bottle fed baby goat at 2 weeks old with kitten
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A goat on the property I rented had 3 babies 5 days before I moved in. The mama goat immediately abandoned this baby girl and only fed the twin male kids. My neighbors had adopted and bottle fed her as she never received any milk from her mama. She developed joint problems due to the lack of colostrum and couldn't walk properly for some time, so my neighbor's daughters named her "Scuttles". The family watched over her and even took her in a box on the bus to the vet to get her puppy colostrum and medicine.
You can see the vast difference between her and her brothers (the other two kids) in this video as well as the other two I'm uploading with them, though the last one, happily, shows them all playing together on my verandah...
I am happy to say that due to my neighbor and her daughters' efforts, Scuttles is thriving and happy - an affectionate and well-loved pet who jingles around the neighborhood... the other goats were moved off the property a few months ago.