: : Harry,<br>: : What kind of cow is she? if you don't want to milk her, you might consider putting another calf on her. I have a jersey that calved in jan. she had a huge udder and her calf couldn't keep it clean. i milked her for awhile until he was about 3 weeks old. now he keeps her clean enough that i don't worry about too much mastitis. (i still keep an eye on her, tho.) i did treat her for a couple of days for mastitis in her 2 back quarters cause he only nursed on the front quarters. (vets advice)<br>: : I'd watch her closely..I think one of the signs of mastitis other than the red bag would be diahrea. I'm definately no expert. others on this board will be lots more help than me. <p>: Tim, She is a Polled Hereford. The vet told me the same thing as you, to milk her,which I did, but the calf goes to the same quarter every time<br>: the left front. I move the cow around and get her<br>: to nurse off the right front quarter, but I have tocontinue to milk the two back quarters. Another<br>: calf might be the answer as they would be in competition.<p>Tim/Darla,<br> You have been most helpful, thanks a lot. I now have another question that you might be able to answer. I milked the cow and fed the milk to the calf, now the calf nurses from the same quarter and takes the other 3 quarters from a bottle. as Tim said, I now have a bottle baby, which I didn't want. Everyone tells me not to feed the calf but one time a day, and that being at night.<br>Is there any other way to get the calf to nurse the other quarters besides starvation? The cow is most obliging, but sometimes I think this is a game and I am the only one that don't know the rules.<p>Harry<br>