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<blockquote data-quote="TCRanch" data-source="post: 1391385" data-attributes="member: 24027"><p>I have a similar situation except this calf was born Dec 6th. The mama is our oldest cow & has always raised huge calves but noticed the calf was only nursing 2 teats. Treated the cow for mastitis but the calf still wasn't thriving so we now have them penned in the barn and I've been supplementing the calf. Not easy getting a month old calf to start taking a bottle but she's doing great. I started with a mixture of electrolytes & the aforementioned Land O Lakes and have now segued to straight replacer. She's even eating cubes, sharing the feed bowl with her mama. Supplementing a calf is not an ideal situation but it's easier (at least for me) to let the mama raise her and all I have to do is show up with a bottle a couple times a day. And now that the calf is comfortable with me & knows I'm her primary source of food, I'm going to let them join the herd.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="TCRanch, post: 1391385, member: 24027"] I have a similar situation except this calf was born Dec 6th. The mama is our oldest cow & has always raised huge calves but noticed the calf was only nursing 2 teats. Treated the cow for mastitis but the calf still wasn't thriving so we now have them penned in the barn and I've been supplementing the calf. Not easy getting a month old calf to start taking a bottle but she's doing great. I started with a mixture of electrolytes & the aforementioned Land O Lakes and have now segued to straight replacer. She's even eating cubes, sharing the feed bowl with her mama. Supplementing a calf is not an ideal situation but it's easier (at least for me) to let the mama raise her and all I have to do is show up with a bottle a couple times a day. And now that the calf is comfortable with me & knows I'm her primary source of food, I'm going to let them join the herd. [/QUOTE]
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