pulled BIG baby HELP HELP !!!!

For instance in OKlahoma where I live it was 75 (record high) yesterday afternoon at 8 PM we had 25-35 MPH winds with gusts up to 45 brought the cold front in high today 38. People in the north deal with COLD people in texas and OKlahoma deal with WARM COLD WARM COLD.

I lived in Texas half my life and now that I'm in Illinois I can honestly say that 40 F in Texas feels a lot colder than 8 F in Illinois. Part of it is the lack of warmer clothes. You just didn't buy the big insulated suit from Walls in Texas because you'd only see maybe 2-3 rare days where you'd need it.

Regardless, it's still a lot colder for that kid on the outside than the inside of his mom. The sudden drop in temperature is hard on anyone, even a grouchy old guy like me.

Thanks for the replies everyone. He is getting to be a big boy. He wasn't too late. From what I can tell he was two days over. Momma never took an interest in him so he's a bottle boy. The morning he was born/pulled it was in the low 30's. For us that's quite frosty. Down here when we are comfy at 100 degrees most folks up north are melting
His first night in the cabin I fed him around 8:30. Then he woke up at around 11:00, 2:30, 4:30, then we were up at around 6:30 to start the day. I took him out there with the other two boys that were born ahead of him also so he could be with his mommy. She just flat out refused to take interest. So every couple hours or so I was helping with feeding. I milked her a bit so he'd have some of mommas colstrum. She did not like that. When I tried to put him under her she'd kick him in the face so I'd take him back out before she'd do damage.
Second night he woke up 3 time to get a little juice on his belly and fall right back to sleep. Last night he woke up once. He's really doing pretty good. This morning he helped me go get some wood I'd cut up with the chainsaw yesterday well he was snoozin'. Coming back he rode on top of the wood. He looked like a captain of a pirate ship AHOOOOOOOY MATEY. Now he's back out with the other boys rough housing.

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When a baby is born it goes from a nice comfortable 103°F to a sudden COLD anything below that. Its wet, confused, poked and prodded. This is enough to cause stress to even the toughest. So unless you live where its 103°F, that baby will be cold and stressed when its born. People and animals can not be compared since we feel temps different than they do. We get cold we turn the heat up or put on more clothes. Animals do not have that option.

Leave them in an area where there are minimal drafts but keep them together. If you take the baby in and then back out to feed you will be stressing that baby and making it susceptible to illness. This is just my opinion and may not reflect the opinions of others.

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Good luck with that baby. We are fighting to save one of our cause shes so small. Her body is having trouble regulating itself and she has had to be give LR to rehydrate her. If you need any help just holler.

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This time of year a 60-degree or better temperature swing is not uncommon. We can easily go from -30F to +30F in a day or less. Really makes for a mess (and messes with your body). I'm not factoring in wind chill, either, but high winds often usher in the change to warmth. When it drops back down, usually very quickly, it often just clears off and doesn't get too windy. We get those omega highs that stick around forever, but only in the winter. Heh...

Glad to hear he's doing well with you.

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yes, you're right - it's best to have them in a draft free area and just dry them off and warm them as best as possible without bringing them in.
That's why I have a nice supply of BABY GOAT COATS on hand for those "freezing" nights.

It'll be 70 in the day, then drop down in the 30's or 40's - that's enough of a temp change to warrant a goat coat on a dairy kid! Usually the Boer kids handle it just dine.

Our little bitty baby is sporting a goat coat right now and shes in the house. Its a long story. She was unable to hold her temp so in a coat she went. I am going to try and take it off tomorrow. Its 60°F in here and shes been inside since she was about 6 hours old, shes 3 days now.

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Glad that he is doing well for you. I have such a fear of that one day... So far nock on wood my Momma's do better than I do. they have been very good Momma's... I'm just the wreck until I know they will be fine.

Sounds like you two are becoming quite the team!

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