Doeling that just WON'T take to the bottle....

michickenwrangler

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I'm having issues with this right now. I have a doe who is losing weight nursing her twins, so I pulled the kids off and planned to bottle feed them. They are getting milk from the milkings, good ol' goat milk.

It's been 2 days and they still haven't had more than a total of 2 ounces each. I can see their stomachs shrinking and they look "tucked up". I'm using those red/yelow caprine nipples with the tip ends cut off. I tilt up their heads and they get a bit, but then they turn away. Again, it's been 2 days so I'm worried.
 
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