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<blockquote data-quote="msscamp" data-source="post: 843450" data-attributes="member: 539"><p>Sounds like a version of dummy calf syndrome. Usually this happens in cold weather when the calf doesn't suck right away. Milk provides lactose which is a form of sugar that 'feeds' the brain. I've learned over the last couple of years that when I have a goat kid that gets too cold dextrose mixed with water provide 'brain food' and will get the sucking instinct going very quickly. I'm wondering if the mother wasn't a bit too "attentive". She was more concerned with mothering, wouldn't stand still long enough for the baby to suck thereby causing a long enough delay for the instinct to suck to be lost - maybe permanently.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="msscamp, post: 843450, member: 539"] Sounds like a version of dummy calf syndrome. Usually this happens in cold weather when the calf doesn't suck right away. Milk provides lactose which is a form of sugar that 'feeds' the brain. I've learned over the last couple of years that when I have a goat kid that gets too cold dextrose mixed with water provide 'brain food' and will get the sucking instinct going very quickly. I'm wondering if the mother wasn't a bit too "attentive". She was more concerned with mothering, wouldn't stand still long enough for the baby to suck thereby causing a long enough delay for the instinct to suck to be lost - maybe permanently. [/QUOTE]
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