Have a jersey mixed calf approximately two weeks old. The calf is eating the milk replacer a bottle in the am. and in the pm. He eats well after some coaxing with the bottle.
He was weighed with a dairy weight measure and the calf doesn't register the closest the kids can read as far as weight is 27lbs.
I tried to offer an electrolyte and he will not take it. When he drinks it it he started getting it coming through his nose so I stopped. He did have a bout with teh scours but have been treating him with Biosol Liquid according to the directions.
He is very small, I am not sure what the first owner has done to the baby as to if it was given collostorum, any shots etc. I do know they managed to kills a goat by worming it which isn't an easy task.
The little fella is excessively thin and bony no weight gain and his stomach makes noises when he does drink the bottle. I did pick up some probois today and started giving that any suggestions?
He was weighed with a dairy weight measure and the calf doesn't register the closest the kids can read as far as weight is 27lbs.
I tried to offer an electrolyte and he will not take it. When he drinks it it he started getting it coming through his nose so I stopped. He did have a bout with teh scours but have been treating him with Biosol Liquid according to the directions.
He is very small, I am not sure what the first owner has done to the baby as to if it was given collostorum, any shots etc. I do know they managed to kills a goat by worming it which isn't an easy task.
The little fella is excessively thin and bony no weight gain and his stomach makes noises when he does drink the bottle. I did pick up some probois today and started giving that any suggestions?