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bottle-feed

[bot-l-feed] / ˈbɒt lˌfid /


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Visitors can watch lambs being born and bottle feed them through the pens, but Evans said both visitors and the animals were kept safe with warm water and soap provided for handwashing afterwards.

From BBC • Mar. 24, 2026

Once the babies were born, contact was often minimized, and some mothers were only able to bottle feed their babies because breastfeeding was thought to create too strong a bond, the report found.

From New York Times • Mar. 24, 2023

“Care staff have noticed that the group is most intrigued when there is a diaper change or a bottle feed happening!” a Jan. 13 update said.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 19, 2022

Our initial apprehension about Lupin’s tiny stature dissipated as he learned, after a few false starts, how to bottle feed and started putting on weight.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 4, 2021

The scientists slept with the pups in sleeping bags and woke up every 3 hours to bottle feed them.

From Science Magazine • Jan. 16, 2020




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