We were given two orphaned Jacob lambs Easter Monday a 2 day old boy and 4 day old girl, we have raised orphans for the last 5 years (but never Jacobs) and always fed Lamlac, this year however we have a goat who is milking very well (nearly 3 litres every morning
)so have been feeding the lambs fresh goats milk.
They both seem to be doing really well but my worry is the older lamb doesn't drink very much only about 500ml a day, and that is with a lot of effort from us, the younger one downs his bottle every feed in a matter of minutes. they are out on grass during the day and tucked up in the kitchen in a crate at night, they have access to lamb creep and water and are playing at eating bits of grass.
I'm probably just worrying unnecessarily but she doesn't seem to drink enough. Do they need less of it than Lamlac? the bag used to say a litre a day per lamb. As she was 4 days old may she not like the taste of it? she just chews the teat and swallows what happens to fall in, I've checked her mouth and all seems well and she's definitely grown, doesn't seem listless although not as out going as the other one.
Should I be worrying or does she just need less to keep her going?