> I'm asuming that you have a way to
> restrain the cow since you said
> that you milked her. Either a
> squeeze chute or halter and tying
> to a post in a corner. The next
> time when the calf is hungry
> enough to suck put some in the
> bottle again, just enogh to let
> him suck a little, the place up to
> the cow and help him by placing
> cows nipple. depending on the cow
> and how gentle she is you should
> either be able to just talk to her
> to stop kicking or you may need to
> tie a foot, or put a kicker on
> that they use for problem first
> time dairy cows. Some calves are
> quicker than others. Takes alot of
> patience to get a problem calf
> started.
> I read that the calf is 2 days old
> and just today got its first
> colostrum. You may have problems
> yet to come with this calf. It is
> important to try and make sure
> that calves have goten up and
> sucked in the first four hours.
> After that the lining in the
> stomache looses the ability to
> completly absorbe the antibodies.
> I believe after 12 hours that any
> benifit is lost. After 4 hours you
> loose about 50% and it rapidly
> depletes from there on. Thanks for the tip. My husband and I tried it and he went to town. We noticed though that he looks like he may be blind. I've watched him for several hours and though he can get up - he doesn't seem to want to. Guess it could be lack of energy. I gave him some more of mom's milk (didn't have much left from milking her this morning) and mixed it with some milk replacer. I could only get about a cup or so down him. He shows no interest. The cow's bag still looks empty. Do you suppose he's nursed when I wasn't looking?
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