RE: [AlpacaTalk] Bottle Feeding A New Cria
Laura, if the cria is active and nursing and acting normal I’d leave well enough alone. Does cria seem to be satisfied when finished nursing? If you supplement the cria won’t be stimulating mom’s milk.
It’s not too late to start giving mom lactation herbs. Contact Dr. Pollard in the morning and see if they’ll overnight you a small bag to get you started.
I understand why you’re weighing the cria. But it’s very important to do it at the same time every day. I promise you that a full tummy or a just emptied bladder can make a huge difference on the scales.
I try not to mess with Mother Nature too much. I’ve had crias that gained 1+ pounds per day for a week. I’ve had others that lost, maintained, and/or didn’t gain weight for several days. I carefully watch the individual and unless that individual is showing me reason to intervene I leave well enough alone. An active, nursing cria is probably fine.
Cinda
Driwind Farms
ARI Registered Alpacas
Cinda and Gary Young
El Paso, Texas
Phone 915-276-1827
www.driwind.
From: AlpacaTalk@yahoogro
Sent: Sunday, May 16, 2010 12:46 PM
To: AlpacaTalk@yahoogro
Subject: RE: [AlpacaTalk] Bottle Feeding A New Cria
She got two injections but am unsure what they were. One was antibiotic, I think. The othr may have been vitamin ……… I am weighing her cria daily to make sure she isn’t going downhill. If we don’t see a gain by today we will take whatever action is necessary. Cria is active and nursing but I have been unable to tell how much she is getting. I keep hoping for a milky face/lips after nursing. Baby got an A,D.E vitamin shot, I think.
Mom is getting all the hay –orchard grass and alfalfa – that she can eat……no herb supplements but I intend to have them on hand for future births.
Laura Roberts
R Half Pint Farm
Spotsylvania, VA
From: AlpacaTalk@yahoogro
Sent: Sunday, May 16, 2010 2:34 PM
To: AlpacaTalk@yahoogro
Subject: Re: [AlpacaTalk] Bottle Feeding A New Cria
Did your vet give you anything to help moms milk come in?? There are drugs that you use in the first 12 hours on mom then after that you can get Dom Perodome to give mom everyday to stimulate the milk.If you know a female is not a good milker you can use
herbs for a few weeks before due date and while nursing.Offer the cria a bottle if she refuses it you can figure she is not hungry. If she keeps loosing I would take action soon. I remember an article in Alpaca Magazine way back when "the cria that nursed it's self to death." Basically the mom did not have enough milk and the owners just assumed she had enough milk and it died. Always,T
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