You most definetly can! About 4 years ago i found two abandoned newborn kittens in my backyard. I took them to a vet to get tips on how to take care of them. They said the best thing to give them is goats milk. They also gave us a serenge, a small bottle works fine too. We fed them the goats milk till they were able to start eating soft kitten food without goats milk. Then when they were old enough and had stronger teeth, we fed them hard kitten food. The kind we got was Science Diet. They are strong and healthy as can be, today. So goats milk is perfetly fine. Formula is good too, but goats milk is better if you ask me.
How do make them open their mouths to drink the milk?
Yes cats can drink Goat's milk .. if you go to the supermarket and buy special cat milk (Whiskas/Felix/Catsip) and look at the ingredients it is usually Goat's milk with added calcium and minerals. I have twelve cats and it is too expensive to buy them all special cat milk, so now they get Goat's Milk.
Goats milk is fine for kittens just don't make it a steady diet. Unlike cow's milk there is no constipation happening for the cats. It does have drawbacks and shouldn't be given all the time unless it is straight from the goat.
Do NOT use Cow's milk, will cause diarrhea. Use special formulas made for kittens. You can find them at Pet Supply or Pet Stores, such as KMR or Just Born formulas or your can use canned milk diluted one part water to one part canned milk or goat's milk diluted one part goat's milk to one part water. Goat's milk is very rich so be careful. I prefer the formulas that are already made up as they have all the vitamins and minerals needed. At three weeks of age you can start mixing in mushy dry kitten food. Just soak it until it is very soft and mix in some of the formula in it. Then as time goes by wean off the milk part and use just the dry kitten food. Use a good name brand, not some cheap generic brand.
Yes, a goats milk is thicker and richer than the milk of a cow.
Yes you can, it's not going to hurt it any. It's just as good as cow's milk, especially if the calf won't drink milk formula.
No because it can cause diarrhea.
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It would have different formulations - it is preferable to feed your goat kid specifically produced goat milk formula or if you can't get that full cream powdered milk.
Milk replacer formula, or raw milk. Don't feed the calf homogenized or pasteurized milk, because they are devoid of the essential bacteria that are killed off in the pasteurizing process.
If you can try to feed it mostly milk. It needs to get healthy.
There is no such thing as regular milk. Milk is either whole or separated and can be pasteurized or non pasteurised. Better to go to the feed store and get powdered milk for calves. It usually has other additives to help the calf get stronger.
Depends on how old the calf is, but milk replacer mixed with water is what you can feed a baby calf. Also allow it access to hay or grass, grain, and water.
Warm, but not hot goat milk from a bottle.
No. Should be either or. Electrolytes if calf has scours, milk replacer if it's healthy.
Goat milk is preferred. They can get alot more nutrients and strength from goat milk. Strength is obviously very important when raising a baby deer, so using goat milk would be your best choice.
The colostrum of cattle is the first milk from a cow to her calf used to not only feed the calf but provide the calf with a start up of the calf's' immune system. It is milk that is comprised of immunoglobins and antibodies which help boost the calf's immune system by feed it antibodies that the cow has generated or received from vaccinations prior to giving birth.
goat milk, it is easier to digest
Milk is produced by most species of mammals to feed their young. Cow's milk and goat's milk dates to prehistory.