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Baby bottle and solid food Posted by Jen on April 28, 2008, 3:52 pm 12.37.239.49 I have a bottle calf that was born Easter morning. For the first 2 weeks, he was getting 4 bottles a day (2 qts each time) then for a week he got 3, then down to 2 bottles till now. He will not eat solid food. I have tried hand feeding, force feeding (putting feed in his mouth). I have put Purina Starter feed in a pan in his pen all the time. How can I get him to eat?? Tricks? Best feed?  Post a Response

Re: Baby bottle and solid food Posted by Ohio on April 28, 2008, 5:03 pm, in reply to "Baby bottle and solid food" 24.31.188.182 are u givin him his bottle still... or did u quite and just put feed in a feed pan..... I would give him one bottle till like july with feed....  Post a Response

Re: Baby bottle and solid food Posted by KR, ohio on April 28, 2008, 8:10 pm, in reply to "Baby bottle and solid food" 71.2.13.66 AND SPRINKLE SOME MILK REPLACER ON HIS FEED.  Post a Response

Re: Baby bottle and solid food Posted by justme on April 28, 2008, 11:52 pm, in reply to "Re: Baby bottle and solid food" 65.255.135.96 We take them off the bottle at 3 weeks and have them drinking out of a bucket. We keep a small bit of feed in there all the time with the calf. Once they get on the bucket, they usually take right to the feed. Also, you sure are feeding alot of bottles. Ours get 2 feedings a day of milk replacer. Good luck!  Post a Response

Re: Baby bottle and solid food Posted by Jen on April 29, 2008, 9:18 am, in reply to "Re: Baby bottle and solid food" 12.37.239.68 Yes, he is still getting 2 bottles a day. And when he was born, he weighed 130 pounds and when we tried feeding him just 2 bottles, he was starving. And believe me, he is a fat, sassy big boy now!!! I will try these ideas...right now, I got in another cow and baby that is eating, so hopefully he will get the idea!!  Post a Response

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