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<blockquote data-quote="gabby" data-source="post: 98988" data-attributes="member: 553"><p>I have a week-old calf that only spent the first day with its mother. The calf disappeared through the fence into the adjoining woods when it was less than a day old. I let the mother out to search the woods but she showed up back at the gate the next day to go back in with the herd so I let her in, thinking the calf had died.</p><p></p><p>I rode my horse through the woods several times, and hands had passed through several times also, with no sign of the calf.</p><p></p><p>Today, a full week since it disappeared, the calf was spotted and I caught it and took it to its mother. He seemed to recognize the mother but she would have nothing to do with the calf. </p><p></p><p>I returned in an hour and the mother was grazing and had walked far away from the calf, so I brought the calf back and put in in a stall with a pan of water with some Similac mixed with it. I tried pouring bottled water in its mouth and got no reaction at all. I couldn't find a calf nursing bottle and it was late so I will get one in the morning if it's still alive.</p><p></p><p>I've tried to save calves with bottle feeders twice before and neither of them made it. I was using powdered milk replacer mix.</p><p></p><p>What should I do to save this calf?</p><p>gabby</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="gabby, post: 98988, member: 553"] I have a week-old calf that only spent the first day with its mother. The calf disappeared through the fence into the adjoining woods when it was less than a day old. I let the mother out to search the woods but she showed up back at the gate the next day to go back in with the herd so I let her in, thinking the calf had died. I rode my horse through the woods several times, and hands had passed through several times also, with no sign of the calf. Today, a full week since it disappeared, the calf was spotted and I caught it and took it to its mother. He seemed to recognize the mother but she would have nothing to do with the calf. I returned in an hour and the mother was grazing and had walked far away from the calf, so I brought the calf back and put in in a stall with a pan of water with some Similac mixed with it. I tried pouring bottled water in its mouth and got no reaction at all. I couldn't find a calf nursing bottle and it was late so I will get one in the morning if it's still alive. I've tried to save calves with bottle feeders twice before and neither of them made it. I was using powdered milk replacer mix. What should I do to save this calf? gabby [/QUOTE]
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