have a 4 week old, born with contracted tendons that pretty much have straightened out, but now, in the last week has become really emaciated. Wrangled it last week and gave it some suggested LA 200, no improvement. Looked like it was going to fall over on Sunday, so i wrangled it again and put it in the pen and started 2 quarts of maxi lac 2 times a day...mother seems great, very protective, but dry teats and back quarter of her bag big...has she just dried up? She obviously had milk at one time or this calf would not still be alive. Anyway, how long do you think i will be bottle feeding? i have calf starter in the pen with him but he is not the least bit interested in that...he looks a little better, day 5 now,still a bag of bones, and poop is at least mushy now, not like deer scat..no scours...drinking water...do i need to figure on bottle feeding him for 4-6 weeks even though he is 4 weeks old? I put mom in the pen with him the first day to see if she indeed was nursing him but she jumped over the gate when i separated them to feed the little one...so she will definately dry up now if she wasn't already ...i gguess this is a multi-part question...what happened...and i have looked at all the posts regarding bottle feeding...anything else you suggest...momm will only leave the pen to drink and graze a couple times a day...very good mom, just no milk...