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Calf choking on milk
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<blockquote data-quote="farmerjan" data-source="post: 1758079" data-attributes="member: 25884"><p>Some of it could be the angle at which you are holding the bottle. Look at how a calf nurses from a cow.... it is more of a U shape... down under and up to the teat. </p><p>I would say it is very possible she has a touch of pneumonia due to milk in her lungs... but if she is that small, I would bet money the bottle is too high... you DO NOT WANT a "direct line" down the throat into the calf's stomachs. The abomasum is the "milk stomach" and the most important for the first couple of months... and a tiny calf needs milk a little longer . Not as much at a time, but more often is better. </p><p>Hold the bottle so that the calf has to bend her head a little down to get the nipple... and stick with the lamb nipple. That is what I use on 90% of the calves I raise... more the size of most cow teats...</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="farmerjan, post: 1758079, member: 25884"] Some of it could be the angle at which you are holding the bottle. Look at how a calf nurses from a cow.... it is more of a U shape... down under and up to the teat. I would say it is very possible she has a touch of pneumonia due to milk in her lungs... but if she is that small, I would bet money the bottle is too high... you DO NOT WANT a "direct line" down the throat into the calf's stomachs. The abomasum is the "milk stomach" and the most important for the first couple of months... and a tiny calf needs milk a little longer . Not as much at a time, but more often is better. Hold the bottle so that the calf has to bend her head a little down to get the nipple... and stick with the lamb nipple. That is what I use on 90% of the calves I raise... more the size of most cow teats... [/QUOTE]
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