Re: [Blackbelly] Help: Need info on bottle feeding

2010-08-03 Thread Cecil Bearden
Tom Quinn wrote: I worked on the ewe for a couple of hours, and got nothing. She has no bag at all. It sounded like she was letting down milk, but nothing. That and the fact that she was butting the lambs away, led us to decide to get them warm and try to bottle feed tonight. These little

Re: [Blackbelly] Help: Need info on bottle feeding

2010-08-03 Thread Nancy Tom Richardson
I agree with Cecil. I normally sleep with my new babies for the first night or 2. I didn't realize they were so small when I told you about the feeding amounts. On ones this small I feel lucky when I get a half ounce down them every 2 hours at first. I use a pet nurser bottle and the longest

[Blackbelly] Update on bottle babies Day 2

2010-08-03 Thread Tom Quinn
I want to thank everyone for the quick and helpful responses. I was so shocked--went by the sheep pen at 5:30 yesterday evening and there they were! The 2 little guys are doing great as of now. I held them last night and fed them whenever they woke up. We were able to get a little colostrum