Rough Night

The last four days Blake has been grazing a lot, drinking his goat milk/water mix from a bowl during the day and getting a very small bottle of watered down goat milk/water mix at night. But tonight I thought maybe Blake gets so excited every time he sees his bottle because he needs it nutritionally; the way we'll crave certain foods because they have some nutrient we need. Worried he needed more bottle feeding, I let him have a bigger bottle tonight. Big mistake. I'm so mad at myself, I should have known better. After letting him have a big bottle tonight he blew up like a helium balloon. I've spent the last five hours by his side massaging him and wiping him down with a warm damp towel in order to make him to poop and pee. I was really scared. He is amazing but he is not a cute helium balloon. I am very relieved to report that he is resting now and back to looking himself. Given tonight’s events, I now believe he is not craving the nutrition inside the bottle but simply likes the comfort of nursing. And that made me think of him losing his mom and her losing her life and that made me cry most the night but it also made me realize how truly lucky I am that I get to be a part of so many amazing animals’ lives... 

Rough night. 

7am
Tons of grazing and eating lots of different plants.

Also went poo all by himself.
Good amount staying firm with slime around it.
Pinched off and fell to ground all by himself.

Then another BIG RUN!
The biggest yet.
Ran a little more than halfway around the house.

I am very happy with this mornings events.

About an hour after grazing Blake had 2oz of 50/50 mix.
Squirted out a little yellow slime poo.

Helped to get him to pee.

Medium amount of pee.

Pee had a faint yellow tint.

Till now it has been completely colorless.

I think the greens added the yellow tint to the pee.

6am feeding

Went straight outside for a medium length walk.
Chewed some wet grass, did not eat it.
Took a big bite out of a leaf, ate that.

Requisite little squirty poo from standing up happened. but no other poo.
No Pee.

After 10 minute walk laid down so I went and got warmed bottle.

Drank 3 oz no peeing or pooing while drinking.

Brought him inside and he walked about 4 feet then hunched over and started pooing.

Good amount of firm reddish brown poo.
All of which he pinched off and fell to ground.

Then coaxed some pee, once started he finished it off all by himself.
I'd say about 4 tablespoons of pee.

The manscaping we did last Sunday is really keeping the mess down.
Will redo it today or tomorrow.

12:30am feeding

Ate 3 oz  of 50/50 mix.

Good amount of poo.
The darker reddish brown variety.
Nice and firm, not pellets, but very firm.
He pinched most of it off and it fell to ground; did not get stuck in fur.
He had to bend his back to poo tonight to poo.
The warm water on the rag really gets him in the mood to poo.
Some of the yellow slimey stuff, but very little.
No green solids.
I need to track grazing time and when there are green solids in the poo better.


Lots of pee.
Lots of coaxed pee (maybe 2 tablespoons) and then lots of all on his own pee ( 4 to 5 tablespoons)

8pm feeding

4 oz 50/50 mix

great poo.
2 definite pellets, both green
clearly a result of a fair amount of grazing today.

some ubiquitous yellow slime also

feeling pretty sure we're gonna see soft yellow-rust poo until he's off the goat's milk.

Very little pee.
less than a table spoon.
I'll keep an eye on that.

8:50 to 9:15 feeding

2 ounces 50/50 mix.

Little pee.
3 good poops.
Still yellow slime around, but main poo fairly firm.

After bottle walked about 3 feet then did a big pee all on his own.

Gonna try to make a harness for him this afternoon so I can take him in yard for a walk but still be sure he doesn't dart off.

Overall very happy with feeding, peeing and pooing.

Gonna measure him also as I think he's already grown a bit.

4 am feeding took 45 minutes.

I am very surprised by this as it really did not seem like it took that long. 

Granted, when I thought we were all done pooing and peeing I got a bonus round.

A big bonus round.

But still, it did not seem like it took that long.

Will see how long non-bonus round feedings take today.

5oz of 50/50 goat milk to water - bottle ran out but he went to bed willingly.

Need to prepare bigger bottles for the ever growing buck, especially for the 4 hour apart nighttime feedings. 

Back to the yellow poo but not as runny as days of old.

Amount: medium

Poo smells again. I am hoping that is a good sign.

Could this mean that nutrients are passing through him, making the poo smell, because he now has extra nutrients in his system because the intestinal parasites are gone and therefore not taking all the nutrients???

Lots of pee.

Needing lots of help to get started, after bottle passed a lot of pee of his own accord.

I love it when he pees of his own accord.

Rained all day, no trips outside and no grazing.

Brought him grasses inside, but he did not eat any.

He ran around the house quite a bit.

He's getting very fast even on tile floor.

Today at 4pm is his last dose of medicine for coccidia.

Will watch odor of poo to see if it changes when he is done with his medicine. 

NOTE: Hide the bottle until after cleaning behind and getting to pee. He will sit still for some pre feeding pooing and peeing if he doesn't see the bottle. If he see's the bottle first it's all he wants and is antsy till he gets bottle and is impossible to wipe and get to pee. There will still be pooing and peeing while on the bottle even with pre-feeding pooing and peeing - just there will be less and it is much easier to clean. 

7:01 pm:

Wanted no bottle.
Peed about 3 tablespoons.
No Poo.

Not expecting him to eat, but wanted to offer before it got pitch black.

Now that it's dark I will space the feedings out by 3 1/2  to 4 hours.

2pm feeding
3 oz 50-50 goat milk to water mix.
about 1tsp grazing

1 smaller, firmer, and greener "pellet" with small amount of ubiquitous yellowish slime.

I am adding more milk to water as he is peeing lots but pooing much less.
Seeing if  a mix with more nutrient less water balances out his solid waste amount with his liquid waste...

Time for me to give him his medicine.

8:00 am

Ate 4oz of goat's milk water mix.
Mix was 2oz goats milk to 3oz water.
Pee: about 4 tablespoons.
Little, very little poo.
Poo more yellow than 4:30am but same firmness.
Very round and gooey, about the size of a green pea.
No smeary poo, no mess on fur at all.
Just one gooey pea sized yellow, dare I say, "pellet"...

Working out containment for pee to get more accurate measurements.

Not happy with how little poo.

Frickin' poo....

NOTE:
Dirt in these photos was not part of stool when sample collected; it fell on sample before I photographed it.

4:30 am

2 ounces of goat/water mix.
Mixed at 50-50 ratio

Nice big clump of poo.
Good Pee.

No grazing.

Not happy with how little he ate.

Hoping his low appetite is because  he is still off from vet visit and move.