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<blockquote data-quote="regolith" data-source="post: 737615" data-attributes="member: 9267"><p>I've done it. It's harder to teach the calf to drink that way than from a teated feeder/bottle and it's only newborns I was teaching. So yes, it's possible but if you have access to a teated feeder I'd stick with it.</p><p>As was recently discussed on these threads, cut the top off the nipple if it's too slow - calf can get frustrated on a new teat.</p><p></p><p>You let the calf suck your fingers, lower them so that the nose is just touching the milk while calf is still sucking, then remove fingers. Might have to do that two or three times before they realise the milk is in the bucket, not your fingers - don't lower fingers too far so nose goes under milk. The biggest problem with teaching them that way is simply that sensible calves are reluctant to stick their head into a dark, enclosed space and will pull back as soon as they start to feel trapped.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="regolith, post: 737615, member: 9267"] I've done it. It's harder to teach the calf to drink that way than from a teated feeder/bottle and it's only newborns I was teaching. So yes, it's possible but if you have access to a teated feeder I'd stick with it. As was recently discussed on these threads, cut the top off the nipple if it's too slow - calf can get frustrated on a new teat. You let the calf suck your fingers, lower them so that the nose is just touching the milk while calf is still sucking, then remove fingers. Might have to do that two or three times before they realise the milk is in the bucket, not your fingers - don't lower fingers too far so nose goes under milk. The biggest problem with teaching them that way is simply that sensible calves are reluctant to stick their head into a dark, enclosed space and will pull back as soon as they start to feel trapped. [/QUOTE]
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