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<blockquote data-quote="randiliana" data-source="post: 217176" data-attributes="member: 2308"><p>Were you mixing it stronger, or just feeding more of the same strength stuff? I would imagine that if you started them on the stronger stuff (while they were little and not eating as much) that they wouldn't have such a hard time with it, but if you took it slowly, they should be able to adjust. </p><p></p><p>The "scours" would be similar to a calf on a cow that has a lot of milk. We call them milk scours here, and we don't do anything for the calf, and they will adjust soon enough. It isn't a bacterial/viral scour, so there is nothing you can do about it.</p><p></p><p>On the topic of milk replacer, I have seen a lot of young calves that are bottle fed will go off feed after being on the bottle for 2-3 days. Usually, IMO they are being fed too much milk replacer and they get a stomach ache. When we have one like this, we will let him miss a feeding or two, since he won't eat anyway, and then feed him about half a feed at the next feeding, whether he wants it or not. We will keep feeding him the reduced amount until he is feeling better, and then start increasing the amount (over a couple feeds) until we are back up to the normal amount. If the calf is otherwise healthy (and this is where judgement comes into play) he will be OK even if it misses 1-2 feedings.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="randiliana, post: 217176, member: 2308"] Were you mixing it stronger, or just feeding more of the same strength stuff? I would imagine that if you started them on the stronger stuff (while they were little and not eating as much) that they wouldn't have such a hard time with it, but if you took it slowly, they should be able to adjust. The "scours" would be similar to a calf on a cow that has a lot of milk. We call them milk scours here, and we don't do anything for the calf, and they will adjust soon enough. It isn't a bacterial/viral scour, so there is nothing you can do about it. On the topic of milk replacer, I have seen a lot of young calves that are bottle fed will go off feed after being on the bottle for 2-3 days. Usually, IMO they are being fed too much milk replacer and they get a stomach ache. When we have one like this, we will let him miss a feeding or two, since he won't eat anyway, and then feed him about half a feed at the next feeding, whether he wants it or not. We will keep feeding him the reduced amount until he is feeling better, and then start increasing the amount (over a couple feeds) until we are back up to the normal amount. If the calf is otherwise healthy (and this is where judgement comes into play) he will be OK even if it misses 1-2 feedings. [/QUOTE]
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