Bottle kid questions

You can start anytime. They just nibble at it at first.

ksalvagno said:

You can start anytime. They just nibble at it at first.

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Thanks didn't want to start it too early! I'll see if he'll nibble on some then!

He’s pretty dang cute- hope he enjoys his grain 😊

Lol he dumped it all!

Have to rig up a way to hook it to the panel so he can’t do that! Silly boy!

Boer Mama said:

Have to rig up a way to hook it to the panel so he can’t do that! Silly boy!

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I just duct taped them to the panel haha he dumped minerals too!

@ksalvagno @Boer Mama another quick question! I believe he has constipation.... should I try Karo in his next bottle or just go straight to an enema? He only drinks about 3.25 ounces a time so how much Karo syrup? I believe we have the clear kind

Do an enema.

ksalvagno said:

Do an enema.

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Ok that's a couple ounces warm water and a couple drops of regular dawn? Any other suggestions.. never done one!

You can use a 6cc syringe. Gently push the water/dish soap in until he poops.

Thanks, I looked it up! That's what I did. He didn't poo while doing it, but right after he did! So I'm relieved

Yay for poop 💩 lol

Good job…you’re both relieved now😉🐐 I hope he’s feeling better.

Right after that I noticed a kid crashing outside... got him warmed up and to take almost 3.5 oz of goats milk! Took awhile though and I kept waking up during the night worried about him! Looks like I've got 2 bottle boys unless Molly will take the one back! But I'm worried he wasn't eating good with her and that's why he crashed! The other 2 are doing good on her!

But he's still alive this morning and I'm warming up bottles soon!

It’s good they have a buddy now. Two bottle boys isn’t much harder than one.
Mom could have rejected him, a cold kid is a hungry kid . Glad you found him and Got him warm and fed.

GoofyGoat said:

It’s good they have a buddy now. Two bottle boys isn’t much harder than one.
Mom could have rejected him, a cold kid is a hungry kid . Glad you found him and Got him warm and fed.

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Thanks it was rough I was up until 1 am but finally got him to eat about 12:20! Yeah I figured he was hungry and cold... she usually does well with triplets so that's too bad! I just hope he pulls thru he was still up to temp a bit ago when I woke up so that's a good sign!

Glad you found him… she may have just decided it was too many this year and cut him out.
I had a mama feed all her babies for the first week and then I noticed she wouldn’t let the one eat. I watched him try multiple times and it became obvious that she was specifically keeping him off.
Glad he’s doing well this morning!

Thanks @Boer Mama I'm glad I found him too! He's walking around some in the play pen, not just laying down! He ate another 3.5 oz this morning which is 20% and he still looked a little sunken in! He was starved but I don't want to give him any more especially right away! Poor thing I'm kind of upset I didn't notice sooner!