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<blockquote data-quote="LGodlove" data-source="post: 470693" data-attributes="member: 7367"><p>Today I've been giving her electrolytes at: 6am, 11am, 4pm, and I will give more at 9pm (check her, then give at 2am and start her on 3 pints milk at 7am. Does this sound reasonable? I know a 100 pound dehydrated calf needs at least 10 pounds of electrolytes to just catch up. I'm guessing her to be between 65-70lbs, so that means I will need 7lbs to do that. One gallon of fluids weighs about 8lbs, according to what I've read, and I've seen her peeing today, but she's weak.</p><p></p><p>I stopped the pepto at 11am. She had her last milk at 6pm yesterday, so I will need to give her milk at least by 6pm tomorrow, as that will be the end of the 48 hrs. Hopefully she will be hydrated by then. I placed in a warm environment, it's supposed to be around 18 degrees here tonight and if I let her out in the shed, I don't think she'll be breathing come tomorrow. I will give her all the best I can.</p><p></p><p>If not, then I can chock another one up to buying another sale barn calf that did not get enough--or maybe any--colostrum.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="LGodlove, post: 470693, member: 7367"] Today I've been giving her electrolytes at: 6am, 11am, 4pm, and I will give more at 9pm (check her, then give at 2am and start her on 3 pints milk at 7am. Does this sound reasonable? I know a 100 pound dehydrated calf needs at least 10 pounds of electrolytes to just catch up. I'm guessing her to be between 65-70lbs, so that means I will need 7lbs to do that. One gallon of fluids weighs about 8lbs, according to what I've read, and I've seen her peeing today, but she's weak. I stopped the pepto at 11am. She had her last milk at 6pm yesterday, so I will need to give her milk at least by 6pm tomorrow, as that will be the end of the 48 hrs. Hopefully she will be hydrated by then. I placed in a warm environment, it's supposed to be around 18 degrees here tonight and if I let her out in the shed, I don't think she'll be breathing come tomorrow. I will give her all the best I can. If not, then I can chock another one up to buying another sale barn calf that did not get enough--or maybe any--colostrum. [/QUOTE]
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