Hi All...My 4 Rat Terrier Pups are 1 wk old tonight. I have been giveing them a bottle every 4-6hrs round the clock since day 2. Most of the time they take the 6cc. The past few feedings they have had to suck real hard to get it. Sometimes there is stringy white stuff plugging the nipple but it is so hard to clear I have to put them back try to clear get them again etc what a pain. I got another bottle same type but the whole is bigger and I think they are getting too fast. It drips fast when I hold it upside down the other one I have to squeeze to get milk..when it plugs squeezing ,sucking on it does not clear it ..I have to take a needle and scrapeit,bangit, rinse it. Can I weaken it with more Goat Milk see if that helps ..I am already putting 16oz GM Instead of 13. They are gaining constantly but I just hate to make them suck so hard and stress them out what do you all suggest? I would like to talk to people that have used this formula on small breeds or any breeds! THANKS! Rachel and the PUPS!
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Rae, I don't know anything (except from reading) about bottle feeding pups, but from your post it seems there is only one hole in the nipple? On this site, http://www.leerburg.com/bottlefeeding.htm Ed mentions to "Be sure to poke a bunch of holes in the nipple" at the beginning of the page.
Not sure what the stringy white stuff could be, unless the formula isn't being blended well enough, or maybe the goat milk isn't very fresh. Just a couple of thoughts.
The Goat Milk I use is fresh the day I make it. I raise Dairy Goats so if anyone needs milk in southeast ohio I have it here. I milked 200 head at my licenced Goat Dairy in NH. My nipple had several holes but it still wasn't going thru..I am now warming just the amount I need,straining it thru a milk filter and feeding it It is working fine and you can't see hardly anything on the filter so I can't see how this can hurt. ..Rachel
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Glad you found out the cause. I don't know anything about goat milk but do know that when cow milk is heated, it does form a film on top that gets stringy. Hadn't thought of that in regards to your post, but that's probably what happened. Straining it to get the film out, a great idea.
Raising 200 dairy goats, that is cool. My only experience with drinking goat milk was years ago, my friend talked a very reluctant me into trying it. I about gagged and since she couldn't understand the reaction, she tasted it and said "oops, it went sour". Aahhh!
My Pups are doing real well. Still not sure and probably never will be on how much and how often only because I don't know how much they are getting from Mom. Sometimes they are super duper hungry other times they act tired and don't drink so just playing it by ear and watching their weight. They are sure gaining fast so I guess I'm a worried Mom! LOL! People have told me they know why God made me single...I'd so overprotective of my Animals!
Boy that was too bad that you got bad milk because Goat Milk is excellent ..that's why Ed has found out that the pups do so good on it It has a lot more vitamins,is alkaline and not acid so it digests in a very short time..u need to read The Makers Diet he has an awful lot on Goat Milk . There is more GM drank in the world than cow's milk but the US is cow's milk. Rachel
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