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Hi, I have a calf that is four days old now. His momma is one of those terrible cows with a low udder and big teats. When he was born he got up and found the sweet spot and was sucking so I left well enough alone. He seemed well for the first few days followed mom every where and one teat was always clean and puckered. On day three when I did my morning rounds mom was mooing a lot to the calf he was on the opposite side of the feeder and was not responding to her. Was quite weak. So I went back in my memory files to when I lost a calf because she seemed to be sucking but mom had mastitis and calf was getting no milk. So I ran big momma into the chute and tried to milk - nothing. Had a neighbor come and try to milk her also - nothing. Shoot!! Sure makes you feel stupid. But now I have to keep this baby going. Giving him milk replacer. Last night he got right up and was sucking very vigorously - this morning not so much. Took a long time to get the milk down. Should I give some electrolytes? I have also heard of giving them eggs because they have some immunoglobulins. Any ideas would be appreciated!