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They have a whole forum pulling for them too!
Baymule's Lambs, 2nd Lambing
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Hens and Roos
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keeping our fingers crossed for them 
Ferguson K
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norseofcourse
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Fingers crossed here in Ohio too!
canesisters
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Waiting for today's update... and hoping all is well.
misfitmorgan
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I didnt see this yesterday.
I've saved several down hypothermic goat kids by placing them in a cardboard box with their head sticking out and making a hole on the opposite side by the top of the box and placing a hair dryer in that hole on low, leave the flaps open a bit so the air can escape because you dont want to cook them. Basically your making an incubator but their head is outside of it so they are not breathing hot air.....this is similar to those clear kennels dog groomers put dogs in to dry them but a cheap version with their head left out.
We also mix up some kind of sugar(molasses, honey, maple syrup, sugar, karo syrup, any sugar) and coffee and drip it with a syringe in their mouth about every 5 minutes. The caffeine and sugar will absorb thru the mouth tissue and help give them a better chance. Keep checking the temp inside the box, you do not want it over 120F approx, it should feel very warm but not like sticking your hand in the oven. Every 15 minutes or so open the box and re-adjust their position, you want them spread out a bit, legs and such so the heat can reach them. Once their mouth feels warm they are warmed up enough to eat milk/formula. Make sure your feeding quite warm milk or formula as it will help heat up their rumen as well. Your box should be 6-10" taller then the kid/lambs body when laying in the bottom of the box and roomy enough to spread them out a bit in the bottom of the box.
Hope this helps someone for "next time" i hate it every time it happens. We fix so many things and try to make it safe for the kids/lambs and then something you never even thought of happens and your in the same position again. I hope all is well with your lambs @Baymule
I've saved several down hypothermic goat kids by placing them in a cardboard box with their head sticking out and making a hole on the opposite side by the top of the box and placing a hair dryer in that hole on low, leave the flaps open a bit so the air can escape because you dont want to cook them. Basically your making an incubator but their head is outside of it so they are not breathing hot air.....this is similar to those clear kennels dog groomers put dogs in to dry them but a cheap version with their head left out.
We also mix up some kind of sugar(molasses, honey, maple syrup, sugar, karo syrup, any sugar) and coffee and drip it with a syringe in their mouth about every 5 minutes. The caffeine and sugar will absorb thru the mouth tissue and help give them a better chance. Keep checking the temp inside the box, you do not want it over 120F approx, it should feel very warm but not like sticking your hand in the oven. Every 15 minutes or so open the box and re-adjust their position, you want them spread out a bit, legs and such so the heat can reach them. Once their mouth feels warm they are warmed up enough to eat milk/formula. Make sure your feeding quite warm milk or formula as it will help heat up their rumen as well. Your box should be 6-10" taller then the kid/lambs body when laying in the bottom of the box and roomy enough to spread them out a bit in the bottom of the box.
Hope this helps someone for "next time" i hate it every time it happens. We fix so many things and try to make it safe for the kids/lambs and then something you never even thought of happens and your in the same position again. I hope all is well with your lambs @Baymule
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Another thing to remember- they can have convulsions when brought up to temp quickly. Just something to be prepared for.
Interesting method @misfitmorgan!
I have thought about putting our tiny tiny dwarf kids in our hovabator
Our Nubian buck was one of triplets. The breeder went out and saw the doe had kidding out in the cold (might have been snow too) 2 were dead and our guy was almost dead. She put him on the fireplace hearth and he survived. She named him Olaf from some movie, so we kept the name.
Interesting method @misfitmorgan!
I have thought about putting our tiny tiny dwarf kids in our hovabator
Our Nubian buck was one of triplets. The breeder went out and saw the doe had kidding out in the cold (might have been snow too) 2 were dead and our guy was almost dead. She put him on the fireplace hearth and he survived. She named him Olaf from some movie, so we kept the name.
misfitmorgan
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Another thing to remember- they can have convulsions when brought up to temp quickly. Just something to be prepared for.
Interesting method @misfitmorgan!
I have thought about putting our tiny tiny dwarf kids in our hovabator
Our Nubian buck was one of triplets. The breeder went out and saw the doe had kidding out in the cold (might have been snow too) 2 were dead and our guy was almost dead. She put him on the fireplace hearth and he survived. She named him Olaf from some movie, so we kept the name.
i thought about it with our cabinet incubator lol....but i was worried about them breathing the hot air.
Mini Horses
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...no update, makes me feel concerned. Hope it's not taken a turn for the worse.
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