600# calf bloating

[allritecoach]

Hi I am new to the board and have a small problem. My son has a steer that has bloated up twice in the last two weeks. He is receiving about 12 pounds of feed per day, consisting of 10 pounds corn(whole), 1 pound 32% concentrate, 1/2 pound beet pulp, and 1/2 pound 12% sweet feed. He is also getting 2-3 pounds a day of decent alfalfa hay also. We feed him twice a day giving 1/2 of feed at each feeding. Any suggestions on this problem would be greatly appreciated.

 

[angie1]

Seems like kind of a hot ration to me, maybe not. That is someone elses speciality.

How are you treating the bloat? It can get out of hand and be fatal, but I;m thinking yuo know that already. On the blue bar where you log in, there is a search option ~ search "bloat" and read for a bit. LOTS of info you can use!

Good luck!

 

[rockridgecattle]

i agree seems a bit hot. might want to add some rumensin.

Treat with bloat ease

 

[allritecoach]

Thanks for the quick replies. I will pickup some bloat ease tomorrow. I may also back off some on the hay and concentrates.

 

[rockridgecattle]

fine hay would be good for a bit. They need a mix of hay. Some alfalfa, some other some wild. In our area fine hay is defined as timothy and bromegrass.

 

[angus9259]

Had one just like that this fall. Still have him actually. For me it was the hay. I kept the heat in the feed, but switched to a first cutting grass hay and it subsided. Bloat is tricky though. Could very well be different for yours.

 

[kscowboy]

i would agree that he needs more lower protein hay , cut back on all the hot feed and increase the grass hay

 

[allritecoach]

Skipped feeding him last night, looked a lot better this morning. I cut back on the concentrate and switched hay to some with more grass in it. Have any of you used Coke to get rid of bloat? I remember doing it once when I was a kid. :banana: