[Jacob-list] bottle lambs

[Melody]

> My bottle lamb is very obliging.  The first couple days I fed him every 2
> hours, as he was quite weak after his ordeal of being dropped and
abandoned,
> and not found for nearly 4 hours in an icy wind.  Once I was sure he was
> doing well, I started "demand feeding".  (this only works if you work at
> home and let the lamb wear diapers so he can stay in the house too)
Oliver
> is just a week old today, and now he has a bottle about 9 pm, curls up in
a
> corner by the bed and goes to sleep, and usually wakes me up about 2-3
a.m.
> with a gentle baaaa for another feeding.  Then he goes back to sleep until
I
> get up at 6, and has another bottle.  He escorts me down to the barn for
> milking and feeding, and spends the time merrily chasing the guinea hens
> around the barn lot until I am through.  Back in the house he either
> torments the dogs or sleeps in my office until he gets hungry, then he
comes
> and butts my leg and baaaa's and I know it's time to warm the bottle.
Last
> year I had a bottle baby too, and used the same method, but last year's
baby
> was a bit hungrier and wanted his bottle at least 2 or 3 times a night;
> however, he did sleep quietly between.  Is your baby in the house?  Can he
> be near you or a family member at night? If he is not in the house, is he
> where he has company of some sort?  A lamb by itself thinks it is lost--if
> you are going to be mama, you have to be mama all the way or put up with
the
> crying.  LOL.  I know, I am not a practical shepherd and many would
probably
> not buy diapers for a lamb and let him live in the house for a week--but
> that's life at CritterLand.  Never know what you are going to see here.
> Melody at CritterLand
> Redmond OR
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Thomas Simmons" <creaganlios at prexar.com>
> To: <jacob-list at jacobsheep.com>
> Sent: Saturday, April 12, 2003 11:42 AM
> Subject: RE: [Jacob-list] bottle lambs
>
>
> >
> > OK, we have our very first bottle lamb,  a surprise born yesterday to an
> > 11-month old ewe.
> >
> > So tell me....do ALL bottle lambs sleep all day and cry all night????
> >
> > thom (where's my coffee ????)
> >
> >
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