Any Suggestions

[redcountry]

try some molasses on your finger this has worked
I take it that he did not pull his spine when hip locked? has he reflex in back legs.
Years ago we had a product called "Bells Remedy" it was given with a eye dropper I never saw anything like it to start a slow calf.
I hav'nt seen it for years should have stored up, we got it from the drug store not the vet.

[magpie]

Update!!! Well we are still at it with this calf, Redcountry you are right, the back legs are the problem, he is trying to get up but back legs are not strong enough to lift his weight. It sure is a slow process but I can see some improvement and he is trying. The sucking of a bottle isn’t that great either, that tongue just not getting the hang of it. I remember that bells remedy, Redcountry was it maybe called DR Bells? I remember my father having a bottle of it in the barn, haven’t seen it in awhile.

[grassfarmer]

I saw a product like this in use on a purebred farm once - don't know if it was called Bells or not. They could still get it in the US but it is banned here. They used it to revive calves that were all but dead - also to put some spark into show animals that weren't looking alert enough going round the ring.
I told my brother the ingredients (he's a chemist) and he was shocked - it contains 3 of the 5 deadliest plant extracts known to man!