Posted by Nate V. IA on April 22, 2013 at 16:02:23 from (216.51.200.25):
In Reply to: ? on bottle calves posted by toddar on April 22, 2013 at 15:27:27:
As long as he is still active, alert and hungry I wouldn't worry about it especially if hes old enough to start eating grain. You can offer some electrolytes in addition to milk if you are worried about dehydration.
More often than not my calves got scours but very few got sick or died because of it. I weaned my calves at about 45 days. You don't need to feed them milk for six months like the cow does.
Make sure the water they have doesn't get milk in it. I took the water away while I was feeding them, gave it back about a half an hour or so later, its all about the esophageal groove. Read up on it to give you a better understanding of why.
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