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<blockquote data-quote="Beefy" data-source="post: 276762" data-attributes="member: 57"><p>sounds like maybe from your description she could have mastitis and/or blind quarters. can you get the cow up and see what you have to work with? </p><p></p><p>A cow can regain milk production depending on the situation. for instance if a calf didnt nurse for about 5 days and she began drying up and then the calf for some reason was put back on her she MAY come back into some milk (but probably not as much). sometimes heifers wont milk well the first year but will come in better the next calf. also sometimes the dams of premies may not milk as well at first. mastitis can be treated depending on the severity. if she has blind quarters theres not much you can do (will usually look like a lopsided udder, the nonfuctional quarter(s) will "dry up" but may look normal right at calving)</p><p></p><p>if he is getting any milk from her he likely will not willingly take a bottle b/c even a little cows milk to a calf is better than a lot of milk replacer. get her up, see how much milk, see if you can get the quarters flowing, and go from there-</p><p></p><p></p><p>*edit* is there more info on this calf in another post? it sounds like he may have been off the cow for a while and she may have started drying up or either wasnt milking right to start with?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Beefy, post: 276762, member: 57"] sounds like maybe from your description she could have mastitis and/or blind quarters. can you get the cow up and see what you have to work with? A cow can regain milk production depending on the situation. for instance if a calf didnt nurse for about 5 days and she began drying up and then the calf for some reason was put back on her she MAY come back into some milk (but probably not as much). sometimes heifers wont milk well the first year but will come in better the next calf. also sometimes the dams of premies may not milk as well at first. mastitis can be treated depending on the severity. if she has blind quarters theres not much you can do (will usually look like a lopsided udder, the nonfuctional quarter(s) will "dry up" but may look normal right at calving) if he is getting any milk from her he likely will not willingly take a bottle b/c even a little cows milk to a calf is better than a lot of milk replacer. get her up, see how much milk, see if you can get the quarters flowing, and go from there- *edit* is there more info on this calf in another post? it sounds like he may have been off the cow for a while and she may have started drying up or either wasnt milking right to start with? [/QUOTE]
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