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<blockquote data-quote="Penkert4" data-source="post: 1055196" data-attributes="member: 21171"><p>Dega: Yes, the calves have all been very young- no more than a week old for certain, probably only 2 or 3 days when we bring them home. We have been making the calves really suck to get the milk with the first bottles, and my dad thought that might be part of why they didn't want to eat so he cut the hole a little bigger. Not huge, but the milk comes out easier now. Now sure why, but the third calf we got apparently just didn't like those bottles/nipples much, because we bought a new one today (the nipple just pops onto the mouth of the bottle, no screw-on ring to keep it in place) and the little thing sucked so hard and fast we had to take the bottle away for a second to let it catch a breath and keep the bottle from collapsing too much. It took an entire bottle of the electrolytes and then about 1/2 to 3/4 bottle of milk 2 hours or so later, so I'm feeling better about that one now. We will keep praying and working with it- hopefully it will pull through. We had heard that we needed to make sure the calf was standing up, nech arched like it would be under his mama, and we watch to make sure it's swallowing, so hopefully the milk is getting to it's belly and not his lungs. Thanks for the input!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Penkert4, post: 1055196, member: 21171"] Dega: Yes, the calves have all been very young- no more than a week old for certain, probably only 2 or 3 days when we bring them home. We have been making the calves really suck to get the milk with the first bottles, and my dad thought that might be part of why they didn't want to eat so he cut the hole a little bigger. Not huge, but the milk comes out easier now. Now sure why, but the third calf we got apparently just didn't like those bottles/nipples much, because we bought a new one today (the nipple just pops onto the mouth of the bottle, no screw-on ring to keep it in place) and the little thing sucked so hard and fast we had to take the bottle away for a second to let it catch a breath and keep the bottle from collapsing too much. It took an entire bottle of the electrolytes and then about 1/2 to 3/4 bottle of milk 2 hours or so later, so I'm feeling better about that one now. We will keep praying and working with it- hopefully it will pull through. We had heard that we needed to make sure the calf was standing up, nech arched like it would be under his mama, and we watch to make sure it's swallowing, so hopefully the milk is getting to it's belly and not his lungs. Thanks for the input! [/QUOTE]
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