
12/08/05, 12:28 PM
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Cashmere goats
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Join Date: Nov 2005
Location: CO
Posts: 2,023
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[FONT=Comic Sans MS]OH Goat Ferak, I am really sorry to hear about mom. We all know you will do just fine with Zeke. I know everyone is giving you a lot of idea's about what to feed the little one, but you will find the one that works for you, they are just like childrens formulas, some are better then others, and every child does better on one then the other. If you have a feed store near you by you might see if they have any nipples that go on the end of a beer or pop bottle, they are made for baby animals like goats sheet ect... I ended up getting a couple sets from Jeffers.com along with a few other bottle things, one you can even hang on a fence or bar for them to "nurse" when they need to. If it is all possible I would try to take her(mom) to a vet or a vet school, so they can see what happened to her. We had a baby in feb that I had to pull, her brother and sister were born fine at like 3:30 on the 12th of Feb, the next morning I noticed mom was not doing well, so I went up into her and pulled another baby, 20 hours later. I new she was dead so I kind of just threw her down. Well that startled her enough to start up her heart. Mom said no way that is not mine. So we had our first bottle baby in 5 years. We named her HOPE, because we just hoped she would make it thru the night. She did. She went to school with my daughter for while until she decided she needed to run the whole school, then she came to work with me. She thought for the longest time she was a dog because she was raised by our three dogs, she slept with them and everything "including eating the dog food" We had to finally put her in the barn with the other goats and she really didn't know how to act. She would come in thru the doggie door and come running into the house. We came home one day and found her fast asleep  on my bed. I was really mad but how can you stay mad when you are laughing so hard. Enjoy little Zeke, he will be a great bundle of fun with a LOT of responsibilities.
We all know you will do fine with him. You do need to have the scours treated right away. Get a sample of the poop to the vet to run a fecal float and make sure it is not something that will cause you to lose him also.
Good luck and I will say a prayer for you and the little guy.
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