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<blockquote data-quote="gorillaboze" data-source="post: 918073" data-attributes="member: 18099"><p>I have a 6 week old bottle calf. She was on the cow for two weeks but wasn't receiving adequate milk...both the calf and the cow were suffering. So we took her off and have been bottle feeding the past 4 weeks. </p><p></p><p>Yesterday morning she was fine, took her bottle, ate a little grain afterwards. Last night was another story. She was snotty nosed, breathing hard, and wasn't too interested in the bottle. We got her to take most of it, but we knew something was wrong. We took her temp and it was 106. Too late to call the vet, but called a local cattleman and he gave me some nuflor. Gave her 3cc last night and to give her 3cc tomorrow night. After the shot I had a packet of Sav-A-Caf Electrolytes Plus. I mixed this with water and she took it. This morning she seemed a little better, but I notices some scours and she only drank half a bottle.</p><p></p><p>Question: Should I try to giver her a bottle AND electrolytes, or just electrolytes until she is back to normal. Going to check her temp again tonight to make sure it is going down.</p><p></p><p>Thanks</p><p>-Chad</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="gorillaboze, post: 918073, member: 18099"] I have a 6 week old bottle calf. She was on the cow for two weeks but wasn't receiving adequate milk...both the calf and the cow were suffering. So we took her off and have been bottle feeding the past 4 weeks. Yesterday morning she was fine, took her bottle, ate a little grain afterwards. Last night was another story. She was snotty nosed, breathing hard, and wasn't too interested in the bottle. We got her to take most of it, but we knew something was wrong. We took her temp and it was 106. Too late to call the vet, but called a local cattleman and he gave me some nuflor. Gave her 3cc last night and to give her 3cc tomorrow night. After the shot I had a packet of Sav-A-Caf Electrolytes Plus. I mixed this with water and she took it. This morning she seemed a little better, but I notices some scours and she only drank half a bottle. Question: Should I try to giver her a bottle AND electrolytes, or just electrolytes until she is back to normal. Going to check her temp again tonight to make sure it is going down. Thanks -Chad [/QUOTE]
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