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[ShannonR]

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.

These things happen, It's sad when it does though!

 

[Shadrach]

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.

Ah okay. I hadn't read the entire thread,

 

[Kris5902]

Could be babe just doesn’t know what to do with the strange rubber teat... check your nipple for how it flows. 6oz is half a small take out coffee... they don’t drink a large volume at once. As long as you’re getting some in that’s a good start!

6oz=177ml=approx 3/4cup

 

[Kris5902]

You can try opening the mouth and sticking the nipple in, it will probably take multiple tries and babe will spit it out for a while, but after a few successful feedings it will figure it out.

 

[Shadrach]

Could be babe just doesn’t know what to do with the strange rubber teat... check your nipple for how it flows. 6oz is half a small take out coffee... they don’t drink a large volume at once. As long as you’re getting some in that’s a good start!

Really, the lambs here guzzle it down, 350ml in seconds. Maybe goats are different.

 

[ShannonR]

Ah okay. I hadn't read the entire thread,

Some of the thread is hard to follow, even if you do read the whole thing!

 

[ShannonR]

Really, the lambs here guzzle it down, 350ml in seconds. Maybe goats are different.

I'm guessing now isn't the time to preach about the dangers of over feeding bottle babies, LOL!!
Your amounts seem reasonable though, It's the young ones I worry about the most

 

[Kris5902]

That’s lambs, with 5 feedings a day, at 3 weeks old, it varies but that’s the average. According to my sheep expert Aunt-in law... we don’t have huge sheep though, cheviot, Shetland, charlais, Suffolk, and some mixed..

 

[Kris5902]

I’m not worried about over feeding either! Feed them as much as they will take, I’m just trying to give a quantifiable amount when I first started bottle feeding newborns I was thinking they would drink a lot more than they actually did... and some tips on getting the milk through the bottle and into the kid, which can be challenging at first for all parties involved

 

[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)

We can not put her on are othee goat the one that is about to have one has already hurt the baby goat