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     Barbara Howard Advanced Member Username: bhoward Post Number: 85 Registered: 08-2005 Posted From: 208.135.164.53 Rating: N/A |
Hi, How many times a day are you bottle feeding them? Barbara Howard Capri-Medic jamesa@mrtc.com 606-522-3388 KY | ||
| Wendy (Unregistered Guest) Unregistered guest Posted From: 64.251.143.61 Rating: N/A |
I have been bottle feeding the babies But they seem hungrey all the time They are eating about 20 ounces a day. Dont want to over feed. Nanny is still not very energetic or eating as much thanks | ||
| Karey Vandermaarel New member Username: karey Post Number: 9 Registered: 06-2006 Posted From: 205.188.116.137 Rating: N/A |
What do you deworm the moms with right after kidding? I have safeguard and Ivermec. And how much? Thanks again and again!!! | ||
| Maggie Leman Moderator Username: maggieleman Post Number: 926 Registered: 07-2005 Posted From: 71.111.216.141  Rating: N/A |
There is a very good homemade milk replacer recipe on the articles page. Don't forget to deworm the doe tomorrow or the next day. The stress of kidding makes dormant worms active. Maggie Leman Goat 911 Capri Medic | ||
| Wendy (Unregistered Guest) Unregistered guest Posted From: 64.251.141.219 Rating: N/A |
She will not let me milk her and she seems really listlis I have her in a small area with hte babies but I have been bottle feeding the babies. I gave her Caro syrup for energy. Thanks | ||
| Ainslee Love (Unregistered Guest) Unregistered guest Posted From: 70.2.226.93 Rating: N/A |
We just had about 12 nannies kid at the same time and almost all of them left their babies out in the field and refused to feed. We found that putting them in a smaller pen together, away from the herd, helped them bond much better and they learned each other that way. If that doesn't do it, then you have to milk the momma and bottle feed. Good Luck! | ||
| Amy Maxwell New member Username: amyqmaxwell Post Number: 30 Registered: 01-2006 Posted From: 70.57.15.71  Rating: N/A |
Keep trying to hold her and see if they can nurse. Let her really smell them if she will (put some of her milk on them too). It may take a lot of patience. Otherwise you'll have to bottle feed them. Because she wanted nothing to do with them in the beginning and then being away from them for a period of time while at the vets means most likely she will not accept them. I've heard you can put a sheet over them (lightly)let her find them and she may possibly accept them from there. People sometimes do that to get another Doe to accept ophaned kids. Good Luck! | ||
| Wendy (Unregistered Guest) Unregistered guest Posted From: 64.251.143.68 Rating: N/A |
I held the babies up to nurse and then I milked out about twenty five ounces and fed it to the babies. I did not take the babies with me to the vet because she wouldn't have anything to do with them. | ||
| Amy Maxwell New member Username: amyqmaxwell Post Number: 29 Registered: 01-2006 Posted From: 70.57.15.71 Rating: N/A |
You need to hold the Doe and try to let the babies nurse. They need the colostrum right away. Did you take the babies with you to the vet? Have they nursed at all? | ||
| Wendy (Unregistered Guest) Unregistered guest Posted From: 64.251.143.68 Rating: N/A |
I have a nanny who had twins yesterday. She had trouble passing her after birth so I took her to the vet. She still will not feed her babies and her udder is starting to get hard what can I do |