What do these scours look like? Whitish scours indicate that it could just be milk scours, which could be possible if you kept her off milk and then put her back on.
The scours were yellow and watery, however, they laid on top of the barn floor, not watery enough to be absorbed by the ground. Yesterday I gave her medicated milk rep in am and afternoon then felt so bad for how skinny she is looking that I just gave her regular milk rep at 10 pm. Today, this morning her poo was good and thick and brownish. I gave her the medicated calf replacer in morning, then gave regular milk replacer in afternoon and plan on giving the medicated calf replacer tonight.
Another question, what does her nose look like? Is it moist, or is it scabby and dried out? Scabby indicates that she had a high fever, and may still have.
Nose is sometimes moist, sometimes it is dry (when she's been out laying in the sunny grass all day) but not scabby. Of course, while giving her a bottle, it sweats and gets moist. I saw her eating grass today, but do not know how much or for how long. I also caught her eating feed out of her bucket in the stall when I went in to give her bottle.
If you can, get a temp on her.
Ok, I will get a thermometer today at TS. What is a cow's temp supposed to be?
If she is still eating all of her bottle and wanting more, I would be inclined to just keep an eye on her, maybe give her a dose of electrolytes once a day, in between milk feedings. I don't like to use the electrolytes that tell you to keep a calf off milk, Neither do I, now after all, by doing that you are essentially starving the calf as the electrolytes do not have much feed value, they are great for rehydrating and restoring the mineral balance in the calf but not for food. Once I have a calf going well on milk, I like to feed 3, 2 quart, bottles a day. 1 early morning, one mid afternoon and one late evening. If she is tasting her feed, that is about all you can expect at this stage, it takes them a while to get onto it.
Like a couple or 3 weeks? Or does it depend on the individual?
If she is drinking water, that is great, you can always add electrolytes to the water as added insurance.
I like the idea of adding electrolytes to her water, will do, if needed. I wont be using the electrolytes that say to take them off milk anymore. This medicated milk replacer seems to be good, if her poo is the right color for a calf. Have you ever heard of it before? I am concerned that when I take her off of the medicated mild replacer, she will scour again. What's the chances this is worms? Can I worm her at this age?
