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Hey all, just a quick update- calf we got from the second dairy is doing well. He is about 5 weeks old now, and eating 1 bottle in the morning and another 1 1/2 at night, plus munching on grass and hay throughout the day. Thanks for all your input! Really appreciate it!

Rego: The one that was so sick is gone, and the third calf has been doing better- drinking more, still scouring but we're getting 2 bottles of milk and almost 2 bottles of electrolytes in him each day. Hopefully that is enough... My dad used to be a CNA, so we're really careful about...

Dega: Yes, the calves have all been very young- no more than a week old for certain, probably only 2 or 3 days when we bring them home. We have been making the calves really suck to get the milk with the first bottles, and my dad thought that might be part of why they didn't want to eat so he...

Thanks everyone! Looks like we will lose the second calf - breathing is really shallow, can't/won't get up and stay up, etc. (That is the one we got at the same dairy as the first calf we lost.) I will try to address your comments in order - Chris: The first calf that died was under shade...

OK, long story, but really need to figure out why these calves are dying and how to save them if at all possible. Here goes... My family bought a calf (only two or three days old, if that) from a local dairy, brought it home, gave it a bottle (1 full cup - the one that comes in the bag - of the...