This is a very good point and it made me look at what I've been doing with our bottle lambs. We fed some last year and the beginning of thios year with goat milk replacer (all we could get at the time) and had no problems. Have since been using sav-a-lamb milk replacer and have had some scours. Just a richer mix I guess.
--- On Thu, 3/1/12, Jen Lobo-Simpson <jenlobo0...@gmail.com> wrote: From: Jen Lobo-Simpson <jenlobo0...@gmail.com> Subject: Re: [Blackbelly] Blackbelly Digest, Vol 8, Issue 21 To: blackbelly@lists.blackbellysheep.info Date: Thursday, March 1, 2012, 10:55 AM I'm caring for two bottle fed lambs. Was offering feedings roughly six times a day. One was doing great, the other was refusing the bottle. She was losing weight and getting weak, but when I resorted to tube feeding, it would give her terrible scours. After several trips to the vet and scratching my head, we switched from the lamb milk replacer to goat's milk. It seemed to do the trick. The vet says it's rare, but some lambs have reactions to the replacer. She's bouncing back nicely now, started to graze a lot and still taking a little goat's milk 4x a day. Good luck! On Wed, Feb 29, 2012 at 4:03 PM, <blackbelly-requ...@lists.blackbellysheep.info> wrote: > > Send Blackbelly mailing list submissions to > blackbelly@lists.blackbellysheep.info > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > > http://lists.blackbellysheep.info/listinfo.cgi/blackbelly-blackbellysheep.info > > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > blackbelly-requ...@lists.blackbellysheep.info > > You can reach the person managing the list at > blackbelly-ow...@lists.blackbellysheep.info > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of Blackbelly digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. bottle lamb (o johnson) > 2. Re: bottle lamb (Michael Smith) > 3. Re: bottle lamb (RAY DE SA) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Wed, 29 Feb 2012 11:06:16 -0800 (PST) > From: o johnson <jq...@yahoo.com> > To: blackbelly@lists.blackbellysheep.info > Subject: [Blackbelly] bottle lamb > Message-ID: > <1330542376.99365.yahoomailclas...@web113612.mail.gq1.yahoo.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 > > > Had twins born sunday n lost one. Second one was doing great n > tonight/tuesday came home n momma ignoring him n hes just standing in the > corner. Brought him home n working on bottle feeding but he is different from > any lambs we have bottle fed before. Any ideas, sugestions, etc. Thank u. Oj > in ok > ? > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Wed, 29 Feb 2012 11:11:38 -0800 > From: Michael Smith <mwsmotorspo...@gmail.com> > To: blackbelly@lists.blackbellysheep.info > Subject: Re: [Blackbelly] bottle lamb > Message-ID: > <CAHiKykgZQGHUOd-JjAyJ7kDtKR_gpqppQNbJwqdMO7H3ndU=v...@mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 > > One thing I learned the hard way is: don't try to get away with > stuffing a lamb's belly with as much milk as they can drink and think > you can then do less feedings per day. I learned this from a goat > breeder. Her bottle babies always had scours. > > Feeding them like that, and they will end up with scours, and you'll > waste time treating it with probiotics, Corid, Albion, all sorts of > stuff, rather than just feeding them properly. Lots of small feedings > and you should probably get up in the middle of the night and feed as > well, at least till they start to put on some weight. > > -Michael, Perino Ranch Blackbellies. > > > > On Wed, Feb 29, 2012 at 11:06 AM, o johnson <jq...@yahoo.com> wrote: > > > > Had twins born sunday n lost one. Second one was doing great n > > tonight/tuesday came home n momma ignoring him n hes just standing in the > > corner. Brought him home n working on bottle feeding but he is different > > from any lambs we have bottle fed before. Any ideas, sugestions, etc. Thank > > u. Oj in ok > > > > _______________________________________________ > > This message is from the Blackbelly mailing list > > Visit the list's homepage at %http://www.blackbellysheep.info > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 3 > Date: Wed, 29 Feb 2012 11:51:12 -0800 (PST) > From: RAY DE SA <ray.d...@sbcglobal.net> > To: blackbelly@lists.blackbellysheep.info > Subject: Re: [Blackbelly] bottle lamb > Message-ID: > <1330545072.92758.yahoomailclas...@web181320.mail.ne1.yahoo.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 > > Have a couple I'm feeding right now myself. Smaller feedings the first week > at least, better to keep them wanting a little more than overdoing it with > them. I've been fortunate with all the ones I've done (and am doing), that I > haven't had to feed them during the night. I do feed thenm very late and I'm > at it very early too so that probably helps. Also, you didn't say if the ewe > has milk, if she does, you can hold her and let the lamb nurse at least a > couple of times a day and supplement with bottles as needed. She may end up > taking to the lamb after a few trys. It has worked at times here for me, not > all the time unfortunately. > > Good Luck, > Ray > --- On Wed, 2/29/12, o johnson <jq...@yahoo.com> wrote: > > > From: o johnson <jq...@yahoo.com> > Subject: [Blackbelly] bottle lamb > To: blackbelly@lists.blackbellysheep.info > Date: Wednesday, February 29, 2012, 11:06 AM > > > > Had twins born sunday n lost one. Second one was doing great n > tonight/tuesday came home n momma ignoring him n hes just standing in the > corner. Brought him home n working on bottle feeding but he is different from > any lambs we have bottle fed before. Any ideas, sugestions, etc. Thank u. Oj > in ok > ? > _______________________________________________ > This message is from the Blackbelly mailing list > Visit the list's homepage at %http://www.blackbellysheep.info > > > > ------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > This daily digest is from the Blackbelly mailing list. > Visit this list's home page at %http://www.blackbellysheep.info/ > > > End of Blackbelly Digest, Vol 8, Issue 21 > ***************************************** -- jenlobo.com jenlobo.blogspot.com 626.318.5161 _______________________________________________ This message is from the Blackbelly mailing list Visit the list's homepage at %http://www.blackbellysheep.info _______________________________________________ This message is from the Blackbelly mailing list Visit the list's homepage at %http://www.blackbellysheep.info
