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CALF PROBLEM!! Won't take bottle after 3 wks!
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<blockquote data-quote="bward" data-source="post: 416486" data-attributes="member: 48"><p>Chexmix,</p><p></p><p>I have been where you are. I too had a calf that would not suck a bottle, a thumb, a finger, nothing but its mothers teat that was attached to an empty non working tiny bag. I discovered the calf starving to death, and had to intervene and did so with tubing. I tried a bottle for about 2 weeks and finally gave up. I was finally able to get the calf to drink water from a rubber bowl, but not milk replacer! I weaned the calf from its mother and started the calf on calf starter pellets that were milk based and kept the calf on that and water in a bowl. She did fine on that but never amounted to much but I kept her until I weaned the other calves and she was ready to go on without any milk base in her diet.</p><p></p><p>Don't sell her at auction to some unsuspecting kid looking for a bottle baby. I really hate it when some posts advise passing your problem off to someone else by simply selling it.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="bward, post: 416486, member: 48"] Chexmix, I have been where you are. I too had a calf that would not suck a bottle, a thumb, a finger, nothing but its mothers teat that was attached to an empty non working tiny bag. I discovered the calf starving to death, and had to intervene and did so with tubing. I tried a bottle for about 2 weeks and finally gave up. I was finally able to get the calf to drink water from a rubber bowl, but not milk replacer! I weaned the calf from its mother and started the calf on calf starter pellets that were milk based and kept the calf on that and water in a bowl. She did fine on that but never amounted to much but I kept her until I weaned the other calves and she was ready to go on without any milk base in her diet. Don't sell her at auction to some unsuspecting kid looking for a bottle baby. I really hate it when some posts advise passing your problem off to someone else by simply selling it. [/QUOTE]
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