bottle feeding baby boer goats...

[ALEXthegoat]

so, friday night, the mother of these two baby goats passed away. I'm struggling with making the one of the two babies eat milk.
they're almost a month old, they eat grass and alfalfa...
they're on milk replacement, and im looking into real milk.

anyone have ideas on making him drink?

thanks.

 

[jodief100]

Give them whole cows milk. It is easier to make the transition and it is fine for them nutritionally. It is also cheaper.

Feed them 3 x a day, 8 hours apart. If they won't eat at one meal, wait until the next. They will eat when they get hungry enough.

Good Luck, sorry to hear about your doe.

 

[ksalvagno]

sorry about your doe. If they really won't take the bottle, the other thing you can try is giving them a pan of milk.

 

[helmstead]

I've gotten a 3 week old kid on the bottle before. It took 4 days of trying to feed her every 3 hrs or so...but she did finally accept the bottle.

So sorry about your doe.