Little help please

[Mouse14]

Tell me if this sounds good. I do 2.5 oz water to 2 tbsp of formula

 

[Mouse14]

So less gets wasted

 

[secuono]

Bottle baby has to relearn how to eat from you, since it keeps changing, teat, syringe, nipple. Make sure the holes are large enough in the rubber nipple or it may be too much work to bother.

I had a runt and it chose the back teats, which dry up. I had to sit there with my hand blocking the others so the runt could eat from the good teats. Once they choose teats, they use them even if it causes their death. =/

I've always reheated formula. Idk why you can't. But if you don't, then just make half or a third of what it says to use.
Easy to do the math if you measure out the normal amout, remove half by eye and compare to make sure it's half, then check with measuring spoons to see its size. Measure they dry stuff and water separate.

 

[Mouse14]

She acts like the nipple chokes her. Like it's too much for her mouth. She hates the kitten bottle, i guess bc its so small. The bottle I tried was a natural flow from Dr browns. She was a back teat baby :/

 

[Mouse14]

The baby bottle she bites at sideways bc it's so big when it's in her mouth. idk if I should let her get it how she can or find a different one

 

[babsbag]

Tell me if this sounds good. I do 2.5 oz water to 2 tbsp of formula

I didn't see this yesterday...yes that is correct.

I think I would mix up an entire days worth of formula and keep in the refrigerator and then just warm and put in the bottle want you need for each feeding. That is way I used to do kittens before I had goats.

If she doesn't like that nipple and she doesn't like the kitten one maybe try a puppy one? Or go back to a syringe? Is she looking fatter? If you look on Google for nipples for feeding baby pigs I found quite a few articles where people are just feeding them from a pan, even at 12 HOURS old. They say just stick their nose in it and if they are hungry they will eat milk from the dish, no bottle needed.

Again, I have never raised pigs, it is only what I read while looking for ideas for the bottle.

 

[misfitmorgan]

@Mouse14

The label directions do not mean mix half the amount of stuff....they mean feed half the suggested amount..you mix it just like regular pigs.

So 3/4c to 2c water this makes 16oz.

If you want to avoid a headache....this is what we do.

Grab a 16oz pop bottle, wash it out well. Run your tap water until it is good and hot, then put 1cup of water in it(you can use a regular measuring cup) then use a funnel and put in 3 scoops of the formula(scoop included should be 1/4c)...then put the lid on the pop bottle and shake for about 10 seconds then loosen the cap and let the pressure out, tighten and shake again....repeat until all powder is mixed in and appear lumps free. Add your other cup of cool/cold water, shake again just to blend. Then pour how much she is gonna drink in your baby bottle and heat it up....put the pop bottle full in the fridge. Just keep pouring out how much ever ready mixed formula she will eat into the baby bottle and warm it up. We have kept ready mixed formula like this in our fridge up to 3 days without any problems.

The reason they only want to you to reheat once is everytime you heat and cool it could cause bacteria growth..but this way your only heating what she is gonna eat at each feeding. Saves you a lot of formula waste.

 

[Mouse14]

Wow that'll be a life saver! I have been syringe feeding her until I can get back to the store. She only wastes maybe 5ml of the entire 3oz so I guess that's better than nothing. She is starting to gain weight, which has me so happy. She's still not up to rough housing but it's only been a few days do females have to be 6 months before you can spay them?

 

[Mouse14]

I may very well keep her if my husband will let me haha!

 

[babsbag]

So happy she is doing better. I know how it is...hard to get rid of the ones we spoil. I have no idea on the spaying part.