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She is almost 4 months old. She is a pet. I have just recently stopped the bottle feeding and I want to be able to give her something other than her regular food but i do not want to give her something that might hurt her.

What is best to feed calves as a treat food?

What is the best kind of wormer to use? Sheila

I have a calf that I have bottle fed since she was 6 days old. She has finally started eating some calf food & SHE grazes on grass. I has cut her back to 1 bottle feeding a day. She will be 3 months old on Nov. 13th. I need to know about worming her. When do I do this & what is best to worm her...

I give her the calf starter in a bowl with cut up apples after I feed her the milk. She eats the apple out and then thats it. He has a calf feeder thing at the pasture but there are several more calves over there. The other calves are getting milk from their mom and are very healthy looking. If...

Thanks for all the info. I will try not to panic over the calf starter. I have gone thru so much to save her, it would kill me now if something happen to her. I will try to send a picture later on. As far as the brand of Calf starter, it is F-R-M, 18% protein. I don't know much about what to...

My calf will be 2 months old on Oct. 13th. She had a bad start in life and has been bottle fed since she was 6 days old. We have her at the pasture now and I go there twice a day to feed her. She is drinking almost 4 qts. each feeding. I also put pieces of apple in the calf starter and she eats...

Thanks so much Larry, I never thought that saying a baby calf would change my life so much. We have her at the pasture now & I go twice a day to feed her. I also go 2 or 3 more times to check on her. Maybe she will learn from the other calves. Sheila

Thanks for the ideas. I had been thinking about trying apples but I was not sure if it would hurt her or not. I will get some tomorrow & try this.

I need help. I have a calf that was born on Aug. 13th, 2008. She drank from her mom only a couple of days and then we don't know what happened but she was found almost dead. I force feed her a few days until she finally started drinking. She now drinks about 3 quarts twice a day. My problem is...