Recent content by kmb67

HE GOT UP!!!!!! :D :D :D It was only for a few minutes. I was out feeding-turned around and he was up all by himself!! There is something definitely wrong with the right front-maybe in the shoulder??? I can't find anything specific in the leg (then again I'm no cow expert), but it's just...

Thanks-I didn't know that-I'll stop the dex-can I get the other drug without a prescription? He is on nice soft ground-and he's turning pretty well, so no major sores yet. A couple small abrasions-but I think they are from lifting him. Would you just give an otc antibiotic, or something from...

Well he hasn't stood up yet-but he is trying. He is never in the same place when I come back, and a couple times he has moved a good 10-12 feet. He seems to be turning on his own-but I do flip him regularly (I "roll" him back in the barn when he gets too close to the door). He is still eating...

Well-my husband said that he almost got up. He got the back up-the front part way up-then buckled (of course I didn't see it). By the time I got there he was laying happily munching hay in his little fort :roll: . The vet said to try hoisting him with the tractor-but I couldn't get the straps...

Thanks-I never noticed that they get up backwards :oops: I have had horses for almost 40 years-I've only had the cows for 6 months, so other than books, I have little experience with them. When the bull 1st went down he actually had his butt up for a few minutes-I guess he was trying to get...

I'd love to get him up and at least get him into the barn so I know I can keep him in the shade (and so he doesn't get eaten by coyotes :shock: ). He keeps scooting out from under my primitive tent structure that I have draped from my tractor (picture a childs fort draped from furniture and...

Well he's still pooping (I can smell the oil coming through-so if he was impacted-that seems to be resolving??). He is eating, and He took a nice long drink while I held the bucket for him. He looks like he is thinking about getting up. He has his front legs out in front of him-but I haven't...

There is not much Johnson grass in that pasture (mainly Bermuda/Dallas grass). It was also cut/baled a few weeks ago so it is very short. I was told that Johnson grass was OK when it was short (only toxic when stressed/mature). Now I'm going to worry about my other cows! He did have access...

Hi-I'm from Greenville, TX area (Northeast of Dallas). I have a 2 year old miniature brangus bull. I was out feeding when he started to walk towards me looking OK, then laid down and couldn't seem to get back up. Within 10 minutes he was laying flat with fast/shallow respirations. I ran to call...