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UPDATE :) We were able to get some hospital milk from a local dairy. We fed her on this for the last month with not a single instance of bloat. She weighed in at 178 lbs at 2 months old and now is weaned and doing great. Yea!!!! It must have been an esophageal groove issue and the powdered...

She is still doing well and has started eating more grain - yea!

Once again she is doing well. She has always had free choice grain but doesn't seem very interested. The whole milk seems to be settling better and she has not bloated. She is feisty and acting normal. I'll keep you updated but for now all is well - yea! :D

Well she is up and the bloat is gone again this am. I think milkmaid is correct and everything is going into her rumen. We have always had freechoice grain in her pen - how do you get them eating enough to take them off the bottle? I suppose we could keep her on electrolytes but that would...

Well, it's been a day. Bloat only got worse. Tried to give her electrolytes this afternoon but she would not take the bottle. She would not lay down and I couldn't get her down so we didn't tube her till late afternoon. Followed electrolytes with oil half hour later or so (after we dehorned...

AARGH!!! Bloated again this am. Have given some therabloat and will be calling the vet. This is getting crazy.

We were able to get in 4 feedings yesterday with no bloat and she looks good again this am. I'm starting to think we might be coming out of the woods. Yea!!!!!!!

Have you ever checked into 4H for your kids? We also have a "hobby farm" grass hay is our hobby but we have enough room for the kids to each have a dairy calf to raise from newborn to 350-400 lbs and then show and sell at our county fair. They learn how much animals cost, that unexpected...

She's had 3 feedings today and no bloat!!! We are taking it one day at a time but it is looking up :) Thanks for everyone's input - I really appreciate it!

Just a touch bloated last night after her third feeding so per the vet we gave electrolytes for the fourth feeding. This am she looks great is perky and hungry but we are keeping her on the 4x a day feeding schedule until she can eat it all with no bloating. Hopefully that will be today but we...

Holding her own this am - no bloat 3 hours after her morning feeding. We will feed again in three hours and see how she is then. Crossing my fingers :D

Vet stopped by because he was in the area - calf is slightly bloated, gave electrolytes this evening with a 60cc's of kaopectyte and will check again in the am. If she is doing about the same we will start very small feedings every 6 hours and go from there.

Yep, told my daughter this am that calf might not make it and if not is was not her fault in any way. We have done everything we could for her. Today she is in her pen running around but of course we haven't fed her yet. Too bad they cannot live on electrolytes alone. We'll see how the day...

2 cups and she doesn't weigh 100 lbs yet - she is still a baby. This morning the bloat is down but not 100%. We are feeding her probios and electrolytes this am - no MR per the vet. I will talk to him again this afternoon to see what we do next. At least she is still alive and quite perky...

Vet finally called - we tubed her and gave her 2c oil. Waited 2 hours and nothing changed so tubed and 2c more. We are waiting another hour or two and seeing how she is doing. We have to check back in with the vet then. I've never tubed a calf before. It was easier than I thought but still...

She is very bloated now, can't get ahold of the vet, won't take a bottle with anything in it. Any good ideas? She is tight and you can hear things sloshing around. Help!

Thanks larryshoat - I will run out and get another tube of probios before the ranch store closes today. Yep, the replacer we are using is all milk. We did switch from a 28/20 formula to a 20/20 formula since the vet thought the extra protein might be adding to the problems. We will look...

She was still bloated this am before even feeding her. Just checked on her and the bloat has not increased even after feeding. Have a call into the vet to see if there is something else we should be doing. Today was the last day of meds. I am thinking maybe we should still give her probios...

Yep, Horizon - they are great to those of us that are not ranchers or dairies - I don't know how else my kids would have gotten their calves. Bad news though - she is bloated again after tonight's meal - 8 oz MR + 3 pts water. She is not huge/tight but looks like she ate a beach ball. We are...

She will be on it 5 days total. We bought her from a local organic dairy that sells newborns to the 4H kids. That way we don't have to find our own calf. They are very generous and give the kids a good deal.