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Calves sucking each other

  • 13-08-2016 2:03pm
    #1
    danjoe
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 63 ✭✭


    Anyone have problem with calves sucking each others navel,cant stop them have mixed mythalated spirits with iodine and given bolus+ mineral buckets??
    Edit all bucket reared ?


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  • #2
    Mooooo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,611 ✭✭✭Mooooo


    Are they off milk and outside? On meal? It can continue after weaning for a bit but normally they grow out of it, how long are they weaned?


  • #3
    danjoe
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 63 ✭✭danjoe


    Mooooo wrote: »
    Are they off milk and outside? On meal? It can continue after weaning for a bit but normally they grow out of it, how long are they weaned?

    All weaned at least 2 months on grass and meal have been told that limx are devils for it


  • #4
    Mooooo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,611 ✭✭✭Mooooo


    Methylated spirits would evaporate and the iodine would dry off, dunno is there anything else more suitable to act as a deterrent? Stockholm tar near the navel maybe. Some others may have a solution. When calves are on milk and in the shed we used to hang a gallon drum. Down in the pen and they'd be messing with that in an effort to reduce any navel suckling


  • #5
    danjoe
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 63 ✭✭danjoe


    Mooooo wrote: »
    Methylated spirits would evaporate and the iodine would dry off, dunno is there anything else more suitable to act as a deterrent? Stockholm tar near the navel maybe. Some others may have a solution. When calves are on milk and in the shed we used to hang a gallon drum. Down in the pen and they'd be messing with that in an effort to reduce any navel suckling

    Will try the tar thanks


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