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[Dark Wolf]

Not sure were to put this but i need help we have a mama goat that has a 3 week old baby goat and she has now run out of milk so we are trying to get the baby on a bottle the baby will drink some but not all so let me know if you got any info to help

 

[Chick-N-Fun]

Welcome to our FUNomenal community! I am not familiar with goats, but hopefully someone will chime in to help you! Good luck!

 

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[Dark Wolf]

need help i have a mama goat has a 3 week old baby and she has run out of milk so we are trying to get her on a bottle but the baby will not drink all of it and we are scared of her starving so if you can help plz let me know

 

[sourland]

@BYC910 and @dan26552 have experience with bottle feeding kids. Perhaps @CapricornFarm can help . Welcome to BYC, and good luck.

 

[Kris5902]

With sheep that age we bottle feed about 6 oz 5 times a day... gradually increasing the amount at the feeding, and decreasing the number of feedings. They usually drink more first thing in the morning and less at later feedings.

Edit: That’s with straight bottle babies... it’s good that mama went 3 weeks, they got the colostrum and lots of antibodies from her at first. Watch her closely for mastitis!

I was a little confusing there... over the course of several weeks as they transition to grass and hay and develop we increase the amount and decrease the feedings... (I re-read my post and realized it sounded like we increase the amount every feeding, which we don’t!)

 

[Dark Wolf]

she will not eat out of the bottle becuase she has never been on one before

 

[Kris5902]

Be persistent... and patient. Try dribbling a bit on her nose and wiggling it right by her mouth. Sometimes you have to hold them, and keep the angle pretty high. You might need to stick the nipple in her mouth the first few times. How long has she been dry? Do you know when the last time baby drank was?

 

[ShannonR]

Not sure were to put this but i need help we have a mama goat that has a 3 week old baby goat and she has now run out of milk so we are trying to get the baby on a bottle the baby will drink some but not all so let me know if you got any info to help

First, it is highly unusual for a mama goat to just run out of milk like that. I suspect that you are worrying a lot because you don't see the does udder "bagged up" due to the kid drinking the milk frequently. This is common and is normal. What leads you to believe the mom ran out of milk to begin with?

We can go over feeding amounts based on weight of the goat kid after we figure out the does milk situation. My advice is to put this kid back on Mama and let nature take its course, unless there is a real reason not to. I'm just not convinced that the doe has suddenly and completely dried up 3 weeks into lactation.

 

[Dark Wolf]

no but we think it was some time yesterday becuase the baby has only started trying to drink off the mama and the mama not letting her to day