help weaning pygmy goat!!

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I have a female pygmy bottle baby that I am trying to wean but in this last week need to know should I reduce the amount of milk I give her a little every day or just keep giving her the same amount and stop on the last day. I have done some research online on how much to feed her but it never said anything about changing the amount gradually on the last week... will feel very guilty to just not bring her some milk one day.:idunno
 

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I would little by little reduce the amount of milk you are feeding her. Are you just giving her one bottle a day?
 

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And what else as far as solids? We wean when the tell tale signs are present like witnessing the amount of solids are actually being consumed. We try to prevent bloat.
Like @Goatgirl47 said, reduce to a single bottle a day. We do the bottle and the end at the day as well. Greens and protein slowly.
 

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Are you able to feed her goat milk in the bottle?

How old is she? From what I understand, it is highly beneficial to feed them some milk for about 4 or 5 months. (But now I can find no articles to support this... -sigh-)
 

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she will be 3 months old on Sunday and we are down to a bottle a day given to her first thing in the morning. She eats lots of Timothy that I have available all the time and she also eats purina goat chow I only give her a cup a day aswell as let her forage around the yard. She seems a healthy weight and dosnt seem to be bloated.
 

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But I will add that I had to switch her from Dumor goat kid replacer to whole cows milk because she kept getting the scours and she wasn't gaining weight when she was only a week old.
 

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thank you guys for helping me with this lol wont feel so bad to lower her daily milk instead of just taking it away:woot
 

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OMG! Pictures!! Now! :lol:
Just kid ding! Get it? Anyway..
Here is one of my bottle babbies. Nanny rejected him but excepted his twin sister. She sensed something wrong with him. He is older now and still a little small for his age. He has slow reaction time. Maybe neurological development probs but healthy physical wise.
We named him LUCK.. He has had bad luck and he has had good luck. Bottle fed for 60 or so days. Can't remember.
He is still my baby! These photo are about a year old.
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Last one is hub, luck and chomper going for a ride on the eazy go after a bottle feeding!
:love
 

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aww he is beautiful :love the first picture is of my little bottle girl twinkle toes and the second are of my boys helping us fix up an old shed lol the darker one is jack and the lighter is what what ... I just love goats they are all so unique in character :weee
 

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