Author: Jeff
Date: 03-24-04 09:46
I don't know the answer. We just lost a similar triplet. At 18 days we noticed didn't seem to be getting food from mom who wouldn't stand for her, but otherwise wasn't rejecting her. She was hunched up appeared cold.
Brought her in and temp was 97 (normal is closer to 102). Fed her milk replacer from a bottle, kept her overnight and temp came up to 101, put her back out next day. She didn't seem to eat from mom that day, and temp dropped back down a degree or two.
Brought her in for long term. Bottle fed her, but she never wanted more than an ounce or two each feedings 3 times a day. Appetite seemed to get worse, not better. She'd drink some, not much. She'd eat some grain, but not much. No runny nose or other apparant problems, and she'd walk around, but she wasn't ever very lively. She died at about 28 days.
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