This is John'swife
We have a lamb we are bottle feeding, the mother gave birth to triplets, she
cleaned one and left the other two, one of the abandon ones survived and we
have him on the back porch in a large wire dog kennel. We have put an old
blanket on the bottom of it and a box with a towel in it for a bed. We feed
ours Lamb Lac replacer milk, and use nothing more than a human baby bottle
with the nipple that comes with the bottle. We have tried lamb nipples in
the past and the lamb will not take them, and we lose the lamb. Last year
we had taken a ewe to the butcher not realizing she was so close to
delivery, the butcher called us, to come and get the baby and the only thing
I could think of that might be small enough was a preemie nipple which
worked well for a couple days then we graduated to a regular baby nipple.
We raised two this way last spring, this year the little one we are bottle
feeding right now is doing well using the same type of setup.
Good luck to all of you who end up bottle feeding it is a trial and error
process of finding what works for you.
If you always do what you have always done;
You will always get what you have always got
John Dahl
Buckeye, AZ
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From: "William Buchanan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Wednesday, March 03, 2004 6:15 AM
Subject: RE: [blackbelly] RE: bottle-feeding
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>
> I guess I have been pretty lucky. In 6+ years I have only
> had to raise one on the bottle out of about 200+ lambs. It went very
> well though. I used Land O'Lakes lamb milk replacer PLUS with
> every feeding I added about 25% canned goats milk. The lamb
> LOVED the goats milk and every time we tried to take it out,
> he wouldn't feed very well at all. Since he was our first bottle
> lamb, we went the extra mile to keep him happy.
>
> We started out with about 5 feedings a day for the first week. After
> the first week, we put him out with the others. He was bonded to us and
> would run up to us the second he spotted us. We then started feeding him
> about 4 times/day for another 2 weeks, then down to 2 feedings/day for a
> few more weeks. We didn't supplement his bottle with any grains, but it
> was Spring and there was plenty of grass/browse for him to nibble on. He
> learned from the other sheep and their lambs.
> I think he will be 4 years old this spring and he is a great liaison. He
> has a home for life.
>
> Chris B
>
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