20kidsonhill
True BYH Addict
Sounds like you are well on your way to having a bottle baby. What size pen do you have the two in? I recommend a small space no more than 4x6.
If she is nuzzling him and acting like the baby is hers, but just not letting him, nurse. she will have to be encouraged. Because my kidding pens are so small, I am able to just sit my bottom down on a bucket in the middle of the kidding pen, get the baby up, set the baby in front of mom, and let the baby try to suck on mom's chest and front legs, normally they will let them do this and act like the best mom in the world, until the baby gets near the forbidden area.
then they move away.
I let the mom kind of back herself into a corner and then just encourage the baby to keep finding the udder, sometimes just holding the mom's leg off to the side works, sometimes more restraining is needed and mom's head will need to be held.
the doe can learn that you aren't going to let her get away with walking away and you expect her to stand still, I do this every 3 or 4 hours during the day, making sure the baby is full at bedtime and then no more than 8 hours before the next feeding in the morning.
If the baby has lost the drive to eat from mom, supplementing with an ounce of milk can get the sucking drive going and then put baby by mom. It can be a very frustrating experience. then let the baby nurse as long as they want. Then repeat after 3 to 4 hours.
IF the baby is very lethargic I use around 15cc or 3 teaspoons of corn syrup, to kick start the nursing reflex, this kind of energy absorbes quickly, getting to the brain faster than milk would.
To recap:
-give baby a small amount of mother's milk or corn syrup
-let baby suck on the front of mom, so mom can see baby and spend mom time with her.
-after 3 or 4 min. nudge baby slowly towards the side and then back of mom.
-when mom freaks, put a hand on her side and talk calmly to her, but encourage her to stay put, up against the side of a pen in a corner works the best.
-if mom just want stand still, restrain her.
-repeat every 3 to 4 hours.
I ahve never seen a mom not take a baby, as long as the mom is showing affection towards the baby. May take 3 or 4 days.
If she is nuzzling him and acting like the baby is hers, but just not letting him, nurse. she will have to be encouraged. Because my kidding pens are so small, I am able to just sit my bottom down on a bucket in the middle of the kidding pen, get the baby up, set the baby in front of mom, and let the baby try to suck on mom's chest and front legs, normally they will let them do this and act like the best mom in the world, until the baby gets near the forbidden area.
then they move away.
I let the mom kind of back herself into a corner and then just encourage the baby to keep finding the udder, sometimes just holding the mom's leg off to the side works, sometimes more restraining is needed and mom's head will need to be held.
the doe can learn that you aren't going to let her get away with walking away and you expect her to stand still, I do this every 3 or 4 hours during the day, making sure the baby is full at bedtime and then no more than 8 hours before the next feeding in the morning.
If the baby has lost the drive to eat from mom, supplementing with an ounce of milk can get the sucking drive going and then put baby by mom. It can be a very frustrating experience. then let the baby nurse as long as they want. Then repeat after 3 to 4 hours.
IF the baby is very lethargic I use around 15cc or 3 teaspoons of corn syrup, to kick start the nursing reflex, this kind of energy absorbes quickly, getting to the brain faster than milk would.
To recap:
-give baby a small amount of mother's milk or corn syrup
-let baby suck on the front of mom, so mom can see baby and spend mom time with her.
-after 3 or 4 min. nudge baby slowly towards the side and then back of mom.
-when mom freaks, put a hand on her side and talk calmly to her, but encourage her to stay put, up against the side of a pen in a corner works the best.
-if mom just want stand still, restrain her.
-repeat every 3 to 4 hours.
I ahve never seen a mom not take a baby, as long as the mom is showing affection towards the baby. May take 3 or 4 days.