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<blockquote data-quote="Alice" data-source="post: 518206" data-attributes="member: 3873"><p>Water: At 75 degrees, he's ok not drinking water since he's getting it from the milk replacer. You might try mixing his replacer with less water. Use the same amount of milk replacer powder that you would for 4 pints of water, but mix it with 3, or even 2 pints of water. If he feels thirsty and needs water, he'll find it and drink it</p><p></p><p>Starter grower: See above re: mixing the milk replacer with less water. He won't feel as full and very well might start nosing around in his feed.</p><p></p><p>Water and starter grower: Keep his feed bucket and water bucket close together and feed him the bottle at the feed bucket.</p><p></p><p>Yes, you could say you are at a sigh and a half. Continue to watch him closely...listen while he drinks his bottle to see if you hear any kind of rattle. Continue to monitor his poop. In other words, continue to do what you are doing. The fact that he had the benefit of colostrum and mother's milk for 5 1/2 days is encouraging, to say the very least.</p><p></p><p>And, like Milkmaid said, it is highly unlikely that you will walk out one morning or evening and find him dead from dehydration of the scours. You'll have warning...at least with the cool weather that you're having.</p><p></p><p>Alice</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Alice, post: 518206, member: 3873"] Water: At 75 degrees, he's ok not drinking water since he's getting it from the milk replacer. You might try mixing his replacer with less water. Use the same amount of milk replacer powder that you would for 4 pints of water, but mix it with 3, or even 2 pints of water. If he feels thirsty and needs water, he'll find it and drink it Starter grower: See above re: mixing the milk replacer with less water. He won't feel as full and very well might start nosing around in his feed. Water and starter grower: Keep his feed bucket and water bucket close together and feed him the bottle at the feed bucket. Yes, you could say you are at a sigh and a half. Continue to watch him closely...listen while he drinks his bottle to see if you hear any kind of rattle. Continue to monitor his poop. In other words, continue to do what you are doing. The fact that he had the benefit of colostrum and mother's milk for 5 1/2 days is encouraging, to say the very least. And, like Milkmaid said, it is highly unlikely that you will walk out one morning or evening and find him dead from dehydration of the scours. You'll have warning...at least with the cool weather that you're having. Alice [/QUOTE]
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