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Help with newborn who won't nurse
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<blockquote data-quote="Barnyard Chaos" data-source="post: 1747407" data-attributes="member: 42633"><p>More story, for those interested:</p><p>Last year my husband rescued another calf, this one abandoned completely (same neighbor, different mother cow). It was lying prone on the ground and could not stand. And then started our hard lesson in what a "dummy calf" (weak calf syndrome, acidosis) is all about. I got colostrum into him, but believe he was already 12+ hours old. I spent the next 31 days trying to save him, two trips to the vet, 4X-a-day feedings attempted when he would take them, electrolytes, bolsters, antibiotic shots, you name it. Hand-feeding starter, bathing, physical therapy to make him walk, rubdowns, and just holding him in my lap to watch him sleep. We tried tube-feeding, but even the vet and his assistant could not get the tube into place. So one swallow at a time, I fed him from the bottle. An hour or two each attempt. It was exhausting. He died in his sleep.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Barnyard Chaos, post: 1747407, member: 42633"] More story, for those interested: Last year my husband rescued another calf, this one abandoned completely (same neighbor, different mother cow). It was lying prone on the ground and could not stand. And then started our hard lesson in what a "dummy calf" (weak calf syndrome, acidosis) is all about. I got colostrum into him, but believe he was already 12+ hours old. I spent the next 31 days trying to save him, two trips to the vet, 4X-a-day feedings attempted when he would take them, electrolytes, bolsters, antibiotic shots, you name it. Hand-feeding starter, bathing, physical therapy to make him walk, rubdowns, and just holding him in my lap to watch him sleep. We tried tube-feeding, but even the vet and his assistant could not get the tube into place. So one swallow at a time, I fed him from the bottle. An hour or two each attempt. It was exhausting. He died in his sleep. [/QUOTE]
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