Black Spot's 1st doeling: sad update

[phoenixmama]

Well, it's bittersweet. We've got one very lovely 5# spotted brown doeling (the firstborn)...but the second born was a stillborn 4# solid brown buckling.

More update tomorrow...

 

[phoenixmama]

...Okay I've got questions. I'm a little unsure of what to do.

My initial plan was to pull kids at birth, and bottle feed. However, now that there's just the one doeling (that we plan to keep)...and Black Spot's normal penmate Brownie was being too rude for my comfort level...I didn't want Black Spot or the doeling to be by themselves. So, they are together. She's being a very good mother so far...but baby is so small, and hasn't stood up to nurse yet. I've held her up a few times for her to get used to nursing from mom...and milked out about 4 oz. from Black Spot to give to baby in a bottle since she wasn't standing to nurse. Do I just assume that she'll be nursing okay?

 

[Roll farms]

If she seems weak, I would continue to bottle feed her until she's stronger and been seen nursing or you feel a consistently round, full tummy.

eta, sorry you lost the buckling, the doe sounds lovely.

 

[Emmetts Dairy]

Congratulations on your doe. Im sorry about the loss of your buckling that terrible news.

For the nursing what I do is stand the baby up next to the teat and encourage the feeding. I would try your best to have her eat off Mom..if shes too weak, hold her there to get some milk into her so she can get some energy to continue feeding herself. If not..you will have to bottle feed and make sure you get food into her, preferable the within the first hour after birth. Important.

Good luck I hope it works out for you and her!

 

[phoenixmama]

Thanks for the condolences for the little buckling...I think what was so sad was seeing the difference in how Black Spot treated him, she licked him so much more forcefully she did the doeling. Perhaps trying to get him going? After I removed him though, she directed her attentions right back at the doeling.

 

[ksalvagno]

Congratulations on the doeling and sorry about the buckling.

 

[ThreeBoysChicks]

Pictures?

 

[phoenixmama]

Here's a pic...I took more, but gotta hurry through my morning routine over here. I'll post more later.

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I suppose I would consider her "weak"...so what should I do, besides bottle feeding until she's strong enough to nurse on her own? She was born around 12:30 last night (pacific time) and still hasn't stood on her own. Is it because she's smallish? Or doesn't that have much to do with it?

 

[willowbreezefarm]

You had a lovely kid! congrats!!

 

[phoenixmama]

Okay...so I've gotten 2 more oz. of colostrum into her since this mornings post. She's holding her head up really well, and has tried to stand...but without success at this point.

I'm going to keep offering her colostrum every couple hours since she's not drinking a lot at a time.

Re: dipping navels...I dipped her navel in iodine last night, but it doesn't look like it. I guess I was expecting her umbilical cord to be stained by the iodine. So, I'm second guessing myself thinking I didn't dip it for long enough. I don't know...am I being silly? I dipped it in the iodine and held it in there for maybe 2 seconds. Did I do that right? Do they just not look stained afterwards?

(Can you tell I'm new at this?) :/

ETA: Should I give her her .5 cc of Bo-Se now? Also, would .5 cc or so of Vit. B complex be of help to her?

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