Feeding Chart for Impact
Please read directions below before using
Body
Weight
g

Impact
Level
spoons

Warm
Water
ml
Daily
Impact
Requirement

ml

Body
Weight
kg

Impact
Powder
g
Warm
Water
ml
Daily
Impact
Requirement
up to 50

½ 2 2 1 to 2 15 48 60
50 to 100

1 3 4 2 to 3 20 64 80
100 to 200

2 8 10 3 to 4 25 80 100
200 to300

3 13 16 4 to 5 30 96 120
300 to 400

4 16 20 5 to 10 60 190 240
400 to 500

5 20 24 10 to 20 100 320 400
700 to 800

6 24 30 20 to 30 130 420 520
800 to 900

7 30 36 30 to 40 160 510 640
900 to 1000

8 32 40 40 to 50 200 640 800

One level spoon = 1.25g

Directions for Eutherians

Weigh the animal and select the appropriate weight range from the chart . Mix the amounts of Impact powder & warm pre boiled water to make the daily Impact requirement . Refrigerate prepared Impact for one day only or store frozen in ice cube trays for up to one month.
Do not mix or feed Impact with milk

Newborn that have not received maternal colostrum or milk
First 12 hours : Do not feed milk during this time . Prepare a daily dose of Impact as described above and feed a 1/4 of the amount every 2 hours.

Next 36 hours : Commence feeding milk every 4 hours . Prepare a daily dose of Impact as described above & feed 1/4 of the amount every 4 hours . Feed Impact 2 hours after the first milk feed so that the remaining Impact feeds are midway between the next milk feeds.

Newborn that have received some milk but no maternal colostrum.
First 12 hours : Stop feeding milk . Prepare a daily dose of Impact as described above and feed 1/4 of the amount every 2 hours.
Next 36 hours : Re commence feeding milk . Prepare a daily dose of Impact as described above and feed 1/4 of the amount midway between milk feeds.

Directions for Marsupials

Marsupials are different in that they do not produce a colostral milk because intestinal closure occurs later in marsupials & immunoglobulins are present in milk for much of lactation.
Mix and feed Impact with milk
For very early lactation to mid lactation : (Wombaroo < 0.4 to 0.6) Select the appropriate amount of Impact powder for body weight from the chart . Mix the powder into the daily required volume of milk and feed as usual . This procedure may be repeated for up to 5 days.

For late lactation ( Wombaroo > 0.7 ) : Select the appropriate amount of Impact for body weight from the chart and add this to the normal daily feed volume of milk . Repeat as required .

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