My baby has diarehea(sp) and gunky eyes...

[cmjust0]

I raised many kid goats on a bottle. I would have to say too many. You can not take a baby goat that is getting maybe an ounce or two from the mother and give it 20 ounces at a time. Will cause diarrhea every time. I've witnessed many people KILL their baby goat over feeding them.

Yes you can, no it doesn't, and...if you say so.

Many goat breeds hardly make any milk at all. The babies do well and grow fast.

Say, are you the person who wants to wean the babies and feed them less times per day because it is better than heating milk, cleaning nipples, washing bottles?

In other words...am I the person with other things to do?

Uh, yeah...that's me.

If you have nothing better to do than feed a month old kid 6oz at a time, 10x/day...more power to ya.

Still doesn't make you correct, though.. Indeed, you're still incorrect and there are many thousands of people raising bottle babies on 20oz x 3 feedings who would back me up on that.

You've seen a few here already.

First if one buys a bottle baby that is just how it is. They need to be fed several times per day and should not be weaned off milk until they are at least 8 weeks old.

We wean at 8-10 weeks...usually 10. And, last I checked, three makes several.

With my feeding method I've never lost a bottle baby. I've raised hundreds of them that way.

Me either.

FWIW, I'm sorry that you had to raise hundreds feeding them umpteen times a day before someone told you how much simpler it could have been.

At least you'll know next time, though.

To the new goat mommy that is having the diarrhea issue. Err on the side of caution. You've given 20 ounces at a time. You got diarrhea because of it. Now do it right and feed that baby as it's mother would.

Yeah!

First, get on all fours and go "mehemememehe".....

Small amounts several times per day.
If you have children, did you bottle feed them only 3 x per day large amounts. I hardly think so.

That's a ridiculous analogy.. Are human babies up and running around at one day of age? Do human babies decide to walk over to the fridge and make a sandwich at a few days old like a baby goat walks over to hay? Were your own children big enough to have babies of their own at 8 months of age?

Gimme a break...

 

[supermommy]

ok wow...This is interesting..lol People argueing over how much to feed goats.. I will say this what works for some may not work for others..With that being said,
I have had him only about a week, he was on mom before that but takes feedings like a pro! I did cut back feedings to see if that was the problem his poop is a little more solid but still not firm so to speak! We checked for fever last night and it was 103 so Im pretty sure he is not "sick" Eyes look better today, so I think that was just a fluck and really has nothing to do with the scour Thank you all for the help and advice...


I want to "try" and stay away from meds IF possible, but I dont want to risk loosing my little guy because of my stupidity. So we will keep working on it and if he doesnt get better with the reduced feedings we will try step 2.. Thanks again!

 

[Roll farms]

FWIW, "pro-bios" are just good bacteria you put in the rumen to help straighten it out if the bacteria gets off balance....kind of like the "Activia" you see Jamie Lee Curtis selling on tv, only for goats.

I understand staying away from meds when possible, and I'd LOVE to, but I found out the hard way that our ground is coccidia-laden and if I don't use preventative treatment, my kids will sicken / die.

It won't cost you much to have a fecal ran to see if there *might* be an issue, and it may well make a difference if there is a problem and you catch it early enough to treat it.

Whatever you decide, best of luck to you and the kid.

 

[SDGsoap&dairy]

A totally unrelated question: I do a lot of texting but, what on earth does FWIW stand for??

 

[ksalvagno]

For What It's Worth

 

[Roll farms]

And I've never texted in my life....

 

[SDGsoap&dairy]

Ooooohhhhh- I see. A while back I used BTW in an email to my mom at her office- she emailed back and asked "what is BTW? And don't include it in the email if it's inappropriate." Leave it to my mom to assume that I'm being inappropriate... she knows me all too well.

 

[supermommy]

woohooo we have normal poops again thank you ALL for the help,advice,etc

 

[ksalvagno]

Glad he is doing fine now!

 

[horsesrus]

I know it been a while since your original post. What is it you've done to get this baby better? Thank you