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<blockquote data-quote="TennesseeGrassGrower" data-source="post: 1378893" data-attributes="member: 24376"><p>Soy milk replacer is not the best milk replacer, but it will work if that is all you have on hand. On force feeding the calf, straddle the calf with his/her rear end backed into a corner. With its head up put the nipple in its mouth, now is the tricky part. Either have the hole to big as suggested before, then you will clamp your hands over its mouth under the jaw and over the nose forcing it to drink ( it can still breath through its nose). Another way is to put it in the corner again still straddling it, put the bottle in its mouth and moving the nipple back and fourth attempting to get it suck. Either way you go, try to rub your hand on its but in the same fashion that its momma would be vigorously licking it stimulating it to suck (this has been very effective for us the first couple of days). Also, don't just put out starter gain for them the first week or so. Open their mouth and put in 3 - 4 handfuls of gain and for them to eat it. This gets them used to the taste of it and stimulates them to eat the grain you leave out faster. Always change the water and grain everyday. Starter grain that has molasses works wonders around here (who doesn't love sugar). CLEAN all of your milk mixing tools and bottles between EVERY bottle you give the calf.</p><p></p><p>The calf has scours because her milk diet has changed from a cows milk to the milk replacer. It can last a week or two, but should start to take on a more solid form soon enough. </p><p></p><p>Good luck with your calf,</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="TennesseeGrassGrower, post: 1378893, member: 24376"] Soy milk replacer is not the best milk replacer, but it will work if that is all you have on hand. On force feeding the calf, straddle the calf with his/her rear end backed into a corner. With its head up put the nipple in its mouth, now is the tricky part. Either have the hole to big as suggested before, then you will clamp your hands over its mouth under the jaw and over the nose forcing it to drink ( it can still breath through its nose). Another way is to put it in the corner again still straddling it, put the bottle in its mouth and moving the nipple back and fourth attempting to get it suck. Either way you go, try to rub your hand on its but in the same fashion that its momma would be vigorously licking it stimulating it to suck (this has been very effective for us the first couple of days). Also, don't just put out starter gain for them the first week or so. Open their mouth and put in 3 - 4 handfuls of gain and for them to eat it. This gets them used to the taste of it and stimulates them to eat the grain you leave out faster. Always change the water and grain everyday. Starter grain that has molasses works wonders around here (who doesn't love sugar). CLEAN all of your milk mixing tools and bottles between EVERY bottle you give the calf. The calf has scours because her milk diet has changed from a cows milk to the milk replacer. It can last a week or two, but should start to take on a more solid form soon enough. Good luck with your calf, [/QUOTE]
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