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<blockquote data-quote="MF135" data-source="post: 781367" data-attributes="member: 14057"><p>You might want to check the temperature. I have made bottles too hot and this is a common reaction. Same applies if its too cold. From my experience, I would just take the problem calf back to the closest sale barn and just buy another. There are far too many calves out there that'll suck a bottle down quick to be wasting your time with one that won't. If you keep the calf and she gets weak, don't hesitate to drench her. I have drenched calves up to 3X a day for nearly a week with them barely holding on before they would come around and start drinking milk. You might also want to remove the water she has access to and at the next feeding, poor the milk in a tub and see if she'll drink it. For the scours, nothing beats spectam scour halt. Just squirt it in the milk replacer before feeding.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="MF135, post: 781367, member: 14057"] You might want to check the temperature. I have made bottles too hot and this is a common reaction. Same applies if its too cold. From my experience, I would just take the problem calf back to the closest sale barn and just buy another. There are far too many calves out there that'll suck a bottle down quick to be wasting your time with one that won't. If you keep the calf and she gets weak, don't hesitate to drench her. I have drenched calves up to 3X a day for nearly a week with them barely holding on before they would come around and start drinking milk. You might also want to remove the water she has access to and at the next feeding, poor the milk in a tub and see if she'll drink it. For the scours, nothing beats spectam scour halt. Just squirt it in the milk replacer before feeding. [/QUOTE]
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