1 day old orphaned pot belly pig HELP please!!!

[GraceHomestead]

Hello all,
I was given 3 PBP 3 weeks ago. 1 looked a tad more round then the others so I was thinking pregnant but didn't know how far along.
She was seperate in her own pen because she looked pretty far.
Yesterday when we did our check she had 2 dead babies (laying on them) and 1 alive baby. The mother didn't make it through the labor. We found after the fact that she had 1 more HUGE dead smelly piglet that would have never been able to be delivered!
So now I have a 1 day old piglet and have no clue what I am doing.
I bought milk replacement and have tried feeding with a spoon, and I only had a human bottle but it is way to big :/ does anyone have any suggestions or pointers on keeping this piglet alive? My husband named her Penelope.

 

[ChickenCanoe]

Was it possible to get some of the colostrum from the sow's teats?
A pet store should have appropriate sized nipples for baby bottles. I think they have them for kittens. They need to suckle.

 

[sannabelle]

Ditto what was said above. The first week is the toughest with these tiny ones. Some piglets will NOT take a bottle, if that is the case give her milk replacer in a shallow dish. Shallow is important because they will stick their whole head in if you give them a deeper bowl and will aspirate food through their nose.

 

[sannabelle]

And warmth. Keep her inside attached to you if possible. When I had one of these I stuck her in my shirt most of the time for the first couple weeks. She's too small to regulate her own body temp and will freeze even in nice weather.

 

[cassie]

I'm curious. Why milk replacer? What is wrong with milk? When I was little my mother raised a pig that was rejected by his mother. She fed him an infant formula made with canned milk. I don't remember how she kept him warm but I do remember he insisted on being rocked in a rocking chair when he got his bottle.

 

[sannabelle]

I'm curious.  Why milk replacer? What is wrong with milk? When I was little my mother raised a pig that was rejected by his mother.  She fed him an infant formula made with canned milk. I don't remember how she kept him warm but I do remember he insisted on being rocked in a rocking chair when he got his bottle.

That is so precious

I'm sure that was quite a sight!

I'm sure you could use milk or canned milk- I've just used a milk replacement with my pig babies that needed it. At one week I switched them to replacer mixed with a baby rice cereal type thing and I've had great outcomes always.