how much cold can a newborn kid take

[woody111]

Our first pgmy doe kidded late last night with twins, buck and a doe. We dried them off, dipped their navels, and got them sucking. They are out of the wind in a small shed with a heatlamp on them. All seems well with 4 degrees above for a low tonight. MY question is with the forecast next week for -teens below o, should i make plans for bringing them in the house at nite. If they should come in, exactly how long can they be away from the doe before feeding again?

[CountryHaven]

As long as mom is caring for them well I woudln't go from inside to outside, I'd leave them where they are. If you are bottling them you might want to bring them in for your own personal convienience but then they'd be pretty much 'in' until warmer weather since their bodies would get used to the heat of the house.

[topside1]

Tami is right...leave them out in the weather. Lower the heatlamp a tad, add some more bedding and relax....

[woody111]

Lowering the heatlamp, and adding bedding is the easy part. Relaxing, not so much, LOL. thanks for the help

[jordan]

You might want to put the lower portion of a dog crate (remove the top) under the heat lamp as well, the sides of the crate will help retain a little more heat when mom and babies are in it.

[Tam319]

I concur Bringing them in the warm house and taking them out to Mom would cause more harm than good with the temp fluctuation. They are amazingly resilient little beasts and it sounds like you have a nice set up for them. Congrats!