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Re: O/T force feeding calves
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Posted by kyhayman on July 19, 2005 at 19:12:04 from (64.12.117.7):
In Reply to: O/T force feeding calves posted by Tim...Ok on July 19, 2005 at 10:54:59:
To answer the specific part of your question, yes the tubes work. Just make sure to get them all the way in and dont force them they will go down. A tiny bit of white Crisco helps reduce irritation. I do cow calf so dont have to feed one too ofter but when I do it is exclusively with the tube (I dont own a calf bottle). In the larger picture, I think you have good advice here. For electrolytes I normally use powdered Gatoraide. I'd forget the LA200 and use a sulfamethiozine bolus, preferably one with kaolin in it. Norden makes a good blue one I get at the vets. If they need a shot something along the lines of Nuflor would probably be called for. As weak as you describe, I'd be thinking vet, and soon. So far I've had about 70% survival of semi conscious calves that I got to the clinic. It isnt cheap but IV fluids may be called for.
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