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<blockquote data-quote="Dega Moo" data-source="post: 1055187" data-attributes="member: 19930"><p>I take it these both are or were very young calves? How have you been feeding the calves? Were they sucking the milk down through a nipple or was the milk being forced into their mouths by squeezing or pouring? </p><p></p><p>I can't imagine the calves caught something when they first arrived and it manifested itself overnight and killed them that quickly. Yes, if they brought a bug with them but it sounds like this is "next day" stuff.</p><p></p><p>I have a cowboy who hasn't in four years saved an orphaned bottle calf. He drowns them or kills them by getting lots of milk in the lungs or the rumen. Rather than letting the calf suck milk from the nipple he opens the end of the nipple up with a knife and may as well pour the milk down the throat. The other cowboy and the cowgirl don't lose bottle calves that way. They're patient and make the calf suck.</p><p></p><p>By the way, it might be a good time to invest in a phone call to your local vet.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Dega Moo, post: 1055187, member: 19930"] I take it these both are or were very young calves? How have you been feeding the calves? Were they sucking the milk down through a nipple or was the milk being forced into their mouths by squeezing or pouring? I can't imagine the calves caught something when they first arrived and it manifested itself overnight and killed them that quickly. Yes, if they brought a bug with them but it sounds like this is "next day" stuff. I have a cowboy who hasn't in four years saved an orphaned bottle calf. He drowns them or kills them by getting lots of milk in the lungs or the rumen. Rather than letting the calf suck milk from the nipple he opens the end of the nipple up with a knife and may as well pour the milk down the throat. The other cowboy and the cowgirl don't lose bottle calves that way. They're patient and make the calf suck. By the way, it might be a good time to invest in a phone call to your local vet. [/QUOTE]
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