Baby goat refused bottle this morning

[Rarely Herd]

Will do, thanks!

 

[Mea]

The nubian is a little over 2 weeks old and still on the bottle.

She did not seem interested at all and would not take the bottle.

We've been giving her 2 a day.

My usual $.02 here...

If the doe kid is only 2 weeks old... perhaps feedings more often and a smaller ammount could be benificial.

Our kid-lets are fed 4x a day and get approximately 12-16 ounces, per kid, a feeding. We will soon be dropping them to 3x a day as some are leaving the bucket early for the grain dish. They will most likely have milk until they are over 2 months old.

Glad to read that she did take a feeding later on.

 

[The Egg Bandit]

I'm a newbie, but when my little doeling did this a wonderful goat lady suggested a b-complex shot. I hate needles, but I hate losing a baby more. The b-complex worked. I did it SQ rather than IM due to my squeamishness. From now on, any kid at Boggy Branch Farm that acts reluctant for a bottle will get a shot of b-complex. Just my newbie 2 cents.