The Way to Feed a cria according to Sam!

23/07/2009 by Rosemary.

She might not weigh much, but Bert’s baby is a little fighter!  At 4 this morning she suddenly got the hang of the bottle, latched on and sucked away like crazy!  The morning feeding was a bit more hit and miss but then Sam took over for the afternoon as we had a visit to make and he invented a strange feeding system where you hold the bottle so a finger is sticking out and the cria sucks the finger and the bottle alternately!  It seemed to work as a lot went down.  Sam can now take his turn with day feeds.  Bert is still very loving with it and stands there with a dreamy look on her face whilst it sniffs around for milk - nothing there though.  But I am still puzzling over the colour and the fleece.  It is totally different from anything we have had before.  Very dense and curly - odd!  Me and Sam in the caravan tonight -Carl is getting a good sleep!  Bert will need remating before long so it’ll be a visit from Wellground soon.

More photos tomorrow.

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