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How much milk replacer?
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<blockquote data-quote="backhoeboogie" data-source="post: 795180" data-attributes="member: 3162"><p>They should get a half gallon twice a day. </p><p></p><p>I have never tube fed one. I have the kit but have never had to use it, through hundreds of calves now. </p><p></p><p>Get straddle the calf with its head in front and its backside up against a gate or coral fence such that you can squeeze it with your legs just behind its shoulders and it can't back up on you. Pick the head straight upward with your left hand with fingers on the side of the mouth. Put the bottle nipple in with your right hand holding the bottle and keep it in there no matter how it tries to twist and turn its head. Gently squeeze the jaws with your left hand until milk flows out of the bottle. Keep that head upright until the calf swallows. When the calf begins to actually nurse, gradually release the pressure you are holding on it. </p><p></p><p>Some of them are hard cases. Most of them become your best friend before you are even 1/4 the way through that bottle.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="backhoeboogie, post: 795180, member: 3162"] They should get a half gallon twice a day. I have never tube fed one. I have the kit but have never had to use it, through hundreds of calves now. Get straddle the calf with its head in front and its backside up against a gate or coral fence such that you can squeeze it with your legs just behind its shoulders and it can't back up on you. Pick the head straight upward with your left hand with fingers on the side of the mouth. Put the bottle nipple in with your right hand holding the bottle and keep it in there no matter how it tries to twist and turn its head. Gently squeeze the jaws with your left hand until milk flows out of the bottle. Keep that head upright until the calf swallows. When the calf begins to actually nurse, gradually release the pressure you are holding on it. Some of them are hard cases. Most of them become your best friend before you are even 1/4 the way through that bottle. [/QUOTE]
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