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<blockquote data-quote="TCRanch" data-source="post: 1402974" data-attributes="member: 24027"><p>I really doubt this has anything to do with the OP's calf but I had an interesting conversation last night about bottle calves: Friend of mine has recently had a problem with calves not taking the bottle & resorted to drenching. It suddenly dawned on her that they had another water well drilled for the house about a month ago and had evidently hit a salt table (common in Kansas). The solution is to drain the well as often as possible but it can take months for the water to clear. In the meantime, they are drinking bottled water but she was using the tap water to mix the colostrum replacer/supplement/milk replacer and the calves didn't like the salty taste (don't blame them!). She started using bottled water for the calves, they started nursing, problem solved.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="TCRanch, post: 1402974, member: 24027"] I really doubt this has anything to do with the OP's calf but I had an interesting conversation last night about bottle calves: Friend of mine has recently had a problem with calves not taking the bottle & resorted to drenching. It suddenly dawned on her that they had another water well drilled for the house about a month ago and had evidently hit a salt table (common in Kansas). The solution is to drain the well as often as possible but it can take months for the water to clear. In the meantime, they are drinking bottled water but she was using the tap water to mix the colostrum replacer/supplement/milk replacer and the calves didn't like the salty taste (don't blame them!). She started using bottled water for the calves, they started nursing, problem solved. [/QUOTE]
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