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<blockquote data-quote="farmerjan" data-source="post: 1843065" data-attributes="member: 25884"><p>Agree with [USER=32879]@Logan52[/USER] ... they have got to be warmed up for the tubing to do much good... and it does sound like you are doing everything you can... as long as she is breathing, you have a chance... She has to have the will to live.... try a calf coat or duct tape an old cut up blanket around her to conserve her body heat also will help. I never used calf coats in the past, but when I got a set of small twins from a farm, and saw them drinking the bottle but shivering, I got a couple calf coats and it really helped to keep their core body heat up and they did so much better. This set of twins was tubed for 3 days by the farmer and they finally started drinking... but when I got them, he told me to see how they did before he would let me pay for them... he did not expect them to live I guess.. but they are doing good.</p><p>I feed colostrum replacer if there is none of the "real stuff" available... and give it to them for 2-3 feedings...</p><p>Sounds like you are doing all the right things....</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="farmerjan, post: 1843065, member: 25884"] Agree with [USER=32879]@Logan52[/USER] ... they have got to be warmed up for the tubing to do much good... and it does sound like you are doing everything you can... as long as she is breathing, you have a chance... She has to have the will to live.... try a calf coat or duct tape an old cut up blanket around her to conserve her body heat also will help. I never used calf coats in the past, but when I got a set of small twins from a farm, and saw them drinking the bottle but shivering, I got a couple calf coats and it really helped to keep their core body heat up and they did so much better. This set of twins was tubed for 3 days by the farmer and they finally started drinking... but when I got them, he told me to see how they did before he would let me pay for them... he did not expect them to live I guess.. but they are doing good. I feed colostrum replacer if there is none of the "real stuff" available... and give it to them for 2-3 feedings... Sounds like you are doing all the right things.... [/QUOTE]
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