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<blockquote data-quote="nurseynicole" data-source="post: 1125225" data-attributes="member: 18349"><p>Sorry I haven't replied sooner, and I so appreciate your advice! So he is thinking that the calf was born a day before he found it, the membrane that was stuck on her head was dry not wet That previous day he wasn't in the furthest pasture d/t weather but that really is the earliest that he could have been born. The vet said this was joint ill, but I have my doubts too because the cord is dry there is no pus or anything?? I just looked at the umbilicus and there's no pus, doesn't really seem swollen to me either. Maybe about he size of my thumb which does seem a little large but no excessive. So frustrating, I will attempt to post a pic so you guys can see but her knee on the front right and back hocks are HUGE. Her legs are not bent the wrong way or anything like that. She is up walking on them and the front right seems to bother her more as you can see her kind of limp a little. She recv'd 3 doses of colostrum within 16 hours of him finding her. She sucked 2 pints of replacer last night well and seemed to struggle with getting even that down this morning. She had 3 doses of Baytril and I gave her another dose of Banamine today for the swelling, no fever. I am also giving her probios as I figured it couldn't hurt. We have stopped tubing her since she is taking the bottle although not great but she is. Hopefully that will improve as she does. Will her joints go down or will there be scarring in there from the infection forever?? So strange she was born out on green grass not in a pen full of crap, I'm not saying joint ill isn't the problem it's just a little odd to me.... :???:</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="nurseynicole, post: 1125225, member: 18349"] Sorry I haven't replied sooner, and I so appreciate your advice! So he is thinking that the calf was born a day before he found it, the membrane that was stuck on her head was dry not wet That previous day he wasn't in the furthest pasture d/t weather but that really is the earliest that he could have been born. The vet said this was joint ill, but I have my doubts too because the cord is dry there is no pus or anything?? I just looked at the umbilicus and there's no pus, doesn't really seem swollen to me either. Maybe about he size of my thumb which does seem a little large but no excessive. So frustrating, I will attempt to post a pic so you guys can see but her knee on the front right and back hocks are HUGE. Her legs are not bent the wrong way or anything like that. She is up walking on them and the front right seems to bother her more as you can see her kind of limp a little. She recv'd 3 doses of colostrum within 16 hours of him finding her. She sucked 2 pints of replacer last night well and seemed to struggle with getting even that down this morning. She had 3 doses of Baytril and I gave her another dose of Banamine today for the swelling, no fever. I am also giving her probios as I figured it couldn't hurt. We have stopped tubing her since she is taking the bottle although not great but she is. Hopefully that will improve as she does. Will her joints go down or will there be scarring in there from the infection forever?? So strange she was born out on green grass not in a pen full of crap, I'm not saying joint ill isn't the problem it's just a little odd to me.... :???: [/QUOTE]
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