tortoise's 2020 Preemie Lambs

tortoise

Wild Hare
Joined
Nov 8, 2009
Messages
8,419
Reaction score
15,104
Points
397
Location
USDA Zone 3b/4a
Lamb field trip to the pasture. Third lamb is my normal-size bottle lamb

1586039953041.png


1586042369185.png
 

tortoise

Wild Hare
Joined
Nov 8, 2009
Messages
8,419
Reaction score
15,104
Points
397
Location
USDA Zone 3b/4a
Day 5

Boy 4# 8 oz (+10 oz!)
Girl 4# 0 oz (+ 8 oz!)

They're pooping a lot more. :gig up to 3 baths/day just to keep the stink down to tolerable for in the house.

Girl is able to drink from a bottle now, but she's a bit coughy and raspy after so I'm thinking I should continue tube feeding a bit longer.
 

tortoise

Wild Hare
Joined
Nov 8, 2009
Messages
8,419
Reaction score
15,104
Points
397
Location
USDA Zone 3b/4a
Pretty sure I miscounted and today was day 5. IDK, the days are running together even with my written notes!

Day 5 (the second day 5)

Boy 4# 10 oz (+2 oz)
Girl 4# 0 oz (+0 oz) yesterday she was learning to drink from bottle and struggling

They slept through last night! I'm not going to put their basket by my bed tonight, they will be fine. :)

Today, girl is quicker to get up and more stable on her feet. She's still not putting her hoof down on her injured leg, but it's less curled. Hoping that means she doesn't have a nerve injury. She improved on bottle feeding throughout the day, and taking the bottle vigorously by night. She drank a 4 oz bottle for her last bottle. This is fantastic! I can feed less often now that she can drink 4 oz at a time. Fabulous progress in less than a week!
 
Top