This little guy is very stubborn and won't take his bottle. Good thing he has such beautiful blue eyes, like his mother. I wish his mother would take him back, but no deal. She butts him away - very sad. Now I have to be his mother but he's making it hard. He will walk across the apartment to the dog water bowl and drink out of it - something I have never seen a kid or lamb do at only 24 hours old. But he won't suck on a nipple. He needs milk, not water, to survive so I keep trying to dribble milk into his mouth. I don't want to tube him since he can swallow and he's really able to drink from the bottle, he just doesn't want to. When I pick him up he sucks on my chin - but not the bottle! I'm using the famous Pritchard's teat, which is the closest thing to a mother's nipple. Sometimes I think he is swallowing when I hold the teat in his mouth and gently rub it on his teeth so milk comes out. Then he will clamp down his jaw and it all runs out. I think I will pour some milk into the dog bowl and see if he drinks it...
Monday, February 18, 2008
Stubborn Little Monkey
This little guy is very stubborn and won't take his bottle. Good thing he has such beautiful blue eyes, like his mother. I wish his mother would take him back, but no deal. She butts him away - very sad. Now I have to be his mother but he's making it hard. He will walk across the apartment to the dog water bowl and drink out of it - something I have never seen a kid or lamb do at only 24 hours old. But he won't suck on a nipple. He needs milk, not water, to survive so I keep trying to dribble milk into his mouth. I don't want to tube him since he can swallow and he's really able to drink from the bottle, he just doesn't want to. When I pick him up he sucks on my chin - but not the bottle! I'm using the famous Pritchard's teat, which is the closest thing to a mother's nipple. Sometimes I think he is swallowing when I hold the teat in his mouth and gently rub it on his teeth so milk comes out. Then he will clamp down his jaw and it all runs out. I think I will pour some milk into the dog bowl and see if he drinks it...
Sounds like you might have a "bowl baby" rather than a "bottle baby" Hey, whatever works!
ReplyDeleteAnd his is SO cute. Look at the size difference already too. It is so neat to see all the little babies sharing a bed and snuggling. Bet the dogs are a bit peeved at having to share their sleeping spaces?!
:)