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<blockquote data-quote="farmerjan" data-source="post: 1466791" data-attributes="member: 25884"><p>The vit B will not hurt her as BJB has said. But really, give her a little time to just get on an even keel from getting some decent food into her stomach. She's not going to get "over it" overnight. It could very well be a birth defect, but it could be from the lack of nutrition. I mean she has barely existed for the past 11 days. </p><p>It is great that she is following you and butting and wanting more milk. That is the way she should be. Looking for her next meal is a very good sign. She is peeing out some of the overdose of the minerals so that is also good. You might want to put a small bucket of water in with her where she can't knock over. She can and will start to drink water and that will help to flush out her system too. If she continues to do this good, then you can up her amount and cut her back to 2 or 3 feedings in a day or 2. As per the label instructions. By the time she is 2-3 weeks old she ought to be nosing around wanting to eat other stuff, so offer her a handful or 2 of a CALF STARTER FEED. It will be in the 14-18% protein and usually is a sweet feed meaning it has molasses on it. I have month old calves that are on nurse cows and 3 on bottles and they are already going into the feeder and eating some feed and hay that they can munch on. A nice fine grass hay, not alfalfa or anything too rich. It is just to help them develop their rumen.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="farmerjan, post: 1466791, member: 25884"] The vit B will not hurt her as BJB has said. But really, give her a little time to just get on an even keel from getting some decent food into her stomach. She's not going to get "over it" overnight. It could very well be a birth defect, but it could be from the lack of nutrition. I mean she has barely existed for the past 11 days. It is great that she is following you and butting and wanting more milk. That is the way she should be. Looking for her next meal is a very good sign. She is peeing out some of the overdose of the minerals so that is also good. You might want to put a small bucket of water in with her where she can't knock over. She can and will start to drink water and that will help to flush out her system too. If she continues to do this good, then you can up her amount and cut her back to 2 or 3 feedings in a day or 2. As per the label instructions. By the time she is 2-3 weeks old she ought to be nosing around wanting to eat other stuff, so offer her a handful or 2 of a CALF STARTER FEED. It will be in the 14-18% protein and usually is a sweet feed meaning it has molasses on it. I have month old calves that are on nurse cows and 3 on bottles and they are already going into the feeder and eating some feed and hay that they can munch on. A nice fine grass hay, not alfalfa or anything too rich. It is just to help them develop their rumen. [/QUOTE]
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