20 to 30 cc will be fine per feeding and I would only do this for about
every 4 hours. As Carol said you can overfeed. Pay close attention as to
how tight the belly is. If you will tie her head where she cannot butt the
lambs and let them try to suck, it may work. It will take 3 days. Be sure
you have the right ewe. I know this sounds funny but it happens. make sure
she is butting both. If not you may have another ewe that has lambed. The
stomach accepts colustrum for 24 hours. I have used old mentholatum on the
ewe's nose and down the backs of the lambs and it confuses mama into
thinking they smell like her.
Cecil in OKla
----- Original Message -----
From: "Michael Smith" <mwsmotorspo...@gmail.com>
To: <blackbelly@lists.blackbellysheep.info>
Sent: Monday, August 02, 2010 11:19 PM
Subject: Re: [Blackbelly] Help: Need info on bottle feeding
Tom, also those teets are small, and you may want to try this, for
milking, if you have a larger syringe around.
http://www.tvsp.org/sheep_milker.html
don't forget to bump upwards on the bag a few times to get it to let
down, before you try this.
_MWS
On Mon, Aug 2, 2010 at 9:10 PM, Carol Elkins <celk...@critterhaven.biz>
wrote:
Tom, do everything you possibly can to milk colostrum from the ewe. Put
her
in a stanchion to hold her still. You may not get a lot, but every bit is
important. Measure what you do get and divide it into two parts, one for
each lamb. Do this as often as you can to get as much colostrum as you can
from her. If she has any milk in her bag, you might try letting the lambs
nurse. I stanchioned a ewe three times a day for 3 weeks and she finally
accepted the lamb. (I bottle fed him to supplement what he was getting
from
the ewe.)
Read the article I wrote about Raising Bummer Lambs on a Bottle at
http://critterhaven.biz/info/articles/bummer_lamb.htm It contains a recipe
for a newborn milk formula to use if you have no colostrum. It also
provides
a schedule and a formula for feeding amounts. Cecil will caution you to
not
feed as much as the article recommends per feeding and I agree; but it is
a
place to start.
Carol
At 09:58 PM 8/2/2010, you wrote:
I dont have any colostrum. All of this happened after the feed stores
were
closed.
I can probably find some tomowrrow-- or is that too late?
Carol Elkins
Critterhaven--Registered Barbados Blackbelly Hair Sheep
(no shear, no dock, no fuss)
Pueblo, Colorado
http://www.critterhaven.biz
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