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<blockquote data-quote="Haviris" data-source="post: 66928" data-attributes="member: 1238"><p>When the cow was still down (right after we pulled the calf) we milked her out some and that is what we first fed him, I don't know if I got enough down him, but my last calf got less and she's thriving, so hopefully he'll be ok as far as that goes. His suckling reflex is really good (he sucked the bottles down in seconds), it's just getting him to take it without forcing it into his mouth, we don't have a head gate so we are going to make a small panel pen and try get the calf on his mom's teat, she's not tame enough to tie (we might could, but it would be a fight). When I fed him today I held the bottle up right where his head would be in the currect possition and made him tuck his head under my arm (like the mom's leg if he was nursing naturally), he did well and then after words I sent him to his mom and watched him try to nurse, the problem now looks like he isn't latching on to the teats, he just bumps them with his nose, I can see why they are called dummies.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Haviris, post: 66928, member: 1238"] When the cow was still down (right after we pulled the calf) we milked her out some and that is what we first fed him, I don't know if I got enough down him, but my last calf got less and she's thriving, so hopefully he'll be ok as far as that goes. His suckling reflex is really good (he sucked the bottles down in seconds), it's just getting him to take it without forcing it into his mouth, we don't have a head gate so we are going to make a small panel pen and try get the calf on his mom's teat, she's not tame enough to tie (we might could, but it would be a fight). When I fed him today I held the bottle up right where his head would be in the currect possition and made him tuck his head under my arm (like the mom's leg if he was nursing naturally), he did well and then after words I sent him to his mom and watched him try to nurse, the problem now looks like he isn't latching on to the teats, he just bumps them with his nose, I can see why they are called dummies. [/QUOTE]
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