After more than 5 months, the ewe finally gave birth to 3 healthy lambs, but at this time you can't be happy, why? Because this ewe only feeds 2 of the 3 lambs, and the remaining 1 hates it so much that she doesn't even let it get close.
In fact, this situation is a very common behavior in nature, because in nature, if the mother (birds and mammals) gives birth to many offspring, it will abandon the weakest one, which is the principle of survival of the fittest in nature.
So if the lamb is born in nature, it will die, but fortunately, although its mother does not feed it after it is born, there are still humans who feed it.
As farmers, they do not allow any animal to die after birth, because it will bring them huge financial losses.
So what problems should we pay attention to when feeding the lambs? The first is the problem of bottles and milk powder.
Some people will use baby bottles to feed lambs, in fact, this method is very wrong, because baby bottles are specially designed for babies, if you take it to feed lambs, lambs will bite the nipple of the bottle, which is very dangerous for lambs, so feed lamb milk with a special animal bottle.
Secondly, milk powder, many people will give the milk powder to the baby to feed the lamb, in fact, this is also the wrong approach, because the baby milk powder is based on the nutrition required for the growth of the baby, the nutrition required by the baby and the nutrition required for the growth of the lamb are different, so the milk powder fed to the lamb should also be a special lamb milk powder.
Artificial feeding of goat's milk must also pay attention to the following aspects:
1, special feeding, do not change the breeder at will, in order to be familiar with the life habits of the lamb, master the lamb's fullness, feeding temperature, feeding amount and changes in appetite, health or not, etc., but also convenient for the lamb to better adapt to the environment;
2, the most suitable temperature of milk powder is 35 ° C ~ 41 ° C, too high temperature is not only easy to hurt the lamb, and easy to make the lamb constipation, too low temperature is also easy to lead to indigestion, thinning or flatulence and other diseases of the lamb. There is no thermometer to stick the bottle to your face or eyelids, and when the somatosensory temperature feels appropriate, you can feed the lambs. As the lambs grow older, the temperature can be slightly lowered;
3. Each feeding should be best mastered at the level of "seven points full", and excessive feeding should be avoided. According to the weight or physical size of the lamb to determine the specific amount of feeding, generally the amount of milk given throughout the day is preferably equivalent to 1/5 of the newborn weight;
4, when feeding lamb porridge or soup, should be quantitative according to the consistency, the amount of feeding throughout the day should be slightly lower than the standard of feeding milk, especially the initial feeding of porridge for 2 to 3 days, should be given less first, and then increase the amount after slow adaptation;
5. When the lambs are healthy and have a good appetite, every 7 to 8 days increase by 1/4 to 1/3 compared with the previous feeding. If the lambs have dyspepsia, they should reduce the amount of feeding and increase the amount of water they drink, and if necessary, take therapeutic measures.
6. It is not recommended to feed the newborn lambs with milk powder, and give the lambs colostrum as much as possible. If the ewe insists on not feeding the lamb, milk the ewe's milk into the bottle and feed it to the lamb.
For reference only, please consult a professional on how to manually feed goat milk.