This happened to me on our last litter. It would be the last that Ellie and myself would ever have. It was a very difficult time for us because the feedings every 2 hours seemed to last for 2 hours. I didn't get much sleep. We used Dr. Browns bottles as well and they did great. I fed them as much as they would eat, and tried to sleep while they were sleeping. Ellie did the cleaning for me, but they would do their best to nurse while she had on a onesie. Anyway, I used goat milk and water, I believe you can find the receipe here in the breeders section. I can't remember it off hand. My babies wanted to suck a lot too. I would offer more formula and then they would sleep. I offered baby rice formula mixed in with the goats milk at 3 weeks old. However, we still had to bottle feed them. Slowly they started eating on their own and we stopped the botlles at 4 weeks. I can definitely say that it was a blessing to have the opportunity to do it, but would never want to do it again.
Therefore, I no longer breed, and Ellie is much happier for it.
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