aggieterpkatie
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Definitely get him dehorned, and plan on getting him castrated too! I second the getting him off the tube idea. If he is hungry, he will eat. Keeping them on the tube isn't good for them. Also, most electrolyte solutions say do not feed with milk, so I would not recommend feeding him electrolytes and milk together. Check the kind you got and see if it says that. When our Jerseys would scour, we'd take them off milk for a day (or two, depending on how bad) and feed nothing but the electrolytes, then we'd go back to the replacer.
Also, it seems young, but most dairy calves never even nurse off their mom at all. Calves can do just fine that way. It probably upset his system a bit from going to his mom's milk to the milk replacer, so hopefully once his scours has calmed down he'll do fine on the replacer. Also make sure you're not feeding him too much, because that will make them scour too. At his age, I'd feed no more than 2 quarts twice a day.
Also, it seems young, but most dairy calves never even nurse off their mom at all. Calves can do just fine that way. It probably upset his system a bit from going to his mom's milk to the milk replacer, so hopefully once his scours has calmed down he'll do fine on the replacer. Also make sure you're not feeding him too much, because that will make them scour too. At his age, I'd feed no more than 2 quarts twice a day.