20kidsonhill
True BYH Addict
The grinding, is because he isn't feeling well. He can't be getting enough to eat.
He may have something wrong with him, perhaps that is why he wasn't nursing well, maybe he was injured at birth.
Does he get up and run around?
I am not sure what to tell you, other than have someone in your area look at him, that knows something about goats.
It can be a little tricky getting a kid to take a bottle that has been nursing on his mom.
Warm the milk to 104 degrees.
Sit in a chair and put the kid under you legs on the floor, and hold the bottle like it is under the mother's stomach, take your free hand and place on top of his head and mouth, with your free hand, help slip the end of the nipple into his mouth. Then use your hand that is on his head to feel like a shelf,
try bumping his bottom a little bit. like a mom does while the kid is nursing.
Don't hold the bottle up too high, needs to feel like it is lower like an udder.
I am sorry it isn't going well.
He may have something wrong with him, perhaps that is why he wasn't nursing well, maybe he was injured at birth.
Does he get up and run around?
I am not sure what to tell you, other than have someone in your area look at him, that knows something about goats.
It can be a little tricky getting a kid to take a bottle that has been nursing on his mom.
Warm the milk to 104 degrees.
Sit in a chair and put the kid under you legs on the floor, and hold the bottle like it is under the mother's stomach, take your free hand and place on top of his head and mouth, with your free hand, help slip the end of the nipple into his mouth. Then use your hand that is on his head to feel like a shelf,
try bumping his bottom a little bit. like a mom does while the kid is nursing.
Don't hold the bottle up too high, needs to feel like it is lower like an udder.
I am sorry it isn't going well.
