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[Dark Wolf]

I’ve only dealt with that once and the lambs were much older... we had to cull the mother

I will have to check in the morning becuase by the time I get back they will be sleeping

 

[Dark Wolf]

Does the udder still look that full? Does it feel hot to the touch and tight?

No it dose not look full to me not like it was yesterday

 

[ShannonR]

I’ve only dealt with that once and the lambs were much older... we had to cull the mother

Yeah, same goes for goats. It's a heritable trait, why perpetuate that in your stock?

 

[Kris5902]

So, just to clarify for others who join in: the kid is three weeks old and was successfully grafted to a mother who lost her baby 3 days before. It’s been nursing successfully and was behaving normally until just recently when mam kicked it off?

 

[ShannonR]

No it dose not look full to me not like it was yesterday

You really should tie the mom up so the baby can nurse. Not nursing is what would make the mom run out of milk, more than anything else. If it was full yesterday, there is definitely still milk in her.

 

[Shadrach]

@Dark Wolf
Look, it doesn't matter what type of goat you've got, or whether the mum has mastitis or not.
You need to get some milk with colostrom in it and feed the kid quickly. They die very fast if they don't get fed the right milk.
Here you can buy it in an easy feed tube as well as a powder. Have a look on the net for it.
Have a look for a video on tube feeding lambs while your at it.

 

[Kris5902]

Yeah, same goes for goats. It's a heritable trait, why perpetuate that in your stock?

She was 6 years old and a great mama, but it was a bad case that developed when she was in a far out pasture about 5 months after birth, too far gone to save the udder, and it would be cruel to breed her.

 

[Dark Wolf]

@Dark Wolf
Look, it doesn't matter what type of goat you've got, or whether the mum has mastitis or not.
You need to get some milk with colostrom in it and feed the kid quickly. They die very fast if they don't get fed the right milk.
Here you can buy it in an easy feed tube as well as a powder. Have a look on the net for it.
Have a look for a video on tube feeding lambs while your at it.

She has had 3 weeks on the mother and we are getting some food in her

 

[Kris5902]

At three weeks it’s not a huge panic, tube feeding can be risky for novices, if you can get milk replacer and onto a bottle it’s best. Are you trying to feed cow milk? How long since baby ate?

 

[ShannonR]

@Dark Wolf
Look, it doesn't matter what type of goat you've got, or whether the mum has mastitis or not.
You need to get some milk with colostrom in it and feed the kid quickly. They die very fast if they don't get fed the right milk.
Here you can buy it in an easy feed tube as well as a powder. Have a look on the net for it.
Have a look for a video on tube feeding lambs while your at it.

This kid got colostrum from the original mother, is 3 weeks old now, and not able to absorb colostrum at this age anyway. From what I can piece together anyway.