Bottle Babies I've raised.

[allanimals21]

I saw the post about the newborn kitten and it made me think I should post about my 2 bottle babies. One is my cat who is...8 month old now. She is the lone survivor of 4. I think I found them all to late maybe? But I have raised her since she was less than 24 hours old. I will post some pics..The 2nd bottle baby is my goat. Got him at 1 day old. He is now 7 months old. Pics of him also.

Sam at 3 weeks

Same at 3 months

Now at 8 months

Billy at 2 days

Billy at 3 months

And I apparently don't have any recent pics of him. What kind of mom am I?!

 

[Bec]

That is so cute!!! I miss bottle raising babies ! My mom and I used to rescue and bottle feed orphaned kittens for about 10 years. I haven;t had a bottle baby in 7 years!

Sam is just Beautiful! Tortoise shells are one of my favs!

I haven;t yet had the opportunity to bottle raise a goat, but I hope it is in my future somewhere!!


Good job on raising such adorable and happy babies!

 

[wordgirl]

She looks just like my baby, Trixxie!

Here's Trixxie at about six and a half months:

 

[Haviris]

To sweet! Later I'll try to post pics of some of my bottle babies!

 

[Crittercrzy]

she looks like the kitty I bottle fed..her name is Savannah and she's a total B@TCH!!!!!

 

[greenfamilyfarms]

I thought that all calicos were female... or is that an old wives tale?

ETA: Oh, duh! I see where you call Sam a "her".

 

[silkypie]

oh my goodness~!!

I am trying to convince DH that a goat would be a good addition to our back yard flock. The goat could keep the chickens in line or vise versa

 

[teach1rusl]

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LOL...I sure don't miss it. It was as exhausting as having a REAL baby in the house. At least a real baby can poop/pee on their own though...

But allanimals...those sure were some cute baby critters!! So good job!!

 

[Bec]

That's funny, I loved every minute of it! We would get at least 1 litter every 2 weeks, so we had babies all the time! I just love how their little ears twitch when they are eating and how cute the are with formula all over their little faces! I loved how messy they got when we were weaning them, so cute..a mess, but so cute! I would do it again in a heart beat if given the chance!

 

[teach1rusl]

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Ohhh...I thought they were so sweet and adorable. But I was working. I actually took them to school with me the first week I had them, and the kids sure loved it. I would be teaching, and walking around with one or the other feeding or wiping. I was glad I worked in a place that allowed me to do that.
They were probably about 2 weeks when I got them (eyes were open...but couldn't potty on their own and couldn't scooch very far). Between working and getting up nights for feedings/general worry about doing things wrong...it was very stressful/exhausting to me. Maybe I would have enjoyed it more had I been younger w/more energy, or if I hadn't been working...

My two dogs were a big help w/ the potty stimulation at home...lol!!