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The test actually came back negative for urinary tract and stones/minerals. His symptoms are improving greatly! They are going to do a blood test just to check him out. He has continued to eat and act normal other than when he's peeing..... Thanks for the info :)

So, our vet had me watching for urine streams yesterday morning. He is producing streams but seems to be painful. But definitely not a blockage. I collected a sample yesterday afternoon and he gave us a tube of banamine. He thinks probably a urinary tract infection. Praise GOD, much better than...

Thank you!! I've put a call into our vet.

I noticed this morning while grooming our bull that he was having what seemed to be painful urination. He was letting out small streams of urine while switching his tail with fury and stomping his back legs. He did eventually let out a full steam but contributed with the commotion during and...

Thanks for this info!!

I found that too.....I'm a bit confused with that. There's no cap?? I thought there would be something to open to release the air? Does it just stay an open hole? So air goes in and out? Sorry the questions. Just unsure.

Thanks again!! I have given proboitics 5 days in a row morning and night. It's that enough? And I read about giving healthy cud from another cow to him? So how does one go about getting it from one and giving to another??????

I just looked very quickly.... I found "people" permanent trocar? Is there one in a vet supply for bovine?

Thank you all for responding!! Still dealing with this. I've been experimenting. He bloats no matter what he's eating! Put him in a stall for 24 hours with nothing but water and he was prefect. Tried him only on milk, bloated then a day only on grass, bloated today just calf starter grain...

We have a calf approx. 5 months old that is bloating EVERYDAY. We have to tube or poke him daily or he bloats to the extreme to breathing problems. This has been happening for approx. 2 weeks (never bloated before this) We have taken him completely off feed, just nurses the cow and is on grass...

Thank you. We have a heifer we are having a hard time getting bred. I was not sure if it was a good idea to use our show bull to breed her. He "so far" is very well behaved. My 13 year old son is showing the bull I did not want to ruin his "show" behavior.

Do you use your show bull to breed ? Or keep him a virgin bull during show age?