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04-17-2017, 08:01 PM
Thank you so much for sharing Idaho Nancy! I needed to hear that it is possible!
I guess right now we are in the gray zone, not getting worst, and not obviously getting better. I'm crossing my fingers his fever stays away, I hate using banamine for so many days in a row (day 4), especially on such a tiny guy.
Our routine is now only 6 oz of milk at a time, a tiny bottle and the tiniest of holes in the nipple, plus I only allow him access to feed for 1 second at a time, then I make him stop and swallow. It's extremely time consuming, one tiny bottle takes about 20-30 minutes to finish, but he hasn't obviously aspirated since I started this "bottle dance" yesterday afternoon. At this rate he will need 6 bottles/day.
Some people have suggested I look into weaning him early, the vet hesitantly mentioned it as well. Being 7 weeks old its far younger than I'd like, but I truly don't think he will ever drink from a bottle correctly. I've started introducing calf manna per suggestion as additional nutrient replacements.
Any thoughts? I even tried feeding from a pan, he puts his nose up and flips the bowl with his hoof little stinker.
I guess right now we are in the gray zone, not getting worst, and not obviously getting better. I'm crossing my fingers his fever stays away, I hate using banamine for so many days in a row (day 4), especially on such a tiny guy.
Our routine is now only 6 oz of milk at a time, a tiny bottle and the tiniest of holes in the nipple, plus I only allow him access to feed for 1 second at a time, then I make him stop and swallow. It's extremely time consuming, one tiny bottle takes about 20-30 minutes to finish, but he hasn't obviously aspirated since I started this "bottle dance" yesterday afternoon. At this rate he will need 6 bottles/day.
Some people have suggested I look into weaning him early, the vet hesitantly mentioned it as well. Being 7 weeks old its far younger than I'd like, but I truly don't think he will ever drink from a bottle correctly. I've started introducing calf manna per suggestion as additional nutrient replacements.
Any thoughts? I even tried feeding from a pan, he puts his nose up and flips the bowl with his hoof little stinker.
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