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<blockquote data-quote="Anonymous" data-source="post: 14051"><p>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.</p><p></p><p>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.</p><p>> Once again I need to ask for some</p><p>> help from those more experienced.</p><p>> My latest problem - I've got a</p><p>> 2-day old calf that hasn't nursed</p><p>> yet. The cow's teats are swollen</p><p>> and he can't suck them. I was able</p><p>> to milk some of the milk out this</p><p>> afternoon and feed it to the calf</p><p>> so at least it got some of mom's</p><p>> first milk. My fear is that she</p><p>> may not let him suck when I</p><p>> finally get some of the swelling</p><p>> down and the teats back to a more</p><p>> normal size. I plan to continue</p><p>> using mom's milk and have some</p><p>> milk replacer on hand if the</p><p>> original plan falls through. The</p><p>> cow still is showing interest and</p><p>> concern for her baby - is acting</p><p>> protective and all but walks away</p><p>> when he gets close to try to</p><p>> nurse. Any suggestions on how to</p><p>> get her and baby back on nature's</p><p>> course?</p><p></p><p> <a href="mailto:blridr@hotmail.com">blridr@hotmail.com</a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Anonymous, post: 14051"] 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. > Once again I need to ask for some > help from those more experienced. > My latest problem - I've got a > 2-day old calf that hasn't nursed > yet. The cow's teats are swollen > and he can't suck them. I was able > to milk some of the milk out this > afternoon and feed it to the calf > so at least it got some of mom's > first milk. My fear is that she > may not let him suck when I > finally get some of the swelling > down and the teats back to a more > normal size. I plan to continue > using mom's milk and have some > milk replacer on hand if the > original plan falls through. The > cow still is showing interest and > concern for her baby - is acting > protective and all but walks away > when he gets close to try to > nurse. Any suggestions on how to > get her and baby back on nature's > course? [email=blridr@hotmail.com]blridr@hotmail.com[/email] [/QUOTE]
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