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what about a naval infection? as a cause? never dealt with one before. he is a 2-3 weeks with dried up umbillical cord still attached. still trying myself to find a cure?? and if so what is the treatment??

Update: saturday thought I would find him dead for morning feeding, NO he is down and looks to be paralyized, still can follow with eyes and lick air, but no suckig power to drink from bottle although he tries. Tubed him have him on 2 feedings of milk twice a day morning and night and 2 feedings...

Went out to barn 9:00 pm last night to do a third feeding for all the calves, the sick one was laying there didnt want to get up to eat or even hold his head up. He will be dead by morning and I have a vet scheduled to come out to open him up and see what the heck is going on. Another calf next...

its a medicated milk replacer, vet checked that too but said everything was fine vitamin and mineral wise. Vet said no dehydration but we are feeding 3 times a day. The scours are from him getting to internally cold and then vet said when he would warm up more than likely he would get the...

update: vet wanted to come back out last night because they still think it is something to do with the weather and he needed more energy. The calf was laying against the cold barn concrete wall and his water bucket, his temp was 94.4 vet only gave the calf a 50% chance for him to make it because...

They take their milk just fine, very healthy eaters, temp 101.5. its starts the same in each calf slow getting up, looks like they are weak, get up on front elbows eventually making it to feet. sometimes they will be laying on head with butt straight up in air. Vet just called they are also not...

I am feeding a medicated milk replacer and they have a medicated 18% calf starter feed (which I am not sure if he eats it yet) he is in a pen with 2 other calves. I have been looking into maybe a vitamin A/D deficiency but not sure if I am looking into the wrong direction and with the vet not...

I am poking at everyones experience with this one-- Had a healthy calf at 3 weeks old one day started to get up on his knuckles then fall over, he did get up to drink and then the next day couldnt get up to drink. called vet out after physical exam lungs were fine, temp fine, guts moving like...

Hang in there! at least your a responsible owner that calls a vet when needed and not just saying oh well and letting it die without finding a possible solution. sorry to hear that it had to be put down

We are selling ours at $1.15lb. live weight and make plenty of profit to pay feed and everything else.

We buy weekly which is 1000lbs. a week for $190 which has doubled since last year

I am also a show mom and let me tell you the one year I actually tried a finishing feed to hold a steers weight the angus came in 5 place. I promised myself i would never do it again and we have taken first, second, and third place since then. Feed him! then Walk the heck out of him it works and...

post back in a lfew months I would feed him all he could eat right now with a close watch that he is not gaining to much to quick, he is a little light

welcome to the boards

Open them up manual, make a slit and let it drain, vet recommended this for a young calf of mine that had e-coli move into his bloodstream that made him swell in his ankle, he was a long shot to save but he is still looking good