jwimberly
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I need some ideas from calf experts here. We have a ~45-50 pound 1-2 week old black angus calf we got last Thursday. She seemed a bit malnourished when we got her but she took the bottle good the first time we tried that night. The previous owner said she had received colostrum but selling her because her mother died (all the info I have on momma cow). However, ever since Friday we have had to tube feed her. When trying to bottle feed she shows no interest in it and sometimes just lets her tongue hang out the side. At the advice of our vet we gave her a round of Sustain III calf bolus and she has also had 2 shots of Duramycin-100 (2 ml Dose Sat and dose Sun). Both times I have checked her temp it was 100.2°F and 101.1°F she has also been very lethargic and depressed. We've seen her poop twice and both times it was runny and yellow/green and has urinated several times also. She has been getting a mix of 3 quarts of milk (not soy) and electrolytes per day but has yet to show any signs of getting better and still appears malnourished but I'm afraid to feed her more since we're tube feeding.
Any ideas or opinions as to what this could be or what we should do next?
Any ideas or opinions as to what this could be or what we should do next?