Moody
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Hi
Neighbor gave me an orphaned buckling at almost 24 hours old. Lamancha and pygmy cross. He weighs between 4-5 lbs. I have read so many different schedules ranging from the 10-12% of body weight spread over 4-10 times a day to more solid 4 oz every 6-8 times a day increasing with age but less times per day schedules.
He was born Saturday night. Neighbor was getting 6cc's into him every time he yelled Wouldn't take bottle, she said. I found that he takes bottle just fine so I gave an ounce every 4 hours. Now I've upped it to 2 oz every 4-6 hours. He seems weak. Stands but falls after a few minutes. Normally my 3 day old babies are clumsy but up moving around a lot more than this little guy. I have nubians though not crossed with smaller goats.
I need a solid schedule for this guy. He pees fairly frequently and has a couple BM's a day. Normal looking BM's. Neighbor said he was premature. She didn't know the doe was pregnant with triplets. Other babies and momma died.
Edited because it posted accidentally and for clarification.
Neighbor gave me an orphaned buckling at almost 24 hours old. Lamancha and pygmy cross. He weighs between 4-5 lbs. I have read so many different schedules ranging from the 10-12% of body weight spread over 4-10 times a day to more solid 4 oz every 6-8 times a day increasing with age but less times per day schedules.
He was born Saturday night. Neighbor was getting 6cc's into him every time he yelled Wouldn't take bottle, she said. I found that he takes bottle just fine so I gave an ounce every 4 hours. Now I've upped it to 2 oz every 4-6 hours. He seems weak. Stands but falls after a few minutes. Normally my 3 day old babies are clumsy but up moving around a lot more than this little guy. I have nubians though not crossed with smaller goats.
I need a solid schedule for this guy. He pees fairly frequently and has a couple BM's a day. Normal looking BM's. Neighbor said he was premature. She didn't know the doe was pregnant with triplets. Other babies and momma died.
Edited because it posted accidentally and for clarification.
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