-neomycin-polymyxin) ophthalmic ointment
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| Other items needed: |
| Caging and Housing |
- 10 gal & 5 gal aquariums & tops ¿ glass must be intact but does not have to be watertight
- Playpens with small opening mesh-sided
- Gerbil/crab plastic (Kritter Keepers) cages & tops ¿ all sizes
- Heating pads (non-auto shut-off)**
- Cotton balls
- Corrugated plastic cat carriers**
- Have-a-Heart, Sherman, and other live animal traps
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- Baby wipes warmer
- Infant flannel receiving blankets
- Fleece materials
- Towels & washcloths with no holes or frays
- Small mammal wire cages (1/2"x1/2" or 1/2" x1" openings, 3' square with tray
- Tissue & paper towels with no color or design**
- Freezer and sandwich bags
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| Feeding and Food Preparation |
- Ceramic bowls, non-tip, crock type, 2 to 8" deep, 2 to 12" across**
- Stainless steel bowls, weighted, crock type, non-tip - all sizes**
- Glass bowls, small, non-tip, 1/2" to 3” deep, 2 to 6” across**
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- Cuisinart food processor, large size, with attachments
- Stacking, large capacity, dry food storage bins
- Plastic pet store crocks – all sizes
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| Tools |
- 2"x2" treated wood, minimum 8' lengths
- Staple guns & staples
- Circular saw & blades
- Asst. tools ¿ hammers, shovels, screw drivers, pliers, mattock, sledge hammer, wrecking tool or crowbar, retractable tape measures, 4' level, clamps
- Tool kit
- Screws
- Glue for glue gun
- Post hole digger
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- Toolbox
- Industrial extension cords**
- Power strips with surgical protectors**
- Welded wire (hardware cloth) 4' wide, 1/2"x1/2", galvanized
- Variable speed, reversible drills & bits, rechargeable with spare battery
- Exterior plywood, 4'x8'
- Credit card scanner/machine
- Digital Camera (with high megapixels, available quick multiple shots and rechargeable battery)
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| Medical Equipment |
- Surgery lights
- Radiograph illuminator
- Cook endotracheal tubes (for birds)
- Anesthesia masks**
- Doppler**
- Respiratory monitor**
- Avian incubator(s)**
- Tonopen
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- lead aprons**
- lead gloves**
- lead thyroid protectors**
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