Can you Help the Orangutan Foundation with Equipment?

Updated February 21st, 2011 – The Orangutan Foundation needs your help to continue its vital conservation work. If you can provide any of the items listed below then please e-mail OFI with details. Thank you!

An Australian vet has secured a blood-testing machine for the clinic, which has already been installed. However, it will need new reagents continuously, so that will be a fixture on the wishlist. They are for a machine called the “IDEXX VetTest Chemistry Analyser” and the reagent packs are:

1. General Health Profile (several packs a year)
2. Quality Control Panel (several packs a year)
3. Urine P:C ratio (LOTS every year)
4. Single slide testing

• ASP (few)
• TP (lots)
• GLU (lots)

Medical Equipment

• Laptops for the veterinarians and staff
• Syringe 60 cc
• Needle 20 GA
• Hibitane (Chlorhexiden) Concentrate 5%
• Hibict (Chlorhexiden), Hospital concentrate 1.5%
• Children’s Chewable Vitamins (Costco has large bottles of 300 tablets)
• Electrolyte salts (from feed store, no sugar, any flavor)
• Diapers (sizes 1, 2, and 3)
• Nu gauze 2 in. x 2 in. 4 ply (sponges) Johnson and Johnson
• Iodine sponge sterile (sponge in a package with betadine)
• Synthetic cast for orthopedics
• Sterile surgical gloves, powdered, size 7.5
• Kassa/swabs, sterile and nonsterile
• Syringe 1 ml and 3 ml
• IV Catheter no. 18 GA, 22 GA, 20 GA
• Vyceil sutures – undyed 30,4/0, 20/0 – cutting L taper, PDS
• Portable X-ray

Non-Medical needs:

Enrichment:

• old sheets and strong thick towels
• burlap/rice sacs
• strong rope
• thick rubber dog toys (Kong)
• Heavy PVC pipes
• peanut butter
• roasted peanuts
• sunflower seeds
• lengths of rubber hose
• nuts/bolts
• webbing
• tarps
• Heavy chains
• Strong rope
• Wire-less tires (only rational to ship if bringing huge cargo)

Nursery:

• fortified infant formula
• fortified powdered milk
• stuffed animals
• blankets and towels

Other:

• Tools (hammers, screwdrivers, hand saws, chisels, wrenches, etc)
• cartridge Canon E40 for copy machine Canon PC941

One-click shopping at Amazon allows you to buy the specific items most needed for Environmental Enrichment. View our shoppable wish list here: http://www.amazon.com/OFI/wishlist/1IV9PXI0QVNXK/ref=cm_wl_search_bin_1

Acknowedgment

Henry Aruffo, Shelby King and Leif Cocks who have all made significant donations.

Gail Angela Smith who provided much needed medical equipment such as dressings, sterile needles and eye-washes.

Sheryl Osborne who is actively donating medical supplies and office furniture and equipment.

Mrs. Janette Powell who is actively donating many things for the lab including a fridge, a freezer, a generator, a refractometer, an otoscope and a microscope together with several medical books!