by cowgirl_up_47 on Mon Jan 26, 2009 7:59 pm
hillsdown wrote:
If that little girl is 90 lbs she will need at least 3 pints twice a day ,she can probably handle 4 pints. I would start her on a small bag of calf starter milk replacer it is higher than 20-20-20 and is good for them for the first two weeks ,you can get it from your vet. Then if mom is better you can try her back on her, if not get the 20-20-20 all milk replacer and you can feed her or supplement her while she is on mom if mom doesn't have enough milk.
cowgirl_up_47 Wrote :
We gave her about 3 pints this morning and another 2 this afternoon. We plan on giving her another 4 pints tonight. She has been drinking all of it, no problem. We only have whole milk right now, so she will have to be on that until at least tomorrow.
They said they have had calves that have diarrhea from medicated milk replacer. I was just going to get non medicated.
The calf is very energetic, sucking on everything, butting, running, etc.
The cow is still down, but moving herself around. She is alert and eating and drinking. We are planning on picking her up on Thursday
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I thought I answered it quite specifically...
2 bottles, 4 pints each will do fine for now for daily feeding ,if she desires more increase her gradually...Follow my advice on the replacer to start her out on and then continue if you need to as was stated above..
Don't forget to add fresh water access and a good calf starter ration as well as free choice leafy hay..
Do a search on bottle calves and you will find more information than you could possibly imagine. ;-)