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Calf wants more milk
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<blockquote data-quote="Hippie Rancher" data-source="post: 494736" data-attributes="member: 4203"><p>Part of the problem may just be the instinct to suck - tummies can be full but mouth wants to keep going - it would take longer than 20 seconds to drain half a gallon from mom - if you want to take the time get a new nipple and keep the hole real small. A lot of calves will start sucking on themselves or each other if they don't get satisfied by the short time it takes to feed from a bottle - this can present problems.</p><p></p><p>Not clear on your amounts - you seem to be giving them a half gallon per day (one quart twice a day = half gallon) and instructions are a full gallon? New babies may need to start with less but all my bottle dogies were up to a full half-gallon bottle twice a day before very long. (half-gallon twice per day = 1 gallon)</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Hippie Rancher, post: 494736, member: 4203"] Part of the problem may just be the instinct to suck - tummies can be full but mouth wants to keep going - it would take longer than 20 seconds to drain half a gallon from mom - if you want to take the time get a new nipple and keep the hole real small. A lot of calves will start sucking on themselves or each other if they don't get satisfied by the short time it takes to feed from a bottle - this can present problems. Not clear on your amounts - you seem to be giving them a half gallon per day (one quart twice a day = half gallon) and instructions are a full gallon? New babies may need to start with less but all my bottle dogies were up to a full half-gallon bottle twice a day before very long. (half-gallon twice per day = 1 gallon) [/QUOTE]
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