add another to the zoo

deejeff442

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jeez ,went outside this morning to load up for work and found this thing in the yard.she is so small.the mother dont have any interest in nursing her.so my wife went to the feed store and bought formula .she has to feed her every 2-3 hours. i am going to isolate the mom and baby later today and hope she nurses.

 

deejeff442

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we know whos it is our 2 year old donkeys .but the mom wont nurse her for some reason.she is probably only 12 hours old now. she just drank her 4th bottle so she is hungary.gotta keep feeding her every 2-3 hours so i guess we get up a few times tonight.my wife has her in the spare bathroom.
 

beth

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Maybe try doing the feeding near mom's teets to get them to together.
 

deejeff442

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i have a 10 by 12 stall bsck there .i have some fencing left over so i will fence the front in and put the mom in whith her.the little one will try to nurse and we will see what happens.i do now plan to call the vet and have him come out to fix the male donkey hopefully this week.5 donks is enough i think.
 

deejeff442

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i have been working so much i didnt notice. this one is alot smaller than the other 2 we had. we just had them outside and the momma sniffed her and walked away.so i think we will be raising her.she is already my wifes shadow.following her a couple feet away all the time. she is already trying to run and jump. the store said to make sure she goes to the bathroom and she did a little while ago so she seems pretty healthy.today i have to make a couple calls to friends to see if i can get them to come here when we are at work tomorrow and feed her.
 

deejeff442

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well the baby donk is doing awesome.our neighbor across the street watches him everyday we work.they have hinted they want to keep him.we have 4 other donks so tomorrow i will talk with them about keeping him.they have 5 acres all fenced in so he would have a good home and be right next door when my house is done.also we are watching my friends goat .she was attacked by a dog a few weeks ago.the dog bit one of her ears right off to the skull.it has healed up.i think we are keeping her since my friend hasnt done anything about the dog.well yesterday i looked at her,she looks pretty fat.i looked at her behind and her nipples are hanging low.yep pregnant.this farm i have is getting out of hand.she should have a little one or 2 with in a month .so i have to fix up the little goat shed i built for her and the new ones.never ending farm.i love it to see these new ones born .
 

deejeff442

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a bad day. i got home from work.my wife took the baby donk to our neighbors while she went to get more fencing.she got back and our baby got sick and they took him to the vet. the momma donk didnt do the little one any good.the formulas we have been giving him that the vets said too wasnt enough.he toppled over today from being weak. he is at the vet now getting plasma. i dont know if he will live. he seemed fine yesterday but today not so good.the vet is keeping him and trying to help .it dont sound good for the little guy.
 

deejeff442

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good news.the vet just called.little dudley is doing great his blood is actually better now that common little ones. they said he is running and jumping all over following them around the place. they are keeping him till tomorrow and will check his blood one more time before we go get him.
 
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