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     Maggie Leman Moderator Username: maggieleman Post Number: 711 Registered: 07-2005 Posted From: 71.111.216.141  Rating: N/A |
Woo! Hoo! I love a happy ending, or should I say beginning?! Maggie Leman Goat 911 Capri Medic | ||
| Tom Francis New member Username: tomfrancis Post Number: 4 Registered: 08-2005 Posted From: 209.12.1.74 Rating: N/A |
Well, here we are three days into the homebrewed milk replacer and results have been good. The little guy is jumping around like he is spring loaded and beginning to chomp some hay. His little sister is also doing great. The 911 forum has saved the day for this little buckling. After loosing mom to ketosis, because of our ignorance, I'm glad to have such skillful and caring "friends" on this website. Hopefully we will meet some of you at a show sometime in our part of the country... Tom and Paula Francis Shelbyville, Kentucky | ||
| Tom Francis New member Username: tomfrancis Post Number: 3 Registered: 08-2005 Posted From: 209.12.1.74 Rating: N/A |
Well, the home brew milk was to his liking. It was a battle as usual, but he finally drank about three ounces. Sandi, thank you comments on using replacer. I guess we will keep the doeling on the commericial stuff, as she likes it just fine. With for the little guy, the milk, evap milk and buttermilk mix appears to be his choice. The vet gave (sold) my wife a tube of stuff to give him twice a day. I haven't seen it yet, so I don't know what it is. I suspect it is a B complex of some sort. I'll post back in a couple of days with hopefully all good news. Thank you all again for your thoughtful insight. | ||
| Sandi Scott New member Username: sarasotasandi Post Number: 55 Registered: 07-2005 Posted From: 76.1.0.155 Rating: N/A |
Tom, Be careful about switching formula - it can cause more harm than good. Most people really swear by the milk recipe, but I've had good luck with commercial replacers. I have used the Manna Pro specially made for goat kids. My neighbor has used Merricks for lambs for several years with no problems. I prefer a kid formula because it has more copper and less fat than the one for lambs. The important thing is to get one that is specific to goats and does not contain soy. Also - it's amazing how fast a really hungry kid will come around to the bottle! I had one who refused for a day and I kept trying to trickle some down her. I finally gave up on that and figured she'd have to drink or starve. I would put her in my lap, open her mouth and insert the nipple. If she pushed it out, I'd try 2 or 3 more times, then put her back for 2 hours. It took 24 hours, but she finally decided it was better to drink than starve and from that point on, no problems. Sandi | ||
| Tom Francis New member Username: tomfrancis Post Number: 2 Registered: 08-2005 Posted From: 209.12.1.74 Rating: N/A |
Thank you for the suggestions. It may be too cold. The doeling takes it fine but maybe the little guy is fussier. We tried the whole milk, but it was a "no go" too. I am going to retrieve the recipe from the kidding page and give it a try. We currently have commerical milk replacer... My wife just called, saying she took both to the vet and he said they were healthly. That was certainly a sigh of relief. I'll get back with follow up after we wear the noon feeding  | ||
| tg (Unregistered Guest) Unregistered guest Posted From: 206.82.88.137 Rating: N/A |
You may want to try a bottle of whole milk from your local grocery. I was having the same problem last year with my Boers and a woman down in Tampa told me to try whole milk instead of milk replacer and the results have been very favorable for us. Just heat it up for 1 minute 25 seconds in the microwave in a regular baby bottle, like the other post it should be just hot on your wrist. The baby should take to it pretty well. Good luck to you. | ||
| Maggie Leman Moderator Username: maggieleman Post Number: 688 Registered: 07-2005 Posted From: 64.102.64.113 Rating: N/A |
The formula may be too cold, it should feel almost hot on your wrist. If you are feeding a milk replacer it may taste bad, ther is a very good milk replacer recipe on the articles page under Kids and Kidding. Once a kid has nursed on a doe it can be hard to make them take a bottle. Be persistant, he will get it. Maggie Leman Goat 911 Capri Medic | ||
| Tom Francis New member Username: tomfrancis Post Number: 1 Registered: 08-2005 Posted From: 209.12.1.74 Rating: N/A |
We had two kids born on the 13th. The doe had a very hard time, with our vet having to give her a hormone shot to deliver the second kid. The doe nursed a couple of days and then she became very ill on Saturday. We gave her kyro syrup twice Sat. and Sun. and then took her yesterday mornintg to the vet. She died yesterday afternoon. It was pretty devastating for us, she was a favorite. Now we are left to raise the kids. The little doe is taking to the bottle with no problems. But the buck who at age two days would easily take the nipple, now refuses. He hasn't had more than 4 or 5 oz which we forced into him in the past 36 hours. He still seems fine, but we know he isn't getting enough milk replacer. Any ideas what may be causing him to refuse food? |