Help...newborns not getting milk from mother ewe

[frustratedearthmother]

How are the little ones doing?

 

[YourRabbitGirl]

We have twin boys from 12/26. They don’t seem to be getting milk from mom. We squeezed her teats and intermittently some milk squirted. Of course, we are newbies and may not know how to squeeze, but at least no wax blocking
The lambs are not getting milk, so we took them inside and tried to bottle feed them with collestrum (sp) replacement from Tractor supplies. The lambs took ages and still not get much milk in them. I even cut The nipples to allow better flow. Half an hour into it, they are not sucking more than a couple of fluid oz, mayeven be only due to drips wasted when I turned the bottle upside down.
we are at our wits end. Can someone help?

thats really an issue. a friend experienced the same before. we resorted on manual bottle feeding. some of them really didn't even bother, while the others are still trying to feed from their mother.. I guess you need to try the manual way.