Hi folks, i have 3 lambs on the bottle, did have two but now an additional one and I have just discovered the joys of only have two hands and three hungry lambs! So I now have a bucket feeder from local agri merchant. Its square, split into two halves, with 3 holes for teats on each side. The teats are latex with a valve thats a metal flat round disk with holes in it and is a total pig to stick in the teats. Got it set up, milk in, lambs eventually tried sucking by the dont seem to be getting much out of it and are getting very frustrated. I squeezed the end of the teats so check hole - seems they have a tiny slit at the end (not a cross but a slit) which I presuming makes them self-closing?
I stuck a v sharp knife in to make slits slightly bigger - scared to do it much more in case the milk starts pouring out.
They are drinking but one it particular really struggles with it and is kind of chewing on it with the side of her mouth. I suspect its because when they were on bottle I used pritchard teats which pour out a lot quicker.
Question is, after all that mumbling .... can I cut the latex teats even more and if so should I just make the slit bigger with sharp knife or is there a magic trick to this?!
Another question - how often should you wash the bucket/teats - daily?
Many thanks!
M