Ivy delivered like a champ last night, three in about 5 seconds, the third and smallest was kind of left out of the licking session, didn't seem to be warming up and was pretty lethargic. Tried several times to put her in front of mom but no go, so I bundled her up, milked out a bit of colostrum and brought her in to the house to warm up. She took the bottle quite well after about a half hour,( note the bottle, it's all I could find) but when I took her back out, Ivy would have nothing to do with her. Pushed her away quite harshly. The other two were up and nursing just fine. Milked out some more, brought her back in, went out again at 4 am but still wouldn't take her. Back in with more colostrum, and again this morning about 8 am. Have another bit for her but then I think I'll just go with regular milk. May try to graft her onto my mini fainter who has a single a week and a half old, and is not the "brightest crayon in the box" so it could take. Have to be away the rest of the day and evening, won't be home till late, but critter sitter will be here and will do another feeding. Have never had a bottle baby before, does this sound like a reasonable plan? The baby seems very content, is sleeping in a laundry basket, wrapped in a blanket, next to the radiator.
Good luck with the bottle baby. Sounds like you have a great plan though. Good luck with her!
