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Bottle feeding a calf ... a tip?
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<blockquote data-quote="steveR" data-source="post: 7921405" data-attributes="member: 66976"><p>So Mum calved down with mastitis, but we didn't pick it up immediately, happily she has now responded well to Synulox and Metacam and on the road to recovery...</p><p></p><p>However, I needed to supplement the meage offering from Mum for the nice Hex calf. Hardly worth buying a big bag of dried milk at this stage, so Herself picked up 8l of blue top from Costco. </p><p></p><p>The calf was reluctant to suck and take down the milk and I was concerned it might be a tad lacking, if we relied on it for 2-3 days. So, in a fit of something, I thought... sweetened condensed milk, there was even a large just out of date tin in the cupboard. Sweet and full of fat... I love the stuff. And so apparently, did the calf, she obviously loved the flavour when mixed with the bluetop....</p><p></p><p>I cannot say for sure that the sugar hit was the secret and not just hunger, but when I switched to plain blue top..... a reluctance was apparent.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="steveR, post: 7921405, member: 66976"] So Mum calved down with mastitis, but we didn't pick it up immediately, happily she has now responded well to Synulox and Metacam and on the road to recovery... However, I needed to supplement the meage offering from Mum for the nice Hex calf. Hardly worth buying a big bag of dried milk at this stage, so Herself picked up 8l of blue top from Costco. The calf was reluctant to suck and take down the milk and I was concerned it might be a tad lacking, if we relied on it for 2-3 days. So, in a fit of something, I thought... sweetened condensed milk, there was even a large just out of date tin in the cupboard. Sweet and full of fat... I love the stuff. And so apparently, did the calf, she obviously loved the flavour when mixed with the bluetop.... I cannot say for sure that the sugar hit was the secret and not just hunger, but when I switched to plain blue top..... a reluctance was apparent. [/QUOTE]
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