Joey's crooked legs, pics.

[SDBoerGoats]

So I milked Penny and put the colostrum in a bottle and the first baby eagerly ate about 4 ounces. They don't try to nurse their mom, he sucks at the walls of the stall. The youngest one, the weaker one, was trying to nurse when he first was born, by crawling on his belly to his mom, but he never latched on. She never cleaned him well at all. Just his head.
Now he won't try to nurse on the bottle at all, and there is rattling in his lungs.
I have given him 5cc of B Complex, and am putting Nutrical on his tongue. I don't know what else to do. I have brought him in the house to keep him warm and to offer him colostrum every little while. Any suggestions?

 

[ksalvagno]

Did the kid get any colostrum? Maybe he got some in his lungs. Do you have Banamine? I would give him a shot of Banamine. That can help with any inflammation.

 

[SDBoerGoats]

We tried to squirt some in his mouth with a syringe. I hope to God that we didn't do it! I think I do have some paste Banamine, would that be OK? I just hate to lose him, he is gorgeous. But he is rattling and just doesn't even try to drink the bottle at all anymore. He did try to suck when he was first born. If he has any colostrum in his belly, it is only an ounce or so.

 

[ksalvagno]

I'm not sure about the paste. I have only used the injectible.

 

[Jenni]

You need to go slow with the syringe. I used a 3cc syringe on Lily's weak baby and gave him 1/2cc at a time. Give him time to swallow before giving more. He will wear most of it, but you will get some in him. Try every hour. Keep him very warm. When he's a little stronger you can work on his suck reflex. Good luck.

 

[SDBoerGoats]

Here is the first buckling born when he was about 15 minutes old.....

Here is the second baby born, she left him this way. I toweled him down and took him inside and used the blow dryer on him.

 

[SDBoerGoats]

You need to go slow with the syringe. I used a 3cc syringe on Lily's weak baby and gave him 1/2cc at a time. Give him time to swallow before giving more. He will wear most of it, but you will get some in him. Try every hour. Keep him very warm. When he's a little stronger you can work on his suck reflex. Good luck.

I can use a syringe since he won't drink. I just want colostrum in him. He's giving up I think, he just won't suck at all. Did you save your weak baby? And what about the rattling in his lungs? He's in a dog crate in the house and there is a space heater close to his crate. He's warm and snuggly right now.

 

[Jenni]

Does he have any discharge coming out his nose? Coughing? I would keep trying dribbles of milk from Mom and give him lots of stimulation. Get him up and walking, rub his body. Is he with his brother?

 

[SDBoerGoats]

No he isn't with his brother now, I brought him in the house cause he was so cold and weak. I just gave him about 1cc of colostrum one tiny bit at a time. He kind of fought me but he did swallow it. I make sure he is not laying flat and I rub him and talk to him. He has no discharge but he does try to cough. And I can hear the crap rattling when he does. I think she didn't take the sack off him, and he got some liquid in his lungs. I don't know if he can win this.

how long can I keep the colostrum we milked from the doe before I have to freeze it? I got about a quart out of her to give to the babies, I am heading back out now to see if his brother will drink some more but I sure don't want to waste any of it.

 

[20kidsonhill]

As he warms up he should get more of a sucking reflex, Instead of milk, give him warm strong black coffee mixed with corn syrup, 5 to 10 cc's, just add enough coffee to make the corn syrup a little thinner. I normally let them rest for 30 to 45 minutes after that, while they warm up some more, and then try again.


I always just use a 3cc syringe on a weak kid, instead of a bottle.




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