Awe that poor baby. We try so hard to help them. But really, we never can know if they'll make it or not. I believe it's up to me to at least try (as long as they are not suffering, obviously!). Many people sell/give away bummer babies and they end up just fine. There was more to the story of what happened to little Monroe, accidents happened on that farm and it happened that he was accidentally somehow locked away from momma goat. Maybe she forgot who he was. I don't know. But, more often than not, I believe that they do live. Maybe I was too inexperienced, but I know I did my best and I did more than most people would for a livestock animal.
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True.
I always have to try, even if it ends up being a loss anyway. I can't just watch it die...
I know, sometimes the mama goat just is silly or confused and the baby ends up being just fine bottle fed. I guess it depends. My goats are good, experienced mothers at this point, and they always take good care of their young, only 3 babies abandoned over these few years, and every time, they died no matter how hard we tried. Which makes me think that they knew something was wrong. But who knows...