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Weeks 1 to 4, feed 12x daily including overnight

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• 5 – 10 ml goat’s milk every 2 – 3 hours including overnight

• Decrease overnight feeds slowly toward

• Offer Pedialyte® by syringe

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Weeks 4 to 8 feed 6x daily, decrease overnight feeds

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• Feed 8 – 15ml of goat’s milk

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Weeks 5 to 6

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• Introduce a new vegetable each week, ideally following fecal output

• Vegetables may include carrots, squash, zucchini, and sweet potato

• First solids should be steamed green beans

• Second week of solid’s introduce goat’s milk-soaked manufactured

leaf-eater pellet such as

• Mazuri® Leaf-eater pellet

• Add Enfamil® Poly-vi-sol multi-vitamin, one drop daily

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Beyond week 8 feed 5x daily, discontinue overnight feeds

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• Strengthen milk by adding 8 ml (1.5 teaspoon) of additional

powered goat’s milk formula

• Increase goat’s milk intake to 80ml over 12 hours

• Discontinue Pedialyte® by syringe

• Offer water by syringe

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Beyond weeks 10 to 12

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• Offer solids prior to feeding milk

 

Week 20 feed 3x daily, leave overnight bowl

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• May wean to solids only but many facilities offer milk for at

least 10 months

 

Beyond 30 weeks feed 2x daily, leave overnight bowl

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• Continue to monitor food intake and fecal output

 

Beyond 38 weeks feed 1 to 2x daily

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• Self feeding