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<blockquote data-quote="sidney411" data-source="post: 87107" data-attributes="member: 430"><p>I'm sure most non-suckers stay that way but not all of them. I had a tiny heifer born a month ago this weekend. I tube fed her for 2 weeks - she would not nurse the cow or the bottle. The cow was so full the milk dribbled out of her teats, and I milked out 1 gallon 2x a day for 2 weeks to tube the calf with. This calf would fight me tooth and hoof to not nurse. She would run up to me when I'd go in the pen but when I would strattle her she would go ballistic, spit the milk out, choke on it, push her tounge out he side, buck, kick and stomp me. 2 weeks a light went on in her dumb little head and she started nursing. The pair are out in the cow pasture now. Moral of the story: don't give up.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="sidney411, post: 87107, member: 430"] I'm sure most non-suckers stay that way but not all of them. I had a tiny heifer born a month ago this weekend. I tube fed her for 2 weeks - she would not nurse the cow or the bottle. The cow was so full the milk dribbled out of her teats, and I milked out 1 gallon 2x a day for 2 weeks to tube the calf with. This calf would fight me tooth and hoof to not nurse. She would run up to me when I'd go in the pen but when I would strattle her she would go ballistic, spit the milk out, choke on it, push her tounge out he side, buck, kick and stomp me. 2 weeks a light went on in her dumb little head and she started nursing. The pair are out in the cow pasture now. Moral of the story: don't give up. [/QUOTE]
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