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<blockquote data-quote="LizHartley1991" data-source="post: 1469727" data-attributes="member: 31466"><p>Mira's poop has been pretty runny and rough smelling. Her bedding area is getting a cleaning this week since I'll be off after the 20th for holiday break. </p><p></p><p>In the meantime, I had an older cattle woman - that I've known since I was in diapers - talk to me at orscheln's yesterday. I'd been trying to get ahold of her for awhile so I could tell her my concerns and all the troubles I went through with Mira. But she's been across the state for weddings apparently. </p><p></p><p>Anyway after talking for over two hours in the parking lot, she gave me an interesting solution to help with Mira's runny poop that she herself does for her calves and something her mother taught her. </p><p></p><p>She said you get 1 cup of warm water then mix 3 tablespoons of Sure-Jell gelatin (or any flavorless pectin) into a bottle. Stir it up and then quickly feed it to the calf before the solution hardens. Apparently the gelatin stops stomach content from cramping up because the gelatins jell's the contents inside the belly. Then an hour later you're suppose to feed the bottle calf half of what you normally give it (so if it's 2 quarts you'll feed them 1 quart). An hour later you repeat the gelatin solution. In six hours check the animals bowel movement. If you don't see an improvement in six hours, then she said for me to try combiotic and that I should also add an egg to every quart of milk to help give extra strength for the next few days. </p><p></p><p>I tried the gelatin mixture and this morning Mira's poop has improved. The main reason I was okay with trying this treatment is because the gelatin mix won't hurt the calf and can help strength it's stomach. And after looking this up, I found a bunch of other sources crediting this home remedy treatment so I felt okay to try it out (not that I don't trust her but every solution I've been given I looked into or asked a vet about).</p><p></p><p>I will say that Mira did not like the taste of it (don't blame her since it didn't look too yummy or smell yummy) but she sucked down most of it before jerking away from the taste. </p><p></p><p>She couldn't give me much suggestion for the other stuff I was worried about but she did tell me - as you all have - to relax and not overthink to much and that as long as I check her over and watch for any severe changes, I'm doing a well enough job. And that to get her to a vet as soon as I can to let them take over checking the other stuff and that it most likely isn't as severe as I'm afraid it is. </p><p></p><p>So that's been a nice help... On another note, Mira drank a full bottle of formula- topped with 1 egg for every quart (so two eggs) and she's doing good this morning and I plan to attempt to take her to the vets tomorrow to get a quick check over of her physical form since I still don't feel like she's gaining enough weight and still think her legs look wrong in the front.</p><p></p><p>But otherwise I'm really happy with how well she's eating her bottles. I'll defin be trying cow-pellet starter feed soon. Even if she's still not interested in the fresh water I keep putting out for her. Even trying to suckle finger dip her head into it isn't helping much.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="LizHartley1991, post: 1469727, member: 31466"] Mira’s poop has been pretty runny and rough smelling. Her bedding area is getting a cleaning this week since I’ll be off after the 20th for holiday break. In the meantime, I had an older cattle woman - that I’ve known since I was in diapers - talk to me at orscheln’s yesterday. I’d been trying to get ahold of her for awhile so I could tell her my concerns and all the troubles I went through with Mira. But she’s been across the state for weddings apparently. Anyway after talking for over two hours in the parking lot, she gave me an interesting solution to help with Mira’s runny poop that she herself does for her calves and something her mother taught her. She said you get 1 cup of warm water then mix 3 tablespoons of Sure-Jell gelatin (or any flavorless pectin) into a bottle. Stir it up and then quickly feed it to the calf before the solution hardens. Apparently the gelatin stops stomach content from cramping up because the gelatins jell’s the contents inside the belly. Then an hour later you’re suppose to feed the bottle calf half of what you normally give it (so if it’s 2 quarts you’ll feed them 1 quart). An hour later you repeat the gelatin solution. In six hours check the animals bowel movement. If you don’t see an improvement in six hours, then she said for me to try combiotic and that I should also add an egg to every quart of milk to help give extra strength for the next few days. I tried the gelatin mixture and this morning Mira’s poop has improved. The main reason I was okay with trying this treatment is because the gelatin mix won’t hurt the calf and can help strength it’s stomach. And after looking this up, I found a bunch of other sources crediting this home remedy treatment so I felt okay to try it out (not that I don’t trust her but every solution I’ve been given I looked into or asked a vet about). I will say that Mira did not like the taste of it (don’t blame her since it didn’t look too yummy or smell yummy) but she sucked down most of it before jerking away from the taste. She couldn’t give me much suggestion for the other stuff I was worried about but she did tell me - as you all have - to relax and not overthink to much and that as long as I check her over and watch for any severe changes, I’m doing a well enough job. And that to get her to a vet as soon as I can to let them take over checking the other stuff and that it most likely isn’t as severe as I’m afraid it is. So that’s been a nice help... On another note, Mira drank a full bottle of formula- topped with 1 egg for every quart (so two eggs) and she’s doing good this morning and I plan to attempt to take her to the vets tomorrow to get a quick check over of her physical form since I still don’t feel like she’s gaining enough weight and still think her legs look wrong in the front. But otherwise I’m really happy with how well she’s eating her bottles. I’ll defin be trying cow-pellet starter feed soon. Even if she’s still not interested in the fresh water I keep putting out for her. Even trying to suckle finger dip her head into it isn’t helping much. [/QUOTE]
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