My two week baby goat wont take a bottle!! Help!!

[kelseytyler1]

I have 2 two week old baby nubian goats and one of them is taking the bottle really well and the other one is not! She wont eat more than an ounce at a time and now is super floppy and doesn't want to eat at all! It's almost like I have to force her to take her bottle and she'll just chew on it and not suckle! I need advice please! I also gave her a shot of that bose vitamin to try and help. I'm really scared she will die and my husband will freak out on me!

 

[Ol Grey Mare]

Was she just taken from her dam or has she been bottle from day 1?

 

[ShannonR]

What do you mean by super floppy?? Can you give a more detailed description?

In the past I have had success with putting sugar on the bottle nipple. It takes lots of patience, keep trying... when the goat gets hungry enough she will eat... barring any other medical issues that is.

 

[kelseytyler1]

Was she just taken from her dam or has she been bottle from day 1?

We had to take them when they were a week old cause she wont let them eat off her

 

[kelseytyler1]

What do you mean by super floppy?? Can you give a more detailed description?

In the past I have had success with putting sugar on the bottle nipple. It takes lots of patience, keep trying... when the goat gets hungry enough she will eat... barring any other medical issues that is.

She was up and walking around about 3 hours ago and then 30 minutes ago she can't even get up or really lift her head

 

[ShannonR]

We had to take them when they were a week old cause she wont let them eat off her

Teaching them to eat off a bottle gets more difficult the older the goats get, if they have been nursing on mom. Lots of patience!!

 

[ShannonR]

She was up and walking around about 3 hours ago and then 30 minutes ago she can't even get up or really lift her head

That isn't a good sign. You can try tube feeding if you know how

 

[kelseytyler1]

That isn't a good sign. You can try tube feeding if you know how

I don't know how to do that and all the farm stores are closed for the night

 

[Willowspirit]

I know nothing about baby goats but i do puppies. Babies must eat often as you know. If they don't it messes with their liver ( pancreas?) and they don't have appetite. Like the sugar on the nipple i recommend a tablespoon of karo syrup or molasses in the milk. If she won't take that or anything else and it's been 12-24 hours since she's eaten she might need to see a vet.

 

[ShannonR]

Try Googling for the procedure. Do you have any plastic tubing laying around?