Ok ,I'm kinda new myself but found all this out recently and wanted to share with other newbies!
I had my 10 day old bottlecalf come down with mild abomasal bloat.(can be deadly)
My vet said it is caused a lot of times from feeding too much milk replacer (or even milk) or just in a calf that really likes their milk.
I was giving 3 pints 3 x a day, he said better make it 2 1/2 pints ,3 times a day is better even after the first week. Easier to digest this way.
The recommendation I read was 1 pint for evey 10 lbs a day, so a 60 lb. Calf (about mine) would get 6 pints . But milk replacer says 2 quarts 2x a day ( 8 pints).
And I red a few posts where people were giving quite a bit.
I was mixing mine on the weak side so it was like 8 pints with a bit more water.
So it is actually better to give a little less more often. (I guess this is more how they drink off their mom too,makes sense it would be better.)
I know scours is a problem with too much too so I was being careful not to give too much, but I guess just a little bit was too much.
Nothing is for sure ,but I will feed him a bit less just to make sure.
He did start eating a few starter pellets when I put him in his mouthbefor he got sick and he has water at all times.
He's on electolytes for a day,1/2 tomorrow,aquacillin and reglan.
Vet says he should be ok, I sure hope so.
I had my 10 day old bottlecalf come down with mild abomasal bloat.(can be deadly)
My vet said it is caused a lot of times from feeding too much milk replacer (or even milk) or just in a calf that really likes their milk.
I was giving 3 pints 3 x a day, he said better make it 2 1/2 pints ,3 times a day is better even after the first week. Easier to digest this way.
The recommendation I read was 1 pint for evey 10 lbs a day, so a 60 lb. Calf (about mine) would get 6 pints . But milk replacer says 2 quarts 2x a day ( 8 pints).
And I red a few posts where people were giving quite a bit.
I was mixing mine on the weak side so it was like 8 pints with a bit more water.
So it is actually better to give a little less more often. (I guess this is more how they drink off their mom too,makes sense it would be better.)
I know scours is a problem with too much too so I was being careful not to give too much, but I guess just a little bit was too much.
Nothing is for sure ,but I will feed him a bit less just to make sure.
He did start eating a few starter pellets when I put him in his mouthbefor he got sick and he has water at all times.
He's on electolytes for a day,1/2 tomorrow,aquacillin and reglan.
Vet says he should be ok, I sure hope so.