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<blockquote data-quote="Linda" data-source="post: 74624" data-attributes="member: 50"><p>Also, try wiping/rubbing the area around the calf's rectum with a warm, wet cloth when you feed it. The mother licks the calf to stimulate a bowel movement when the calf is nursing. I've done the wet cloth routine with some good results. </p><p></p><p>Your calf may have come from a hard birth. Be patient, continue tubing as long as it takes. Tubing helps the calf maintain its strength. It will eventually catch on. It may also not be a matter of the calf not wanting to nurse - it just may not be strong enough yet. A week or more of tubing isn't unusual. </p><p></p><p>I've never heard of a calf's throat swelling shut from tubing. If the tubing is done gently and with a certain amount of skill, it may be slightly irritating to the throat but not enough to cause the throat to swell shut. As Dun said, the alternative is death for the calf.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Linda, post: 74624, member: 50"] Also, try wiping/rubbing the area around the calf's rectum with a warm, wet cloth when you feed it. The mother licks the calf to stimulate a bowel movement when the calf is nursing. I've done the wet cloth routine with some good results. Your calf may have come from a hard birth. Be patient, continue tubing as long as it takes. Tubing helps the calf maintain its strength. It will eventually catch on. It may also not be a matter of the calf not wanting to nurse - it just may not be strong enough yet. A week or more of tubing isn't unusual. I've never heard of a calf's throat swelling shut from tubing. If the tubing is done gently and with a certain amount of skill, it may be slightly irritating to the throat but not enough to cause the throat to swell shut. As Dun said, the alternative is death for the calf. [/QUOTE]
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