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<blockquote data-quote="IL Rancher" data-source="post: 362115" data-attributes="member: 4097"><p>Yep, we do the straddle and a squeeze of the legs to prevent them from backing up in situations like this. Depending on why they are struggling to suckle (Real weak ones or just don't like the nipple) will dictate what is next.. The gentle squeeze of the mouth to let milk escape the nipple or even the coke bottle and shooting some milk into their mouth so they get the taste of it.. It can be a long day but it always feels good when that calf becomes a milk seeking missle again, lol.. </p><p></p><p>We had one that was about 3 weeks old, on her momma when an ice storm came in.. knocked her right out and she didn't stand on her own for 3 days after the storm.. I went from thinking she was a gonner, to thinking she would make it and back about a dozen times a day..Finally starting sucking on her own and now she comes a running everytime she sees ya.. Working on breaking that before it becomes a real poblem.. I want to say it took a couple or 3 days of the gentle squeeze method after having to be tubed for a 2 days before she was ready again to bottle feed at a decent pace...</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="IL Rancher, post: 362115, member: 4097"] Yep, we do the straddle and a squeeze of the legs to prevent them from backing up in situations like this. Depending on why they are struggling to suckle (Real weak ones or just don't like the nipple) will dictate what is next.. The gentle squeeze of the mouth to let milk escape the nipple or even the coke bottle and shooting some milk into their mouth so they get the taste of it.. It can be a long day but it always feels good when that calf becomes a milk seeking missle again, lol.. We had one that was about 3 weeks old, on her momma when an ice storm came in.. knocked her right out and she didn't stand on her own for 3 days after the storm.. I went from thinking she was a gonner, to thinking she would make it and back about a dozen times a day..Finally starting sucking on her own and now she comes a running everytime she sees ya.. Working on breaking that before it becomes a real poblem.. I want to say it took a couple or 3 days of the gentle squeeze method after having to be tubed for a 2 days before she was ready again to bottle feed at a decent pace... [/QUOTE]
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