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<blockquote data-quote="randiliana" data-source="post: 541434" data-attributes="member: 2308"><p>If you know mama hasn't enough milk, and you are sure you want to get him on the bottle.....</p><p></p><p>There is a pretty simple way to get him on the bottle. For a young calf it works, heck, I have used it on a lot of month old calves, and it worked. Make him go hungry. Take him off mama, and quit tubing him. You cannot keep tubing him forever. If you are not using them find a lamb nipple, or a soft rubber one, they are more like what he is used to. Those big fat ones that come on most bottles and buckets work well, just not for these calves that are stubborn. He won't starve to death in 24 hours, so let him go hungry. Try to bottle him when you would normally feed him. Stand over his shoulders, facing forward, bend over him and stick the bottle in his mouth. Wiggle it around, squeeze milk into his mouth, pull it out and push it back in. He may not take it the first time you try, but keep working at it. Whatever you do, do not fill him up until he takes the bottle. A hungry calf is more likely to take a bottle.</p><p></p><p>Now, as for the bloody stool, if he is 4 days old, he should no longer be passing meconium. How much blood is he passing, a little bit may not be a cause for concern, as his system is adjusting to this new way of eating. Have you taken his temp? My first guess would have been coccidiosis, but if the incubation is at least 16 days, that is unlikely. The pain could be caused by the tubing, or the mixture of mama's milk, and milk replacer. Maybe mama DOES have enough milk, and you are over-filling him. Get her in and try milking her again. Just some more suggestions to think about.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="randiliana, post: 541434, member: 2308"] If you know mama hasn't enough milk, and you are sure you want to get him on the bottle..... There is a pretty simple way to get him on the bottle. For a young calf it works, heck, I have used it on a lot of month old calves, and it worked. Make him go hungry. Take him off mama, and quit tubing him. You cannot keep tubing him forever. If you are not using them find a lamb nipple, or a soft rubber one, they are more like what he is used to. Those big fat ones that come on most bottles and buckets work well, just not for these calves that are stubborn. He won't starve to death in 24 hours, so let him go hungry. Try to bottle him when you would normally feed him. Stand over his shoulders, facing forward, bend over him and stick the bottle in his mouth. Wiggle it around, squeeze milk into his mouth, pull it out and push it back in. He may not take it the first time you try, but keep working at it. Whatever you do, do not fill him up until he takes the bottle. A hungry calf is more likely to take a bottle. Now, as for the bloody stool, if he is 4 days old, he should no longer be passing meconium. How much blood is he passing, a little bit may not be a cause for concern, as his system is adjusting to this new way of eating. Have you taken his temp? My first guess would have been coccidiosis, but if the incubation is at least 16 days, that is unlikely. The pain could be caused by the tubing, or the mixture of mama's milk, and milk replacer. Maybe mama DOES have enough milk, and you are over-filling him. Get her in and try milking her again. Just some more suggestions to think about. [/QUOTE]
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