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Thanks for your possible ideas, she does seem to be doing better, with all the green grass out there, she has pretty runny poop. I am hoping that she will start eating the hay we gave her. So far she has been eating her cubes and the green grass in the corral. It seems the antibiotic may be...

Thanks Dun, you may be correct. You know we keep a pretty good eye on our herd, but things can get by without realizing how far it has progressed. I will call him tomorrow & give him her symptoms & do as he says!

She seems to be doing better today, eating & drinking. She's more alert, we may take her to the vet tomorrow, but we have had the experience of taking a cow to the vet, and he treats them for "a number of things" all at once, and they come home & die! I will call him tomorrow, but we are going...

Hi, I have a pretty sick cow and looking for guidance on what to do for her. She's 3 to 4 year old Angus cow, and she has lost alot of weight even though the grass is growing! We put her in the corral today, I was able to give her an antibiotic shot. And I have put some "bounce back" into her...

Well its monday evening, I think the cow has settled in to a life of having food and water brought to her! She is eating really well, but hasen't gotten up, she has moved around a little. Anything else we should be doing to entise her to get up? Thanks for everyones support!

Hi Everyone, its Saturday, and we have good not great news. The good news is after the 2nd round of shots on Thursday the cow is eating very good, hay and cubes. Drinking a lot, holding her head up by herself! She looks much better today than even last night, hopefully she will get up soon...

Its Friday, a week since the cow has been down. I checked, no fever at this point. Gave her a shot of banamine, b-complex and LA200 yesterday. She has been eating a little bit of cubes last night and today. we turned her on her side for a little while earlier to get all the weight off of her...

He gave her dexamethasone, on monday, can she have another shot today? I have a call into the vet to see if I can go and get a dose of banamine to give her. This is really a novice question, how do I check her temp? And what is normal? Sure trying anything we can to save her. Like I told my...

Well, its Thursday, cow is still alive, still down, she had a lot more energy on Tuesday than she has today. Not drinking much water this morning, not wanting to eat either. We have been moving her 2 or 3 times a day, have her hoofs out from under her but curled like you would find them in a...

Daily update, she seems to be holding her own. Drinking, eating some, the herd went and visited her last night, maybe they slept close to her? She is trying to move her hind quarters, but we have her pretty restricted right now to keep her upright.

Last update for today, The vet came today, gave her a anti inflamitory, B complex and electrolites. He said she could make a recover, just a matter of time. We will put in the time, she at about 1lb of 20% cubes this evening, and lots of water. I bet she drank 7 or 8 gallons once we got her...

Boy we have to agree with you on that one, this is the hardest year we have had yet! We have a vet comming out today, I did mention the Banamine to him, so hopefully he brings it with him, we'll see what he has to say. Went and gave her water, she drank on her own today, just had to get the...

Morning Update, went out and checked the cow this morning, still alive, drank some water, we pushed her up so she is on all four legs (almost) and we have a vet comming out to assess her sometime today! I am going out there in a few minutes and fill a bucket with water to see if she can drink...

Thanks for your advise, she is doing "ok" right now, gave her some water, and a little hay dipped in water, put her to bed for the night. We are going to check on her first daylite in the morning, if she's still alive we will call the vet at 8:am and see if we can get someone out here to assess...

Thanks, since this is the first one like this we have dealt with, we don't know all the "signs". I just don't want to prolong her suffering if there's no chance for her to come out of this, but from what everyone is saying, she could pull through. I am not "tubing her" for water, is it ok to...