Feeding chart for bottle
feeding pygmy kids.
Age Number of feeds
Amount Approx’ times
Birth to 3
wks 4 (or 5) 1-3
oz 8, 12, 4, 8 (+11pm)
3-6
weeks
3 4-6
oz 8, 2, 8
6-9
weeks 2
6-8 oz 8, 8
9-12
weeks 1 8-10 oz 8am
Kids should be
encouraged to eat/nibble hay & concentrate from a few
weeks onwards. This is learned by copying their mother
which is why it always better to leave bottle
babies with their mother if at all
possible.