Sick calf suggestions

We always run young stock on our highest herbal content leys. Got the idea from a pal with a SAC Turlough where he found such stock put on it between April and October had alot less issues with scour, worms etc. compared to ones run on standard PRG monocultures

As luck would have it I've got in a calf and it won't suck the bottle nor drink from a bucket.

I get the impression is off a suckler and something has went wrong with her. The calf is in good shape - no sign of illness nor emptiness.

However it has no suck at all. I've seen it trying to suck the other calves. It works be around the 6 week old mark.

Is this lad too old to try and bring around to the bucket/teat? He's doing an awful lot of roaring and between the rising and the not drinking is getting on my nerves. I think it might be a recent split from the mother.

If I could somehow get him pacified it would go a long way. Plenty of crunch and clean straw in with them.

Tried most of the above.

Joining the club too.

29 hour old calf currently.

Won't suck, so stomach tubed 2 sessions of 2.5 litres out of cow, and gave vitamin b injection.

Cows elder a bit close to the ground this year, and calf is a bit on the tall side.

Bending down head and sucking reflex don't seem to be too high on the calfs agenda.

First time in a long time I've had that hassle

. Joys of it 😂

If you have the cow restrained in a calving gate or something, you could try knocking the calf to the ground under her. You might be able to get him going on the tit lying down with his head slightly raised. If he got going at all, he'd be away.....

Fair play on that working for you , I did try it, but wasn't a success, will try it again tomorrow. Have mine sucking a bottle that I've strigged from the cow, other wise it spends its time sucking her neck. Right few of us lads getting a hard time with calves this week so. Keep her lit 893.

UPDATE 

I brought calf to the vet yesterday. Vet said she had slight navel infection and slightly high temp. Advice was to stop stomach tubing her milk and jus give electrolytes with tube. Tubing milk into a calf after a few days not good for them apparently.

Anyway milked cow last night b4 bed and managed to get her to suck about 250ml from bottle and tubed 2lts electrolytes.

This morning milked cow again and she sucked 500ml from the bottle very slowly with honey on nipple and my fingers.

After that she went over to cow in calving gate and started rooting around her neck again so i said I'd give it another go. Put honey on cows tit and after a big battle with calf trying to suck top of elder she finally latched on and sucked perfectly even started pucking.

No when sue slips off the tit it's a battle to get her back on but I'm delighted with that progress this morning.

I separated them now for a while and will go again after few hours.

So all in all Tuesday to Saturday before she sucked cow.

I thought she'd never suck so for the rest of ye stay at it n hopefully they come good but I know it's tough going and really tests your patience.

Yeah was surprised tbh as was even very slow to suck bottle this morning but once got going on cows tits the sucking action really took off thank god.

Would've had for few days as a newborn, it should be grand, just make sure it picks up no pneumonia still lungs are clear.

There's a vet in cavan the does a technique to get a calf to suck,apparently resets the neurotransmitters.

Geard McGovern I believe.

Get whole milk from a local dairy farmer. What cmr are you using. Try Shine cmr if you can't get whole milk or a cmr with at least 35% skim.

It looks like prime elite is a whey based cmr and it sounds like it's not agreeing with him. Could you get some Shine once a day from someone to try it.