update for baby anteater

Today is the 5th day of our caring for the preemie baby anteater. What was at first a little bump below his umbilical cord, has bloomed into a real live anteater penis !!!
so.......IT'S A BOY !!! Everybody light up your cigars ! His hair is growing out pretty quick, he's no longer preemie 'pink'. He's still strong and very interested in drinking his formula. We have 3 new baby goats at rainsong, so we are able to provide fresh raw goat's milk for him now, full of enzymes and antibodies. We mix it half and half with the soy-milk formula. He obviously likes the mix with goat's milk much better, and yesterday he learned to pull the nipple into his mouth and suck on it.
This is a major accomplishment for his survival ! We are now able to give him up to 4cc's per feeding , now that he has caught on to how it's done ! We've spaced the feedings to every 3 or 4 hours, in sync with his waking spells. We are using a 1cc syringe [to avoid aspiration, or liquid in the airways and lungs],
with the mothering nipple attachment found at the link below. Today we added to his formula an extra spoonful of honey as a natural laxative. Anteaters are kin to sloths, and only poo about once a week. But it's time for our little fellow to purge his intestines of all the prebirth gunk. So we also gently massage his lower area with a warm cloth to stimulate his intestinal movements.

In the next few days we'll offer him some termites, and see how that goes !

We confirmed all of our caretaking protocols with Wildlife DVM Martha Cordero Salas,
the administrative vet at the Las Pumas Wildcat Rescue Center in Canas, Guanacaste, Costa Rica.
Thanks for all your advice and counsel, Martha !

Martha has successfully rescued and saved at least 10 tamandua anteater babies over the last 5 years. Most of them were also orphaned when their moms were killed by people's dogs. A few were victims of traffic accidents. Each year in Costa Rica many anteaters get hit by cars as they attempt to cross the roads. They move quite slowly, [it's that darn sloth blood !] even when on the ground and many people don't even bother to slow down and let them pass !
What's the rush !!! ??? !!!
We live in paradise, why hurry ?
'hurry up and wait, hurry up and wait !'

None of Martha's saves were premature spontaneous aborts, and she is very concerned and skeptical about his chances for survival,so saving this lil' guy is quite miraculous !!!

EVERY FELLOW PLANETARY GUARDIAN OUT THERE - PLEASE LIGHT A CANDLE FOR THIS LIL' GUY !!!

SPONSORS :
We need some help with acquiring more mothering nipples for our baby anteater, and other infants that come to the rescue center. We'd like to ask if any of you would be willing to order some more nipples for rainsong [see the links below], and mail them to us ? Best if you live stateside, since that's where the company ships from.
Thanks for any help at all with this ! Rainsong's mailing address is on our website www.rainsongsanctuary.com, along with instructions for mailing packages to Costa Rica.

http://www.squirrelsandmore.com/category/1520/nipples.htm
mothering silicone nipples by classic, a package of 20

NAME FOR OUR LIL' GUY ?
We're kinda thinking of holding an online bidding for the honor of naming this lil' baby, to raise $ for his continued care [trips to the vet, meds, isomil soy formula, etc.]. Would any of you out there in cyberspace be interested in that ? Can anyone out there send us suggestions for an online forum location that would work well for this event ?

Or just send us your suggestions for a name !

Well, gotta go, feeding time again......