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Any tricks to getting a dumb calf to suck??
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<blockquote data-quote="Son of Butch" data-source="post: 1323759" data-attributes="member: 14585"><p>Maybe the roof of his mouth or lining of throat was scraped or injured tubing and now causes him pain if he sucks?</p><p>I prefer they suck down a bottle rather than tubing, takes more time and patience but safer to do. Anyway....</p><p>Sounds like you'll just have to continue to gently tube him until he comes out of it or learns to drink from a bucket.</p><p>Get a bag of calf starter feed (rolled grain is better than the hard pellets) hand feed small amount and maybe the flavor </p><p>will get him to start sucking on your fingers as you do it.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Son of Butch, post: 1323759, member: 14585"] Maybe the roof of his mouth or lining of throat was scraped or injured tubing and now causes him pain if he sucks? I prefer they suck down a bottle rather than tubing, takes more time and patience but safer to do. Anyway.... Sounds like you'll just have to continue to gently tube him until he comes out of it or learns to drink from a bucket. Get a bag of calf starter feed (rolled grain is better than the hard pellets) hand feed small amount and maybe the flavor will get him to start sucking on your fingers as you do it. [/QUOTE]
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