SweetsDollface
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My holstein went down on Sunday. Vet came out about 2 weeks ago, she had bottle jaw and was anemic. We have been doing iron supplements. He told me to buy Cydectin. I put it on her last Thursday. Sunday when I woke up, she was down. Weak. The vet came out again. He told me she was down because of the worming. The parasites drained her. He also said she could stay down for 3 weeks. Advised that we needed to get her up everyday. We got her up on Sunday evening. She was very wobbly. She stayed up for about 15 minutes. Monday she stayed up for about an hour. Yesterday we got her up in the am, for about 2 hours and in the evening she stayed up for almost 4. She is eating her grain and hay. I have been giving her electrolytes. She will drink it out of the old bottle we had when we first got her. I am not a cattle farmer and I am in over my head, I guess you would say. She is my pet and I love her. She is my first cow and I have no experience. At this point, once we get her up, she is fine. The first couple of days she was very unsteady and would fall down. Now, she will lay when she is tired. The thing is, she won't get up after laying down. She tries. Any advice as to how long this might last and if there is anything I should do different? She has also lost some weight. She is getting straight alfalfa and she also has coastal. She gets 12% grain twice a day. Is there anything else I should give her, grain wise to help gain weight? Thank you for your help.