Michael:
If he took 4oz at one feeding I would not tube him. He sounds like he
is well on his way to recovery. I don't like the trauma with tubing, I
always feel that it hurts the throat.
I also would bet that he becomes your best buddy for a while. My
other bottle lambs would let my
So, Mark was right--in that Bam Bam was seriously constipated, and I
thanked him profusely already. Mark, you should post your very
detailed email instructions you gave to me, on this forum, they were
great!
Just wanted to share the highlights:
Bam bam was born Feb 12th and has never been
Michael:
Did you mean 30cc instead of 3cc? 2-3cc per feeding really is not
enough. I would try to get him to suck a bottle and take at least 20 cc
every 2 hours. If not then tube him with 20-30 about every 2 hours. He
needs to get a lot of nutrition right now since he is in a deficit...
Isn't it a great feeling to save a lamb!
As far as directions I think what you wrote below pretty much covers it.
The only thing I would have done different is probably closer to 12cc of
vegetable oil (but results is all that matters). I'm pretty sure you meant
3 ounces of milk and electrolytes
Message: 10
Date: Tue, 03 Mar 2009 15:55:08 -0600
From: Cecil Bearden crbear...@copper.net
Subject: Re: [Blackbelly] Underdeveloped twin, (He WAS constipated)
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