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<blockquote data-quote="Jeanne - Simme Valley" data-source="post: 67187" data-attributes="member: 968"><p>When you offer him the bottle, don't put the nipple in his mouth - make him look for it. Or once you get him sucking, take it away often & make him look for it. Move around. </p><p>I wouldn't let him suck a full bottle. Just a little, to get him wanting to suck and looking for it - than push him towards the udder. Once he sucks a full bottle, he doesn't NEED to find him moms teats.</p><p>I find getting them to suck a bottle for a few seconds, than offering the teat works pretty well. I get them to suck the bottle than the finger & than switch the teat for the finger. BUT, hard to do if cow won't let you handle her bag.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Jeanne - Simme Valley, post: 67187, member: 968"] When you offer him the bottle, don't put the nipple in his mouth - make him look for it. Or once you get him sucking, take it away often & make him look for it. Move around. I wouldn't let him suck a full bottle. Just a little, to get him wanting to suck and looking for it - than push him towards the udder. Once he sucks a full bottle, he doesn't NEED to find him moms teats. I find getting them to suck a bottle for a few seconds, than offering the teat works pretty well. I get them to suck the bottle than the finger & than switch the teat for the finger. BUT, hard to do if cow won't let you handle her bag. [/QUOTE]
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