Posted by blinwmiaol.com on December 09, 2009 at 15:21:59 from (97.84.5.67):
I have a 2 week old swiss/jersey bull calf that refuses milk. It was born at the dairy my springers are at and drank tolerably there. I brought it home at 4 days old and have had it since. It drank ok for the first couple days but now will barely drink from the bottle. It had scours a few days ago so I gave it Deliver electrolytes for 3 feedings. It drank the electrolyte from the same bottle and drank down a full 2 quarts. The first feeding back on milk it only would drink 1 quart and since then has never drank more than a pint. It has gotten to the point that after it refuses to drink any more from the bottle, I end up tube feeding it just to keep it from starving or dehydrating. I have used the same bottle and nipple all along. I have 2 other calves on this cows milk that drink fine so I am kind of at a loss as to why this bull won't drink. The scours have gone away but it just won't drink. I did notice today doing chores that it was standing weird, was stand on its hock on one back leg. I have seen this before as an initial indication of white muscle disease and after a shot of MUSE the problem goes away. Is it possible the lack of interest in sucking is somehow related to the selenium deficiency? I hate to do it but guess I have to keep tubing it till it gets the urge to suck again.
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