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<blockquote data-quote="milkmaid" data-source="post: 76405" data-attributes="member: 852"><p>I've had calves act like they couldn't use their tongue before; turned out they could, but they were just being stubborn about drinking. Took me a little while to figure that one out. Sometimes if they won't drink off the cow when you want them to...it turns out they've already drunk and aren't hungry.</p><p></p><p>Depending on how this heifer is doing, you might try getting her to nurse off the cow; if she won't, let her skip a feeding and try again 6-12 hours later. Sometimes that'll make them hungry enough to try nursing. However, if the heifer is looking a bit on the fragile side I wouldn't try it.</p><p></p><p>Also, any time I have a calf that "just doesn't act quite right", I generally give them a shot of selenium and vit. B complex first, then watch them to see if I need to give antibiotics too. Sometimes the only problem is a vitamin/mineral deficency, but sometimes it's accompanied by scours/pnemonia.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="milkmaid, post: 76405, member: 852"] I've had calves act like they couldn't use their tongue before; turned out they could, but they were just being stubborn about drinking. Took me a little while to figure that one out. Sometimes if they won't drink off the cow when you want them to...it turns out they've already drunk and aren't hungry. Depending on how this heifer is doing, you might try getting her to nurse off the cow; if she won't, let her skip a feeding and try again 6-12 hours later. Sometimes that'll make them hungry enough to try nursing. However, if the heifer is looking a bit on the fragile side I wouldn't try it. Also, any time I have a calf that "just doesn't act quite right", I generally give them a shot of selenium and vit. B complex first, then watch them to see if I need to give antibiotics too. Sometimes the only problem is a vitamin/mineral deficency, but sometimes it's accompanied by scours/pnemonia. [/QUOTE]
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