Jodief100--- random stuff and BIG news

[jodief100]

Nissan's boy isn't doing well. I have him in the house warming up and am giving him some warm Nutra Drench every half an hour or so. He has improved in the last hour, he can now stand though shaky. I think he just had a very stressful entrance into this world and didn't get as much to eat as he should have. Between being born in the buck pen, carried to the barn and having to drag Nissan down there it was a lot for a little guy to take. Nissan didn't come running after them when I carried them away screaming, we had to drag her and then she took awhile to get settled into the pen.

Baby girl is doing great. She is up and active. Snuggling with her mama when I checked on them last. She is not quite white. She has a very subtle red tinge to her coat. It looks white until you see her right next to white and then you notice hers is different.

I called off work for the day........ I can't do that too much but I am not about to leave a baby that I might be able to save.

I milked about 8 ounces out of Nissan so I know her milk is in. It was just strange her having no udder the night before and then full milk the next day.

I am not sure which baby is which in the pictures. Hubby took them. I didn't even weigh them last night, I just was trying to get them settled with as little added stress as possible.

 

[Roll farms]

Well, she's always had her kids taken away so that's not really her fault, she probably assumed you were doing like I always do. I can't recall if she's ever been too torn up over it, but I am impressed she's being a good mom at all since this is really her 1st time, she's never even been allowed to clean a kid before.

I'd be tempted to give him 1/2 cc of BoSe if you've got it. She didn't get any while she was here b/c I didn't think she 'took' w/ Bullitt.

The reason I asked about the kids was the 2nd pic kid has Bullitt's little fat squished up nose.

 

[jodief100]

I did get some Bo-Se into him. I am looking for my B vit bottle, I know I have one around here somewhere......

I think the second pic is the boy. He has a curlier coat than the girl. I figured that Nissan just thought it was business as usual. She was really good with them once she settled in and realized they were there. She cleaned them up very well before we moved them. They were both dry when I found them. She is being a good mom, all things considered.

Little boy is doing better. Still cold but doesn't need to be propped up anymore. I am giving him about an ounce of warm Molasses/corn syrup/corn oil about every hour. He is in the bathroom in a laundry basket. I have a low temp heating pad on the bottom with a towel on top of it and towels around him. The space heater is going full blast and I broke down and turned the central heat on. I normally set the oil furnace at 45 to keep everything from getting too cold when we are gone and rely on wood fireplace insert to heat it up to warm but the fireplace heat doesn't get to the bathroom very easily.

Any other suggestions? I can't get an exact temperature. It is too low for my thermometer to register which means it is below 97.

Nissan is still snuggling with the little girl and she seems fine. She was up and walking around earlier.

 

[SuburbanFarmChic]

Oh, if he's that low, what about a warm bath.

 

[aggieterpkatie]

Lower than 97, is that the buckling's temp or the temp of his space? If his actual temp is that low, don't feed him any more. I would put him in a trash bag (leaving his head out of course) and put his whole body in a bucket of very warm (almost hot) water. His temp needs to be up before he eats anything at all. You can also do an intraperitoneal shot of dextrose (instructions here ).

If the 97* was in reference to the room he's in, then disregard.

 

[jodief100]

I really didn't want to dunk him in water but it looks like I am going to have too. I am really worried about warming him too fast and causing shock but I just got a real temp on him and he is lower than I thought.

I will keep y'all updated.

Lesson learned. Does may show NO SIGN AT ALL before kidding.

 

[SuburbanFarmChic]

What I've used w/ bunnies before is heat packs made in the microwave. Slightly moist towel in a plastic bag, heat then wrap in a thin hand towel or piece of fabric to help prevent scalding You'll be able to tell if it is too hot or ok.

I made the girl one to snuggle w/ when I brought her in last night to warm her up a bit because she was still wet/damp when the air temp dropped in the evening.

 

[20kidsonhill]

10cc of warmed corn syrup with a few drops of hot in it, can work wonders with a cold kid. I just use a 3cc syringe and slowly drip it in the back of their mouth. Put a heat lamp over him, so it is nice and warm(in the house), but not burning hot. and repeat corn syrup every 30 minutes or so, until he is up and acting hungry. then intoduce 1 ounce of milk to him, let him rest for an hour and offer him as much as he will eat and then let him be for 4 or 5 hours to digest. HOpefully by this time you have gotten atleast 4 ounces of milk in him.

I just kind of go with it, depending on how the kid is doing.

but first thing is warm him and sugar to the brain.

 

[aggieterpkatie]

I really didn't want to dunk him in water but it looks like I am going to have too. I am really worried about warming him too fast and causing shock but I just got a real temp on him and he is lower than I thought.

If you put him in the plastic bag before putting him in the water he'll stay dry and you won't have to dry him off after taking him out of the water.

Please keep us updated!

 

[jodief100]

well his temp is up several degrees but still low. I am off to the store, I wasn't able to get a good read with the thermometer because the batteries were low! I am going to pick up some B vit while I am there. I know I have some around here somewhere but I can't find it

I checked on everyone up in the barn and I had to lock Ginger and her kids back in the pen. Jack was licking the babies to the point where they were wet and shivering! Dang dog. So I will check on them again when I get back.

It is 24 degrees and sunny. I hope we have no more surprises tonight. I am just not up to it. None of the "due any day" girls looked close. But they all look closer than Nissan did two days ago.