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UPDATE: Dolly was placed on electrolytes for 6 feedings (3 times a day) ... she only took small amounts at a time, but I was persistent and patient enough to wait it out (almost an hour to drink a litre). We also gave her a vit B shot on Thursday (yesterday). This morning Dolly was looking for...

LOL!!! Sweet feed is all I feed my animal family! We purchased 5 babies from the feedlot at the same time. The bull calf seemed ok the night we brought them home (he was 6 days old). On day 8 he was laying down in his house and would not get up for bucket breakfast ... by afternoon he was in the...

Thank you ... I keep 'pinching' skin checking for dehydration ... Can she just have electrolytes daily while grazing and eating her oats and rations?

I will try this (syrup) on her bucket nipple this evening .. thank you :)

I don't give her two days. I watch her graze the field and drink some water.... if she has not drank her bucket that evening, the vet says to give her a shot of RESFLOR every 3 days for a total of 3 shots. Usually the next day Dolly is drinking as normal and no issues. But once the meds wear off...

as soon as she goes off her bucket, for the rest of that day I watch her graze and drink water. Thank you for your reply :)

Dolly is on 2 litres of calf replacer... she also eats some oats, calf starter, and grazes a grassy field. Water has always been available from the moment we brought them home at the age of 5 days.

Thank you! The moment we seen that Dolly was in trouble (off milk), she was to the vets for rehydration (IV fluids for 24 hours) We follow the vets advice to the letter. Dolly has dry eye as well and she gets her eye drops faithfully three times a day :) .. I have no problem following...

Thank you! :) She has been on electrolytes as soon as she goes off her bottle/bucket. I do not force or drench her .. I let her take her time getting it down. Dolly sees a vet at least once a week... sometimes for a problem and sometimes the vet just 'pops' in to see how she is doing.

I'll will take your advice and keep dumping MY money into helping her. As for a 'colostrum test" you would have to ask my vet clinic how they do that test.

Thank you and I hope to find some helpful replies :) It is going to take me a little time to answer everyone, but will try ... as soon as I get educated on using this forum :)

this sure enlightened me about feedlots! Great article ... thank you for your time in writing it. What about the baby calves born at the feedlot: How quick before they are removed from the Mother? How much colostrum do they receive? Is it Mother's or artificial colostrum? DATorrie

I am real sorry if the answer lies somewhere within all these replies... but I am running out of time. Dolly (shorthorn cross, perhaps) was 5 days old when purchased from a feedlot. We purchased 5 altogether and the bull calf died within 2 days. Dolly went off her milk - not drinking her bucket...