[Jacob-list] How much to feed bottle-fed lambs?

[Linda]

I'm at the last few weeks of raising a Jacob bottle baby that was given 
to me. I used Sav-A-Lamb, designed specifically for sheep.
Directions say to use 1/4 -1/2 cup _colostrum_ 6 times a day for the day
1/2 cup of the mixed formula 4-6 times a day on days 2-4
3/4 to 1 cup mixed formula 4 times a day on days 5-14
1 1/2 cups mixed formula 3 times a day on days 15-30
then reduce to 2 times a day giving 2 cups per feeding and gradually wean.
That's what the bag says. I fed less than that volume-wise for my Jacob lamb
She's doing very well on it. She's 7 weeks old now and getting 2 8 ounce 
feedings

Linda.




On 4/4/2011 8:07 AM, Jason Anders wrote:

> Good Morning:

> One week ago we had two lambs born that were rejected by their 

> mother.  It seems that she didn't have enough milk and by the time we 

> found them, they had gone probably 5-6 hours without feeding.  We feed 

> them colostrum and kept them going.  We are now feeding a kid goat 

> milk replacer recommended by our vet but are having a hard time 

> knowing how much to feed them.  They are having runny stools although 

> seem to be doing OK.  We are feeding about 4 ounces every 6 hours and 

> also giving them some anti-diarrheal medicine.  Any advice out there 

> would be very much appreciated.  We have never had to bottle feed 

> before.  Thanks so much!

>

>


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