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07-08-2014, 10:05 AM
Petunia is still having trouble keeping up production, and for the past week I've been giving Snickers 1-2 meals a day from Lilly. Neither of the babies ever seems hungry, they are growing well, active and playful, but Snickers is the larger of the twins and is going through a very fast growth spurt that Petunia just can't keep up with. I don't think Snickers is exactly hungry, but he's definitely greedy (I think he's determined to catch up with Finn--good luck with that!), and Lilly has so much milk I never know what to do with it all. I'm very happy to be able to share it with a kid who wants it.
Sputnik won't have anything to do with nursing off anyone but his mother, but he doesn't seem hungry and he's growing well so I leave him be. At least with Snickers getting nearly two full meals a day from Lilly, there's a lot more of Petunia's milk left for Sputnik.
Unfortunately, Petunia's udder is still quite lopsided. I'm having doubts whether we'll be able to show her this year. Both sides feel normal, there's no mastitis, and I'm pretty sure both sides are producing about the same amount of milk, but the side that had mastitis has almost no flesh inside while the other one is quite fleshy. I wish I could get it down.
Sputnik won't have anything to do with nursing off anyone but his mother, but he doesn't seem hungry and he's growing well so I leave him be. At least with Snickers getting nearly two full meals a day from Lilly, there's a lot more of Petunia's milk left for Sputnik.
Unfortunately, Petunia's udder is still quite lopsided. I'm having doubts whether we'll be able to show her this year. Both sides feel normal, there's no mastitis, and I'm pretty sure both sides are producing about the same amount of milk, but the side that had mastitis has almost no flesh inside while the other one is quite fleshy. I wish I could get it down.