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Emergency weaning. Help needed.
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<blockquote data-quote="farmerjan" data-source="post: 1798103" data-attributes="member: 25884"><p>He's going to fight you until he gets hungry.... you and that nipple on the bottle are just NOT MOMMA.... don't panic for at least 24 hours... let him get hungry... keep the calf starter in front of him AND try the bottle tomorrow... as suggested.. straddle, back into a corner... and keep working on it... eventually it will "CLICK" and the light bulb will come on and he will be hungry enough that he will try it and OMG.... this stuff is wonderful.....</p><p>Don't let him have any hay so he can't try to fill up on it... his stomach is not developed enough for it if he has been on a cow... a few bites with momma in the field is just his learning to MIMIC what his momma was doing.... He could survive on it if that was all he could get out in the wild but it will stunt him... he needs protein and a complete feed... no added mineral for now either... sometimes they will try to eat it and make themselves sick on it.....</p><p>Also... all according to what her udder looked like... I prefer to use the "lamb nipple" as opposed to the calf nipple..... they will drink a little slower but it is often closer to the size of the cow's teat.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="farmerjan, post: 1798103, member: 25884"] He's going to fight you until he gets hungry.... you and that nipple on the bottle are just NOT MOMMA.... don't panic for at least 24 hours... let him get hungry... keep the calf starter in front of him AND try the bottle tomorrow... as suggested.. straddle, back into a corner... and keep working on it... eventually it will "CLICK" and the light bulb will come on and he will be hungry enough that he will try it and OMG.... this stuff is wonderful..... Don't let him have any hay so he can't try to fill up on it... his stomach is not developed enough for it if he has been on a cow... a few bites with momma in the field is just his learning to MIMIC what his momma was doing.... He could survive on it if that was all he could get out in the wild but it will stunt him... he needs protein and a complete feed... no added mineral for now either... sometimes they will try to eat it and make themselves sick on it..... Also... all according to what her udder looked like... I prefer to use the "lamb nipple" as opposed to the calf nipple..... they will drink a little slower but it is often closer to the size of the cow's teat. [/QUOTE]
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