Your filly should be getting one ounce of milk per 10 lbs of body weight per hour. So if she weighs 20 lbs, she should be getting 2 ounces per hour or 60 cc.
Thank you Becky!! The vet and I think she weighs just ten pounds at most
but I will see what I can get into her, The vet did stitch a nasogastric tube into her, and she was a bit hypothermic, so she's now lying on a heating pad (folded inside a towel) wearing a fleece baby blanket, and directly underneath the Kalglo heater which is set on high. I'll have to monitor her temp at least hourly and see how she does.
The vet asked me how often I could feed her: eight times a day, four times a day? I thought "I can do way more than that" and I said "whatever it takes!" and I decided I will be feeding her every hour all day, then probably cut back to every two hours for part of the night. It's just me here, hubby is working out of town, so I'll just have to get some naps here and there in between feedings. I've done it before for foals, and heck, I've had kids, lol!
Noodle will need twice daily Naxcel shots too-- I hate that, poor babies end up like pincushions, and when they are this early there is next to no muscle at all on them to put the shot into.
OH! The vet told me that I could take Noodle to the clinic if necessary, but I told her that I've got experience running an IV if Noodle should need it, and I have cameras in the stalls, and nowhere to be but here.
She said that it sounded like Noodle would be better off at home than at the clinic.
The vet will be back tomorrow to do an IGg test, and she took blood to see what her proteins and stuff are at right now. It's almost time to feed Noodle Baby again, and I did take some pics of her, I just haven't downloaded them yet or posted them on Photobucket, I'll do that when I get back inside again. I'll start a new thread introducing her, since now I think that she WILL make it. In fact, I refuse to accept any other outcome!
Thanks SO much for all the support, everyone! I will have to keep rereading your posts when I get so tired I think I can't take it anymore. I got only two hours sleep last night, but strangely enough I'm still going.