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<blockquote data-quote="farmerjan" data-source="post: 1391432" data-attributes="member: 25884"><p>Any type of electrolytes is better than nothing in a pinch. Get the cow in the chute and check all 4 qrtrs. She might have just junk in them. If you don't want to feed a bottle calf then get it fed up a few days to where it is looking better and drinking a bottle, split and sell both. Otherwise, vit b is great we give it to any calves that aren't real perky to keep their appetite up. All Milk, milk replacer 20/20 protein/fat. Do not use anything with soy, it will starve the calf. 2-3 qt bottle 2x day. I had a cow with mastitis in 2 qtrs and penned her & calf and got the calf to come to a bottle and it still sucked the cow and then after about 2 weeks, turned them in a small field and the calf would come when I called for the supplemental bottle. Got it up to about 10 weeks and it was eating grain with the cow and then cut out the bottle and it did okay but was getting most of it's nutrition from the grain. Culled the cow and sold the calf with the other weaned steers. </p><p></p><p>If the calf doesn't keep on sucking ALL the quarters then they will dry up/or get mastitis and be no good. Got to keep stimulating all the qtrs. That is why so many will quit on a qtr on a dairy cow and just milk 3 because she had mastitis and couldn't get it cleared up so quit milking that one. Biggest thing is you need to find out if she has any that are good. If not, ship the cow and keep the calf on a bottle or sell both. Liquid crap out of a qtr will make the calf sick.</p><p>I don't feed medicated milk replacer either, but treat the animal if it gets sick. With the new VFD don't know what will be allowed in milk replacer anyway. Vit D milk will work in a pinch also, but since it is pasteurized, alot of the "good" is destroyed. TSC has a top line milk replacer that is not medicated, all milk. Land o Lakes is good. I use the local brand that our feed store carries and it is all milk.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="farmerjan, post: 1391432, member: 25884"] Any type of electrolytes is better than nothing in a pinch. Get the cow in the chute and check all 4 qrtrs. She might have just junk in them. If you don't want to feed a bottle calf then get it fed up a few days to where it is looking better and drinking a bottle, split and sell both. Otherwise, vit b is great we give it to any calves that aren't real perky to keep their appetite up. All Milk, milk replacer 20/20 protein/fat. Do not use anything with soy, it will starve the calf. 2-3 qt bottle 2x day. I had a cow with mastitis in 2 qtrs and penned her & calf and got the calf to come to a bottle and it still sucked the cow and then after about 2 weeks, turned them in a small field and the calf would come when I called for the supplemental bottle. Got it up to about 10 weeks and it was eating grain with the cow and then cut out the bottle and it did okay but was getting most of it's nutrition from the grain. Culled the cow and sold the calf with the other weaned steers. If the calf doesn't keep on sucking ALL the quarters then they will dry up/or get mastitis and be no good. Got to keep stimulating all the qtrs. That is why so many will quit on a qtr on a dairy cow and just milk 3 because she had mastitis and couldn't get it cleared up so quit milking that one. Biggest thing is you need to find out if she has any that are good. If not, ship the cow and keep the calf on a bottle or sell both. Liquid crap out of a qtr will make the calf sick. I don't feed medicated milk replacer either, but treat the animal if it gets sick. With the new VFD don't know what will be allowed in milk replacer anyway. Vit D milk will work in a pinch also, but since it is pasteurized, alot of the "good" is destroyed. TSC has a top line milk replacer that is not medicated, all milk. Land o Lakes is good. I use the local brand that our feed store carries and it is all milk. [/QUOTE]
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