Re: [Blackbelly] Bam Bam's diet.

2009-03-23 Thread j...@netzero.net
I forget how old Bam Bam is but it's just too weird to me you're feeding him anything solid. My bottle babies were on liquid only lamb replacer for 3 months, 12 oz, four/three times a day. I think Bam Bam has had such a hard time and I hope don't have to put him down. We're all hoping for

[Blackbelly] Bam Bam Unplugged II, the Sequel

2009-03-23 Thread Michael Smith
three days of enemas with a good 10-15cc oil in each one and finally, Bam Bam became unplugged and had several blotches of runny poop last night and this morning. That is troublesome when you consider, he'd really not had milk for 1.5 days in any capacity, and no food yesterday at all (just tubed

Re: [Blackbelly] Bam-Bam unplugged the sequel

2009-03-23 Thread Dayna Denmark
michael, Here are some suggestions. Homemade electrolyte solution: 1 quart water 2 ounces corn syrup 1/2 teaspoon salt 1/4 teaspoon bicarbonate of soda Give this solution for 2 days.No milk or other food. Then return to milk feeding but give smaller quanities to begin with. Get some

Re: [Blackbelly] Bam Bam Unplugged II, the Sequel

2009-03-23 Thread j...@netzero.net
I think Carol told me not to use goat milk or replacer. I use Land O Lakes Sheep replacer and it worked fine. $30 a bucket here and I used 3 to wean but could use 2 I think. The cheese farm here uses only cows milk for goats and they've never had any problems. (Of course after 2 days with the