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<blockquote data-quote="regolith" data-source="post: 671396" data-attributes="member: 9267"><p>He's looking no' too bad for a resurrected calf. Interesting.</p><p></p><p>I don't know how dehydrated they usually are when they're too weak to stand, but I get the impression it's not unheard of for farmers to bring them round with oral fluids alone - I have one I call Ghostie, and as soon as I told my new vet why she was called that he pretty much guessed how I'd saved her.</p><p>7 - 8 litres for a 90 lb calf sounds about right. </p><p></p><p>My electrolyte mix comes to 5% sodium bicarb (10 grams in 2 litres), 2.5% salt but I've seen recipes that reverse those (making only 2.5% sodium bicarb). 7 tbsp to a gallon is several times that strength - actually; depending what a tablespoon measure is in the US, it'll be close to seven times.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="regolith, post: 671396, member: 9267"] He's looking no' too bad for a resurrected calf. Interesting. I don't know how dehydrated they usually are when they're too weak to stand, but I get the impression it's not unheard of for farmers to bring them round with oral fluids alone - I have one I call Ghostie, and as soon as I told my new vet why she was called that he pretty much guessed how I'd saved her. 7 - 8 litres for a 90 lb calf sounds about right. My electrolyte mix comes to 5% sodium bicarb (10 grams in 2 litres), 2.5% salt but I've seen recipes that reverse those (making only 2.5% sodium bicarb). 7 tbsp to a gallon is several times that strength - actually; depending what a tablespoon measure is in the US, it'll be close to seven times. [/QUOTE]
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