UPDATE: Sad story for a pretty little girl.

[neener92]

OK, I gave her a shot earlier of antibiotic, and some probios and about 6cc of molasses in her mouth.

The peanut butter didn't work...she just let the milk run out.

I don't know if this is wishful thinking (I am really bad for that...seeing them do something small that looks like what a healthy baby would do, then they end up dieing), but I got her up and let her walk around a little while I put more straw under her and some green hay by her bed, then I guided her back over to her bed and let her stand and sniff the hay (she likes sniffing things!) and it looked like she was playing with it....she would stick her tongue out and lick it, then I went over to put some up to her face and it seemed like she was wanting the head but it. She was making me laugh it was cute.

She's still a little wobbly but seems to be doing better, again this could be my wishful thinking.

I mixed her bottle with half water and half pedialyte with 6cc of molasses in it....and I'm using calf milk.
When I offered her, her bottle she seemed to be sucking it from the side, so I put it in front and she just let it run out....after awhile she started getting annoyed I think cause she would hold her mouth shut as hard as she could and grind her teeth.

I hope she makes it.....she's starting to drive me crazy!

Oh, and I finally picked a name....Sienna!

 

[redtailgal]

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[neener92]

She's not curling her tongue around she's just she's just opening and closing her mouth and making a sucking noise. Well she was sucking fine the guy said up until Sunday....then she went down hill. And when I got her home I got her to suck her first couple bottles.

I might try the pan thing....I'd try just about anything to keep this beautiful sweet girl alive!

Good thing is SUNNY today! She will be going outside in the sun!

I had a calf one time born in rainy/snowy 20 degree weather...he was a twin (his twin didn't make it) and born a month or so too early, and his mother was crazy! But, we had to bring him inside to keep him warm....I was soo sure that little guy was going to die....I had all but giving up...and started to accept the fact he wasn't going to make it, but he's in his new home were he's a pet now. He never grew to the size of a normal sized cow....he looks more like a mini.

This morning I gave her 60cc of pedialyte and 6cc of molasses in her mouth....I'll try to hungry thing out, but will give the pedialye and molasses the normal times I feed her. I hope she decides to suck!!!

 

[goodhors]

Can you get her sucking on your finger with the molassas? They do like sweets, adds a bit of energy, and if she does suck finger, maybe she would suck bottle nipple with molasses on it.

Even sucking your finger with sweetener, you can lead her nose to the pan of replacer, perhaps get her sucking a bit of replacer that way. That is how we train ours from bottle to bucket. They LOVE sucking finger with molasses, you just lower hand into bucket down into the the replacer and GRADUALLY pull finger almost out of their mouth. Messy, slurpy, sometimes they bunt the bucket and splash you, but it does work. May take several days of finger sucking to finally "get it" and drink from small bucket.

Deeper milk replacer helps get their muzzle down when you drop hand into replacer. Then sucking action sort of vacuums up some replacer into their mouth for more flavor.

 

[neener92]

She sucked the bottle!!!! Not much...but its better than me having to forcing her!
I let her get hungry...missing the first two feedings!

Picturesss!

 

[neener92]

She sucked down two 16oz bottles and wanted more....she followed me around the field a little sucking on my pants!!!!

She pooped a darker yellow poo and then after that clear goo came out with a little blood in it....should I be worried about that? Now I'm all nervous about that....geez!

It's just one thing after another this working on a farm thing.....but I wouldn't trade it for anything!

 

[redtailgal]

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[neener92]

She is doing soo much better....today she got up on her own! Thank you all so much for the advise I feel it saved her life! She is a wonderful little girl and will be a pet for the rest of her life here on the farm. Here are some updated photos of her following me around the field and eating on her own.....oh, she's nibbling on hay now and licking grain! She's being fed 4 times a day, first and last feedings are a bottle and a half and the two middle ones are a half bottle.



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I love her pink nose! ♥

Bottle!

Following me!

 

[redtailgal]

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[clarmayfarm]

Everyone on here is right...

use calf milk replacer, feed 2 quarts 2-3 times daily.

You may want to go to the local feed store and purchase a "probiotic:, something that will jumpstart the calf's appetite. Some folks believe in a raw egg in the milk.

Good luck!