Wide Mouth Lamb 'N' Kid Feeding Bottle
Easy to clean, wide-mouth plastic bottle for feeding orphan lambs or goat kids.
Use a bottle rack to allow lambs and goat kids to self-feed.
- O-Ring in blue cap fits more securely. The result is fewer O-Rings lost.
- Plastic material has been changed to increase transparency. Expect better visibility of liquid contents and fewer misshapen/wobbly bottles.
- Both Pritchard Teat styles—those with washers and those without—can be used without leaking.
- Printed ink measurements have been re-added. Embossed measurements can still be found on the opposite side.
Instructions/Diagrams:
Bottle Rack Instructions 
Common Uses
Specs
- 16 oz or 500 ml.
- Feeding bottle can be microwaved with milk inside it. (Remove the teat first. Latex melts!)
- Wide mouth makes it easy to add and mix milk in the bottle.
- Offset cap location allows better milk flow in bottle racks.
- Can be cleaned by hand or in a dishwasher.
How to Use
- Wash before each use.
- Screw off lid.
- Fill as needed.
- Screw lid back on.
Cutting the Pritchard Teat—Teats are supplied with no hole in the end and must be cut before use. Two different techniques can be used to cut the teat:
- The most common technique is to use sharp scissors and snip the tip off cross-ways. The more you snip, the bigger the hole, so don't overdo it.
- An alternate method is to not cut off the tip, but instead carefully slit the end into two halves with a razor. The two halves snap back together when not in use and self seal the end of the teat. Most importantly, this self-sealing method of cutting the teat allows you to place the teat in a partially inverted position, from which the lambs can suck at will.
When feeding, position the teat as high as a normal mother’s teat, about 9"–12" above the ground.
Why so low? When a young ruminent stretches out its neck to nurse, their esophagus elongates and forms a groove that carries the milk into the 4th stomach (the abomasum).
If the neck is not stretched, the milk falls into the first stomach instead of the 4th. But the first stomach is intended for grass and hay. It doesn’t digest milk well. A first stomach with too much milk enlarges to form a “potbelly”—and the lamb/kid can’t thrive.
Precautions
- Be sure not to lose the tiny metal ball that rattles when you shake the teat. The teat will leak without this ball. This rarely happens and primarily only from washing the teats too aggressively.
- Do not use Clorox® to disinfect teats. The strong chemical reacts with the latex and can cause rapid disintegration of the teat.
- Be aware of imitation Pritchard Teats currently on the market. They can be identified by their stiffer, molded rubber material. Pritchard Teats are made with soft pliable latex. We have found in experimenting with imitation teats that they are difficult to use with weak lambs, goat kids or tiny lambs from triplets or quads.
- Do not leave teats sitting in the sunlight. Especially do not leave them sitting on a window ledge inside a building. This “greenhouse” situation has been known to heat the red latex until it melts into a gooey blob. As all areas of high heat are bad for this type of latex, it’s best not to leave them close to an “active” wood stove or furnace.
- Do not clean the teats in boiling water. Use only warm water with a small amount of dishwashing detergent.
Listed below are recommended optional components or related items. Your particular situation may require alternative recommendations. Please call and talk to our consultants if there are any questions at 800-282-6631.
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Feeding Orphan Lambs and Kids
Bottle Rack
Item #563200 -Clever innovation that allows new lambs and goat kids to self-feed from our Lamb ‘N’ Kid Bottle.
$5.00 -
Teats and Nipples
Pritchard Teat, with washer
Item #563000 -Most proven screw-on teat. Closest in size, shape and texture to the "real thing" so orphan lambs and goat kids prefer it.
$1.85 -
Teats and Nipples
Pritchard Teat, without washer
Item #563001 -Most proven screw-on teat. Closest in size, shape and texture to the "real thing" so orphan lambs and goat kids prefer it.
$1.85
$1.45 -
2020 New Products
Silicone Bottle Brush
Item #950095 -Use this flexible and hygienic silicone brush to clean lamb and kid feeding bottles, canning jars and water bottles.
$12.00 -
Treatments
Colostrum Replacement, 235g (8.3 oz)
Item #621600 -To replace or supplement maternal colostrum in the first day of life.
$19.50 -
2020 New Products
Shepherd's Choice Lamb & Kid Milk, 25 lbs
Item #780002 -Veterinary-formulated milk replacer that provides total nutritional requirements for baby lambs and goat kids.
$63.00 -
2020 New Products
Shepherd's Choice Kid Milk, 50 lb bag
Item #780004 -Veterinary-formulated milk replacer with citristim that provides total nutritional requirements for goat kids. 50 lb bag.
$107.50 -
Lambing and Kidding Aids and Accessories
NutraStart® Replacer with Coccidiostat, 25 lb bag
Item #622301 -Milk replacer for baby lambs and goat kids. Formulated with coccidiostat for prevention of coccidiosis.
$70.00 -
Lambing and Kidding Aids and Accessories
NutraStart® Milk Replacer for lambs, 25 lb bag
Item #622320 -A complete first feed for lambs and goat kids. It provides the entire nutritional requirements of the lamb or kid from its second day of life through weaning.
$68.00 -
Lambing and Kidding Aids and Accessories
NutraStart® Milk Replacer for Kids, 25 lb bag
Item #622330 -Fully formulated complete feed for goat kids. It provides the entire nutritional requirements of the kid goat from its second day of life through to weaning.
$68.00 -
Treatments
Advance® Arrest Energy Supplement
Item #622335 -A livestock energy supplement with electrolytes. Contains a gelling agent to help rapidly restore lost fluids.
$3.50
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Teats and Nipples
Pritchard Teat, with washer
Item #563000 -Most proven screw-on teat. Closest in size, shape and texture to the "real thing" so orphan lambs and goat kids prefer it.
$1.85 -
Teats and Nipples
Wide Mouth Bottle O Ring
Item #5627011 -Replacement O Ring for the Wide Mouth Lamb 'N' Kid Feeding Bottle.
$0.50
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Evelin S from Florida
So easy to clean and doesn't leak. Numbers are so easy to read and large mouth makes for easy pouring.
Dedina M from Virginia
The wide mouth bottles are easy to clean, and unlike the previous version, don't have crevices where old milk can collect. Because of the large opening, we can also freeze colostrum or milk in ice cube trays and simply drop in as many cubes as needed, melting them in the bottle. This new version also holds the o-ring in the blue top in place, resulting in many fewer lost o-rings. Finally, we previously had the issue of losing the ounce markings on the sides of the bottles after repeated washings. This newer design has the markings both printed and in raised plastic down the sides of the bottles, allowing us to track how much each lamb drinks, even if we've had the bottle for a long time. Overall, this bottle design is a huge improvement over the previous version! We first ordered just the additional bottles we needed for this year's lambs, but just placed an additional order replacing all of our old bottles. Definitely worth it!
Sylvie T from California
Easy to clean.
Scott W from Minnesota
Wide mouth makes it easier to fill and easier to clean.
Sue F from Pennsylvania
Wide mouth makes it easy to use measuring scoops to put replacer into the bottle.
