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[Dark Wolf]

ShannonR we are 100% sure that she is dry becuase well one we talked with a goat farmer about her being dry and 2 the baby is trying to drink out of the mama and the mama wont let her an 3 the baby keeps trying to dink milk out of are hands

 

[Kris5902]

Could very well just be full... what kind of goats as well? Some non dairy breeds have much smaller udders than many people think... we always leave babies with mama if we can. Sometimes things go wrong, so I wouldn’t completely discount the “mama dried up” notion. Depends on the level of observation. Condition of the babe needs to be taken into account, is it alert and moving? Have you tried to check her milk, give her a little milking squeeze?

 

[ShannonR]

ShannonR we are 100% sure that she is dry becuase well one we talked with a goat farmer about her being dry and 2 the baby is trying to drink out of the mama and the mama wont let her an 3 the baby keeps trying to dink milk out of are hands

I'm not trying to be mean, I promise. But this is so highly unusual that I am curious as to how this could happen. The baby drank off mom for 3 weeks then nothing, all of a sudden? Could you please get a picture of the mom's udder for us? Have you tried holding or tying the mom up for the baby to drink? Have you attempted to milk the mom at all? Maybe mastitis, that would make the mom uncomfortable enough to not let the baby nurse, but there is still milk in the mother's udder... and the mastitis itself would need to be addressed if this were the case.

Pretty please on the picture? I run dairy goats of my own, and am an Animal Science student, hoping I can help you out a little bit.

 

[Dark Wolf]

I'm not trying to be mean, I promise. But this is so highly unusual that I am curious as to how this could happen. The baby drank off mom for 3 weeks then nothing, all of a sudden? Could you please get a picture of the mom's udder for us? Have you tried holding or towing the mom up for the baby to drink? Have you attempted to milk the mom at all? Maybe mastitis, that would make the mom uncomfortable enough to not let the baby nurse, but there is still milk in the mother's udder... and the mastitis itself would need to be addressed if this were the case.

Pretty please on the picture? I run dairy goats of my own, and am an Animal Science student, hoping I can help you out a little bit.

ok well the baby that we have we got from a farmer becuase the mama would not feed it 3 days after are mama gave birth to a still born

 

[Dark Wolf]

Could very well just be full... what kind of goats as well? Some non dairy breeds have much smaller udders than many people think... we always leave babies with mama if we can. Sometimes things go wrong, so I wouldn’t completely discount the “mama dried up” notion. Depends on the level of observation. Condition of the babe needs to be taken into account, is it alert and moving? Have you tried to check her milk, give her a little milking squeeze?

yes we have but there is nothing and the baby is mostly sleeping at the time but it was running around before are other goat who is going to have a baby in the next day or two hit her to the ground beore moved her away

 

[Kris5902]

ShannonR we are 100% sure that she is dry becuase well one we talked with a goat farmer about her being dry and 2 the baby is trying to drink out of the mama and the mama wont let her an 3 the baby keeps trying to dink milk out of are hands

Have you closely checked mama for mastitis or signs of infection?

 

[Shadrach]

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

You can buy colostrum milk powder which can be used as a replacement for natural mothers milk. You could also contact anyone local who breeds lambs or goats and see if they've got some spare.
You may need to learn how to tube feed the kid. A Utube type video or a lamb feeding guide will help.
Good luck. I daren't count the number of lambs I've had to bottle feed 4 times a day.

 

[Kris5902]

Ok, once your other goat has her baby, if there aren’t twins, you might be able to graft the kid... but for now I would consider bottle feeding... we lost one lamb to starve out last year because he was “big and seemed ok” for a few days and no one noticed/believed me that he wasn’t getting anything until it was too late (that was a newborn and died within the first week, yours being older is more durable so don’t panic)

 

[Dark Wolf]

Ok, once your other goat has her baby, if there aren’t twins, you might be able to graft the kid... but for now I would consider bottle feeding... we lost one lamb to starve out last year because he was “big and seemed ok” for a few days and no one noticed/believed me that he wasn’t getting anything until it was too late (that was a newborn and died within the first week, yours being older is more durable so don’t panic)

I am not just don't want her to die seeing as she is my little sisters goat

 

[ShannonR]

ok well the baby that we have we got from a farmer becuase the mama would not feed it 3 days after are mama gave birth to a still born

So this baby in question is attempting to nurse off another doe who is not its biological mother? That makes a little more sense, if so.

Still, with a sudden unwillingness to nurse the baby, I would suspect mastitis or a clogged teat duct before beginning to think the doe suddenly went dry.

What are you feeding the milking mama, and how is she acting? Does she have access to minerals?