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<blockquote data-quote="Katpau" data-source="post: 1568881" data-attributes="member: 9933"><p>Yes, I am using the All Milk replacer and I was in front so the bottle was at a nice angle and not going in too fast. The Vet told me that raspy thing right after eating is real common in calves this young and not to worry about it. He claimed you will even hear it with some premie calves sucking the cow. She weighed 66 pounds, so small by my standards, but plenty big for a yearling heifer. It would probably be best for the cow for me to bottle feed the calf and dry her up, but I don't want a bottle calf, so I am going to allow her to feed it and see how it goes. I may not breed her this year, depending on how she looks in June.</p><p></p><p>We tried a sheep nipple, but it did not reach back into her mouth far enough to stimulate a suck response. With a standard calf nipple, she would suck pretty good for about a pint and then stop, so it was a long process. This morning we went down the hill to the corrals to feed her and she was able to get up pretty well. Three legs are now working decent and only one keeps flopping under. We put her by the cow and she fell down, so we gave her half of a bottle hoping that leaving her a little hungry would leave her with the incentive to suck the cow. When we went back at 1 o'clock she was able to get up pretty easy, so we watched and she went to the cow and sucked. After a while we offered her the half bottle since we had mixed it. She took another pint and then went back to the cow. The cow is extremely attentive, standing over her or lying nest to her constantly. She won't even leave it to go 5 feet for food. We really got lucky with this situation. I think things are going to be OK, but I intend to keep giving this pair lots of attention</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Katpau, post: 1568881, member: 9933"] Yes, I am using the All Milk replacer and I was in front so the bottle was at a nice angle and not going in too fast. The Vet told me that raspy thing right after eating is real common in calves this young and not to worry about it. He claimed you will even hear it with some premie calves sucking the cow. She weighed 66 pounds, so small by my standards, but plenty big for a yearling heifer. It would probably be best for the cow for me to bottle feed the calf and dry her up, but I don't want a bottle calf, so I am going to allow her to feed it and see how it goes. I may not breed her this year, depending on how she looks in June. We tried a sheep nipple, but it did not reach back into her mouth far enough to stimulate a suck response. With a standard calf nipple, she would suck pretty good for about a pint and then stop, so it was a long process. This morning we went down the hill to the corrals to feed her and she was able to get up pretty well. Three legs are now working decent and only one keeps flopping under. We put her by the cow and she fell down, so we gave her half of a bottle hoping that leaving her a little hungry would leave her with the incentive to suck the cow. When we went back at 1 o'clock she was able to get up pretty easy, so we watched and she went to the cow and sucked. After a while we offered her the half bottle since we had mixed it. She took another pint and then went back to the cow. The cow is extremely attentive, standing over her or lying nest to her constantly. She won't even leave it to go 5 feet for food. We really got lucky with this situation. I think things are going to be OK, but I intend to keep giving this pair lots of attention [/QUOTE]
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