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<blockquote data-quote="Anonymous" data-source="post: 9009"><p>A blind calf is a lot of work and takes a lot of commitment. Are you planning on this being a pet? The calf will start to eat grass, grain, hay, etc.,<br> when it is ready, but being only 10 days old it will need milk replacer for a while still.<br>you can get calves to drink milk replacer out of a bucket, and they make buckets with nipples at the bottom. Perhaps that would be helpful. There will be more risk that the calf will get injured- getting kicked by other animals,stuck in fences. Just be careful. good luck! : I was just given a 10 day old calf (I'm a sucker) that appears healthy, but the neighboring rancher could not get it to nurse its mother. It would suck a teat if put on one, but once off could not 'find' it again, but would just bounce around pushing against the cow's flank. The calf has been bottle fed with replacer and milk from the mother. It appears the calf may be blind, seeing shadows and larges objects. I have the time and patience to bottle feed it. Does anyone have any experience with a calf like this? I am concerned about getting it on solid food. Should I start putting some hay/grain into its mouth so he will get the taste and start chewing? Hopefully he will then find his food and water by smell or with his limited sight.<p></p><p><br></p><p><br><hr size=4 width=75%><p></p><p></p><p></p><p> <a href="mailto:stxvet@yahoo.com">stxvet@yahoo.com</a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Anonymous, post: 9009"] A blind calf is a lot of work and takes a lot of commitment. Are you planning on this being a pet? The calf will start to eat grass, grain, hay, etc.,<br> when it is ready, but being only 10 days old it will need milk replacer for a while still.<br>you can get calves to drink milk replacer out of a bucket, and they make buckets with nipples at the bottom. Perhaps that would be helpful. There will be more risk that the calf will get injured- getting kicked by other animals,stuck in fences. Just be careful. good luck! : I was just given a 10 day old calf (I'm a sucker) that appears healthy, but the neighboring rancher could not get it to nurse its mother. It would suck a teat if put on one, but once off could not 'find' it again, but would just bounce around pushing against the cow's flank. The calf has been bottle fed with replacer and milk from the mother. It appears the calf may be blind, seeing shadows and larges objects. I have the time and patience to bottle feed it. Does anyone have any experience with a calf like this? I am concerned about getting it on solid food. Should I start putting some hay/grain into its mouth so he will get the taste and start chewing? Hopefully he will then find his food and water by smell or with his limited sight.<p> <br> <br><hr size=4 width=75%><p> [email=stxvet@yahoo.com]stxvet@yahoo.com[/email] [/QUOTE]
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