Raising Amaretto, Day 3

See prior blog post for background information: calf number 5 abandoned by his mother and now named Amaretto by the kids.  I am feeding him 4 times a day calf milk replacer.  A very good blog post of using milk replacer can be found at: http://bottlecalf.blogspot.com/2012/05/bottle-feeding-calves-milk-replacer.html.  In summary, calves receiving milk replacer always get 1 gallon per day.  Some say give 1/2 gallon, 2 times a day, 12 hours apart.  Others I have talked to say Longhorns should be given 1 quart, 4 times a day.  At around 2 weeks, a starter feed should be added in.  Over time the calf continues to consume 1 gallon per day of milk replacer and more and more of the starter feed.  I don't think Amaretto has scours but his stool is very loose.  Scours is a form of diarrhea that occurs in baby calves.  I am not sure of the normal appearance of baby calf manure.  He sleeps a lot but don't all babies?  I have been putting small amounts of corn feed in his mouth, at least some seems to be getting swallowed.  The adventure continues.