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Well heck...little man out there is nursing and eating grass like nothing was ever wrong with him. Now I KNOW it wasn't my supportive therapy that got him interested in food overnight. Had to have been the Dex. That Cortisone sure is a wonder drug albeit a scary one. He's finished his round of...

He scours when he runs a high fever before I run a round of antibiotics through him. Once the antibiotics are in him and the fever lowers, the scours stop. I always give probiotics when I run a course of antibiotics through them, so that's good, and I've doubled his dose per the Vet's...

So, the snake bite was about 2 months ago...maybe 6 weeks. I'm thinking that his body has processed the toxins, but what is left is a compromised immune system? I never did see him pee blood, but I hadn't seen him pee in forever until tonight, and tonight it looked normal. Not even neon yellow...

Gosh, yeh, I thought I did mention that I thought the abscess was a result of a snake bite mostly because it started as a real rubbery/leathery/fluidy kind of look under his jaw. LIKE bottle jaw, but not. We had another cow get bit, and a couple of dogs around here, and they had that same soft...

Really, just drugs and time. Oh, and one vet call. I can't remember if he charged me for the fecal or not. I had most of the drugs on hand anyway, and they were going out of date, so putting them into him as opposed to tossing them out was a better deal in my mind. I'm at the limit of $$ I'll...

Its been a very long time since I’ve been on these boards, but I’ve now got a problem I could use a 2nd or 3rd opinion on. Long story short, I’ve had a very powerful pneumonia virus out here that hits the calves at a week or so of age. First two calves of the year were fine and are now 9 and...

Update I spoke with the vet himself this morning as opposed to his office staff, and he said that the bull's temp was at 100.3 this morning, he was eating some hay and nibbling at feed, and drinking a little, and no more open mouth breathing, but to quote him, "His lungs sound horrible. He...

Hi All, I called the vet this morning and the report is that he's doing well. His temp this morning was normal and he's eating and drinking. However, he was eating and drinking normally all through this episode....how is he going to handle the heat at 3:00PM today? :) Without getting that...

Oh heck, yes, he sure did, and at that point I got the lifted eyebrow and the look that said, "what in the heck took YOU (of all people) so long to bring him in?" He took his temp then showed me the thermometer which read the 105.6, then listened to his lungs, then said that he's a sick, sick...

Boy Dun, there's all sorts of good information from that link. Thanks! So, based on the information there, he could have been in a stage 4 heat stress (maybe bordering on stage 5) situation, or he's sick. So, I tend to practice your MO of "Benign Neglect" for the most part but wouldn't be me...

Well......thought I'd better temp the little guy this morning as MM suggested just to be sure and sure-as-shootin, at 10:00am, his temp was 103.4. Ok, quick call to the Vet (high dollar bull calf-don't want ANY chances taken) and a ride to the Dr, his temp was at 105.6 an hour and a half...

Yeh, I tend to think its too much protein for him in this heat, AND that he's a bit of a wuss, but will temp him tomorrow morning just to be sure......we all know the only sure fire way to know that he's not coming down with something or maybe trying to fight a bug off is to temp him. He's fine...

Unfortunately, he's not fat and truly looks lean to me...he seems to be putting most of his growth energy into his frame (he's a big framed Herf) hence the being on creep. I dont think he's eating but maybe 10 lbs or less a day. Its free choice for him and the heifer, and the heifer is a...

Oh heck....sorry, he's a polled Hereford. So, here in Central Texas, the ponds/creeks/tanks/puddles/etc dried up weeks ago. There is no water. Period. Except for what I put in the water troughs for them to drink. We have had no rain since May 13th. Not one drop....excuse me, I felt 2 drops...

Hi All, I know....its been a while, but you know how it goes :oops: .....In the meanwhile, I have an 8 mo bull calf who is so hot he's panting. Granted, its been over 100 degrees for the past oh, 38 days or so, and he's on free feed creep, but he's the only one who's eating the stuff and is...

I had this very question a couple of weeks ago with a 600lb bull calf, and the advice gven there was to take him to the vet and have him do it. I elected to cut him myself because I wanted those things off NOW! He was extremely uh....er...."well endowed" for his age and size, so there was much...

Hi Cattle Today Forum Its been a while since I've been on the boards for one reason or another. Got my soldier both off to and back from Iraq in one piece both physically and mentally during the past year, and ran 2 herds of cattle 130 miles apart taboot thanks to Sydney411's ever generous...

We usually see them about the mid to the end of May. This year seems to be a bit different in that I didn't see them in May at all, and only had 3 days of activity here last week. Flys on them don't seem to be as bad this year either. May be the dry conditions? All I know is that if they...

Guess they'd have good smelling breath at the least....... :lol:

Okay. I give up....I'm gonna tube her tonight. Just came in from the bottle attempt again. She's getting weak, and that's not good. I went to grab her and she just layed down. Noodle calf. I have to wonder if she has ever really had a full belly. Maybe a few times tubing will help her...