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We had a calf that we thought didn't get collostrum like he should of. We got the cow and calf in two weeks ago and tried to get him to nurse. He never had the ambition. I have tubed and feed him on the bottle for the last ten days. He has slowly gone down hill and as I type I am quite sure he has expired. Something was wrong I think with his brain. He would do all the bodily functions of a normal calf, never got the scours on me. His eye on one side clouded over and if you scratched his ear he would kick his hind leg like a dog does if you scratch his ear... We turned the cow out last week as she was in the way with all the weather and if he had lived we would of probally been a bucket calf as to the fact we were tired of milking the cow out.... Every morning the cow would come back to the barn and want in. When we were done with the other cows, I would let her in with her calf. I was thinking that maybe motherly love would help. It didn't..
I was feeling pretty cocky about beating the odds. But in turn today I am humbled by mother nature... Where do you draw the line? I would of been money ahead and time to just let him die two weeks ago..... He always looked good was putting weight on and a nice coat of hair.... Some days life really sucks........