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  1. samm

    bad wound

    just an update on the calf, she has healed up at both places. it is amazing that a hole that large and that empty inside can turn back to pink healthy tissue and grow back together and heal up. thanks for everybodys input. :D samm
  2. samm

    bad wound

    today the vet cut a drain opening for it to drain down, but he said to do what i had been doing, except lower the penn to 3ml, and stop the peroxide, its not as nearly bad smelling as before.....or maybe i have gotten used to the smell... :shock: appreciate all the suggestions :D thanks
  3. samm

    bad wound

    yes dun maggots are pretty nasty, especially when theres a big wiggleing mass of em... i am using the peroxide and iodine and water mixture and flushing out twice daily, at both feedings, poor little thing ran from us this morning, after she got worked over so much yesterday, she didnt want no...
  4. samm

    bad wound

    ive seen maggots on a ear cut before, the ear was full of em, but i havent seen any maggot's on her yet, after we doctor her i spray some pyramethrium around her back end, not into the sore though, so it keeps the flyes down to might near nothing. when im squirting the solution in the hole, you...
  5. samm

    bad wound

    good picture and good diagram too..very impressed by it. :) its about the middle between the tip of # 1 arrow and her hind end, she does give to it some especially right after we clean it out, i know it has to hurt, but she is eating, and i did hit her with the 5 ml penn today, and squirted...
  6. samm

    bad wound

    shes about a week old shes not lame, after she ate awhile ago, she run and bucked around, i was very surprised, when i went down to feed her, she was laying on that side, and it had drained out some on the grass, and it still smelled bad, but she feels better right now, sorry i dont have a...
  7. samm

    bad wound

    gave her 2 ml of penn pro one, i usually give 1 ml per 100lb, and 1 ml of flunixon she will weigh less than 100lbs she is alert, and eats good so far, but i know when i squeezed the solution back out, it hurt her, yes, the wound goes down and back into the muscle, so no it wont drain on its...
  8. samm

    bad wound

    bought a little heifer calf the other day, noticed her back end looked odd, i thought she might have got roughed up alittle when she was tubed...anyhow yesterday i went out to feed, and she smelled rotton, like something dead....so we went over her real close and found a hole the size of my...
  9. samm

    Cleaning barn

    im wondering if ya might sprinkle chlorine, like pool shock for your swimming pool, around the floor and even on the walls, and sprinkle it with water, seems like it would sanitize rather well ?? would need to aired out well, id think...just an idea.........of course this would be done after...
  10. samm

    Possible scours need advice ASAP

    make sure you are using a whey based milk, not a soy based one, we use martindale , we also give b12 shots, the vet said it makes them go to making good bacteria in the guts and also gives them a booste. i give egg and yogurt in all bottles, and the terramycin twice a day for 4 days, the other...
  11. samm

    Black Vultures

    drove up saturday and saw 4 0r 5 of em sitting out in the old hay where the rings had been moved from, we have a few cows that are close to calving, and i was sick that they had got one, but i was relieved that they hadnt got no one.....yet, they took off when we drove down there, we have lost...
  12. samm

    Dr.D.C.Jarvis.."FOLK MEDICINE"

    i use vinager in the washing, especially when we are real stinky i also spray it on carpets in rent houses, that have a bad smell, it freshens it right up i have used apple cider vinegar for heart burn, it works i put vinegar and baking soda down my drains/garbage disposal to clean it it is...
  13. samm

    "Dirty" Needles?

    i throw the needles out, but keep the syringes, to use for worming the goats, just one round of cydectin for the goats will ruin the rubber on the syringes, also smears the cc/ml on the barrell of the syringe, so i just save em all and use em till the ruber is shot or the doses are...
  14. samm

    bottle fed calf won't eat hay, need suggestions!

    we had a few bottle babies, that didnt want hay or feed, but they did finally got to where they would eat hay and feed just fine, on the next few bottle babies we bought in, we left one of the calves from the group before in with them, they learned from the older calf, they went to hay and feed...
  15. samm

    For those who know about goat health

    check out goatweb.com also
  16. samm

    dry conditions/cows

    did they quik thier toes maybe? with the ground so hard and dry i know we have had this happen to us before
  17. samm

    One eartag or Two?

    after we get em into the chute we use nose pliers on most of em to hold thier heads still, and use flat wire snips to cut the old tags off, works like a charm. samm
  18. samm

    One eartag or Two?

    we use the same hole too
  19. samm

    Scouring Calves

    i put a raw egg and yogert in the bottle both am and pm
  20. samm

    Parlayzed in Rear Legs

    had one get down after she calved, we stayed down with her till late that night, to keep the wolves away, my husband got back up around 4 that mornin, he decided she had rested up some and worked on gettin her up, she wanted to get up, but her back end just didnt want too cooperate, he got her...
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