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<blockquote data-quote="Linda" data-source="post: 70048" data-attributes="member: 50"><p>You're doing a good job. Keep tubing that calf twice a day until he's strong enough to nurse on his own. My vet says the biggest mistake most people make is not tubing and waiting too long for the calf to nurse on its own. He said those little ones dehydrate and weaken very rapidly and die just as quickly. I believe he's right. Even if you're still tubing the calf, when he's strong enough he'll latch onto his mama when he has the strength and stamina. </p><p></p><p>I milked out one of our mother cows every evening for nearly 10 days once, tubing the milk into her heifer calf twice a day, until I was about ready to scream. One day the heifer calf walked away with kind of a staggering gait, went straight over to her mama and started nursing. Seems she'd finally started nursing on her own the night before and her tummy was a bit full. But, at least she went to her mama for comfort and I was able to see she could nurse on her own. We didn't have a chute at the time, so I had to load up the cow & haul her down to our vet's once every day, put her in a chute he used only for milking cows and milk her out. It was worth it, though. That heifer calf was off to a bad start because she came backwards (72# BW), but weaned at over 700# at 205 days.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Linda, post: 70048, member: 50"] You're doing a good job. Keep tubing that calf twice a day until he's strong enough to nurse on his own. My vet says the biggest mistake most people make is not tubing and waiting too long for the calf to nurse on its own. He said those little ones dehydrate and weaken very rapidly and die just as quickly. I believe he's right. Even if you're still tubing the calf, when he's strong enough he'll latch onto his mama when he has the strength and stamina. I milked out one of our mother cows every evening for nearly 10 days once, tubing the milk into her heifer calf twice a day, until I was about ready to scream. One day the heifer calf walked away with kind of a staggering gait, went straight over to her mama and started nursing. Seems she'd finally started nursing on her own the night before and her tummy was a bit full. But, at least she went to her mama for comfort and I was able to see she could nurse on her own. We didn't have a chute at the time, so I had to load up the cow & haul her down to our vet's once every day, put her in a chute he used only for milking cows and milk her out. It was worth it, though. That heifer calf was off to a bad start because she came backwards (72# BW), but weaned at over 700# at 205 days. [/QUOTE]
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