Check out my thread....How long do you bottle feed and do you supplement with anything?
A highly recommended product. Bought some the same day a heifer rejected her calf. Practically doused the calf in it, rubbed some on the heifers' nose, penned them together in a small area & waited for the love-fest. Didn't happen. Got the heifer in the chute, let the calf nurse, dumped & rubbed-in an additional layer of O-no-More, penned together again and anxiously waited for the bonding (because surely it would work this time, right?). Nada. Kept at it for almost a week, gave up and sold the calf to a friend that grafted it onto one of her cows in less than a day.3 days after the fact is a bit too late to make the cow accept the 2nd calf. But, Nesi gave good advice. Now, "IF" you have a mishap and lose a calf, you can graft this one on the cow. Takes work, but very do-able. I keep a product in stock at all times - Orphan-No-More. It's a powder, you sprinkle on the calf. A cow just can't resist licking the calf. Once a cow licks the calf, it's usually pretty easy to bond them.
O-No-M is very cheap - get from Valley Vet or any of the on-line companies. Maybe $7-8 for years worth of help. I wouldn't have a calving season without in my arsenal.
the last cow that I had twins did the same thing. I bottle fed the calf and left it with the cow and about 5 others that calved around the same time. calf was pretty persistent about nursing and soon learned that it could suck on mommy from behind while sister sucked from the front. soon started robbing from other cows in the group. probably gave it the bottle for about 3 weeks.How long do you bottle feed and do you supplement with anything?
If they don't want the bottle they're probably getting enough by stealing!the last cow that I had twins did the same thing. I bottle fed the calf and left it with the cow and about 5 others that calved around the same time. calf was pretty persistent about nursing and soon learned that it could suck on mommy from behind while sister sucked from the front. soon started robbing from other cows in the group. probably gave it the bottle for about 3 weeks.