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<blockquote data-quote="backhoeboogie" data-source="post: 497629" data-attributes="member: 3162"><p>I have had a few very stubborn calves. </p><p></p><p>Get straddle of its back with his backside against a fence panel so that he cannot back up. Put your left hand under the chin, thumb in left side of mouth and middle and left fingers in the right side. Pull the head against your stomach. Hold the bottle in the right hand and with the nipple in his mouth. Squeeze the milk in and don't let the neck down. The calf has no choice but to swallow. Let it breath after it swallows and then squeeze more milk in. If it starts to draw on that bottle, relax a little of the pressure. Usually by the fourth feeding like this, they are after that bottle. </p><p></p><p>I never have tubed a calf. I have never lost a calf either.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="backhoeboogie, post: 497629, member: 3162"] I have had a few very stubborn calves. Get straddle of its back with his backside against a fence panel so that he cannot back up. Put your left hand under the chin, thumb in left side of mouth and middle and left fingers in the right side. Pull the head against your stomach. Hold the bottle in the right hand and with the nipple in his mouth. Squeeze the milk in and don't let the neck down. The calf has no choice but to swallow. Let it breath after it swallows and then squeeze more milk in. If it starts to draw on that bottle, relax a little of the pressure. Usually by the fourth feeding like this, they are after that bottle. I never have tubed a calf. I have never lost a calf either. [/QUOTE]
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