travlnusa
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Angus calf due 2/21, born on 2/24 to a heifer. Born at 73lbs. Mother took to calf like a dream.
Problem is the calf won't nurse. Born at 3:00am. Watched until 3:00pm, when I fed 1 qt of colustrum every other hour until hit one gallon.
Tried to feed it with a bottle, but no results. Calf would just stand there with what leaked out of bottle dripping out of mouth. Ended up tubing all 4 feedings.
Out this morning. Still no sign of sucking (cold calf mouth, dry clean face, cow swollen in all quarters). Tried with bottle again, this time with milk replacer. This time I got about 15 very lazy bites/sucks on nipple then she was done with that. Again ended up tubing her.
Also, yesterday put mom in headgate, and opened side. Put calf on udder. Calf had NO idea why she was there.
What direction do I go now?
Problem is the calf won't nurse. Born at 3:00am. Watched until 3:00pm, when I fed 1 qt of colustrum every other hour until hit one gallon.
Tried to feed it with a bottle, but no results. Calf would just stand there with what leaked out of bottle dripping out of mouth. Ended up tubing all 4 feedings.
Out this morning. Still no sign of sucking (cold calf mouth, dry clean face, cow swollen in all quarters). Tried with bottle again, this time with milk replacer. This time I got about 15 very lazy bites/sucks on nipple then she was done with that. Again ended up tubing her.
Also, yesterday put mom in headgate, and opened side. Put calf on udder. Calf had NO idea why she was there.
What direction do I go now?