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we didnt get any help from this sight so we took them to the vet today. found out that they were bred for show cattle and some one over done it. they are to heavy for there legs and they will never be able to reach over a 1000#. they were probably injected with a inflamatory before they were...

No, were banded or cut long before we got them.

they are constant, still the same, very stiff and dont seem to get better, just on the rear legs

we just bought 2 new calves yesterday, weighting around 400 pounds each. today we go out to check on them and the first one gets up they act real stiff in there back legs. could walk, just real stiff. thought maybe it was the way he was laying down. then the second one gets up and is acting the...

thanks again evey one. she is doing fine. gave her the bloat medicine too. she is getting treated like a queen! her own private room,hay,grain,water......

thank all of you so much. i'll let you know how this all turns out. J&B

her right side is the side that is bloated. shes not eating alot, just nibbleing on the hay. but yes, im sure she was hungry.

sorry , i went to the barn to double check, on the right side.what does that mean?

monday night one of our cows got its head inside of the goats door and got it stuck. well, she then fell down in the mud, got stuck and couldn't get up. found her tuesday morning, got her up, put her in dry stall, my husband gave her (la-200) and (pen bp-48) she is eating her hay this morning...

I had to give one of our calves a shot for pneumonia, well we havent been in the business long and we are still learning. this cow wouldnt cooperate, it took us 11/2 hours to pin it down and that was by laying a rope down on the ground and when it stepped in it grabbing the rope and tieing his...

I called the vet, this vet has been around for many years in our area but he dosent deal with large animals any more, he's just getting to old. He recomended Pennicillin at 12cc, I ask him if he had an anti-inflamitory available that I could buy and he said no but the P should be enough...

thanks red, Ill try this in the morning, no help tonight because wife works nights.

dont know, didnt check it, can you tell me how to do that? do I stick a thermometer up his rear or what?

Ive got a calf that has started some heavy breathing, yesterday he was ok, I gave him a dose of LA200 tonight is there anything else I should give him?, have Micotil but lost the directions to it and have some pennicillian available. He is eating and drinking normal and frisky at times which is...