Premier Lamb ‘N’ Goat Kid Wide-Mouth Feeding Bottle (Bottle & Pritchard Teat)

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Product Description

Specifications

16 oz (500 mL)Mouth opening: 2″ diameterBottle: 8-1/4″H x 2-3/4″ diameterBottle with teat: 9-3/4″HMicrowavable. (Remove the teat­ first. Latex melts!)Wide mouth makes it easy to add and mix milk in the bottle.Offset cap location allows better milk flow in bottle racks (sold separately).Can be cleaned by hand with a brush or in a dishwasher.

How to Use

Wash before each use.Screw off lid.Fill as needed.Screw lid back on.

Cutting Pritchard Teats

Teats are supplied with no hole in the end and must be cut before use. Two different techniques can be used to cut the teat:

The most common technique is to use sharp scissors and snip the tip off cross-ways. The more you snip, the bigger the hole, so don’t overdo it.An alternate method is to not cut off the tip, but instead carefully slit the end into two halves with a razor. The two halves snap back together when not in use and self seal the end of the teat.

Tips

To supplement mother’s milk for newborns. A ewe’s full milk flow does not kick in until after lambing. If a ewe is short of milk immediately post-lambing we supplement the lambs (still with the ewe) with milk or colostrum via bottle.As an alternative orphan feeding system. How? Provide milk in bottles instead of buckets for 3 weeks.Feed 3 times per day. Drop bottles into bottle rack (sold separately). Leave in place while you finish chores. Return and remove bottles. Many lambs become bored and chew on empty nipples.

Do not clean the teats in boiling water. Use only warm water with a small amount of dishwashing detergent.

Helpful Hints for Pritchard Teats

Be aware of imitation Pritchard Teats currently on the market. They can be identified by their stiffer, molded rubber material. Pritchard Teats are made with soft pliable latex.

Do not leave teats sitting in the sunlight. Especially do not leave them sitting on a window ledge inside a building. This “greenhouse” situation has been known to heat the red latex until it melts into a gooey blob.

Be sure not to lose the tiny metal ball that rattles when you shake the teat. The teat will leak without this ball. This rarely happens and primarily only from washing the teats too aggressively.

Precautions

Feeding Position

Why so low? When a young ruminant stretches out its neck to nurse, their esophagus elongates and forms a groove that carries the milk into the 4th stomach (the abomasum).

If the neck is not stretched, the milk falls into the first stomach instead of the 4th. But the first stomach is intended for grass and hay. It doesn’t digest milk well. A first stomach with too much milk enlarges to form a “potbelly”—and the lamb/kid can’t thrive.

Use a bottle rack to allow lambs and goat kids to self-feed. Fits onto welded-wire panels with 3″ or 4″ holes. (Sold Separately)

Product Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 2.75 x 2.75 x 9.75 inches; 3.52 ounces
Item model number ‏ : ‎ 562700
Date First Available ‏ : ‎ March 16, 2023
Manufacturer ‏ : ‎ Premier 1 Supplies
ASIN ‏ : ‎ B0BYFBFP34
Country of Origin ‏ : ‎ China

Translucent plastic for better visibility of liquid contents. Secure O-Ring inside the blue cap prevents leaks. 16 oz (500 mL) capacity.
Easy to read measurements. Printed ink on one side with molded graduations on the opposite side.
Fits authentic screw-on Pritchard teats. (1) Pritchard teat included.
Easy to clean 2″ wide-mouth opening for cleaning by hand with a brush or in a dishwasher.
For livestock use only.

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