DavisBeefmasters
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Okay, so I searched the boards and couldn't find this specific issue and have never had to deal with this until last night... actually hubby got to deal with it while I drove home from work...
Details:
- 5 year old cow, due to calve 1/9/08,
- yesterday morning at 7 a.m. had the circling thing down with the water pump handle position for her tail but no water bag showing.
- As of noon, our neighbor who also runs cattle noticed that he saw the water bag and perhaps 1 hoof peeking out.
- As of 3:00 my husband comes home and my neighbor comes over because of his concern for the cow/calf
- cervix never dilated, extremely hard pull for them all even after two epidural shots in the tailhead, head turned backwards and they broke the jaw trying to reposition it
- 70# dark red heifer calf
My questions:
1. What is the name of an epidural so I can replace whatever our neighbor used on our animal? The neighbor last nite said "don't worry about it" and wouldn't share the info
2. The only info I've found so far is that it could have been either a hormonal imbalance or damaged cervix from last year (could be since we bought her with a new calf at the side last year -- don't know if it was a hard birth or not)
3. Obviously the cow gets sold -- no use in keeping, correct?
4. Our neighbor had Frank's calf puller which I obviously should now have one (we've never needed to pull a calf) -- so with the Frank's puller do you order the OB chains seperately or do the straps wrap on the calf -- wish I could have helped last nite so I could have seen the process.
Any/all advice welcome.
Details:
- 5 year old cow, due to calve 1/9/08,
- yesterday morning at 7 a.m. had the circling thing down with the water pump handle position for her tail but no water bag showing.
- As of noon, our neighbor who also runs cattle noticed that he saw the water bag and perhaps 1 hoof peeking out.
- As of 3:00 my husband comes home and my neighbor comes over because of his concern for the cow/calf
- cervix never dilated, extremely hard pull for them all even after two epidural shots in the tailhead, head turned backwards and they broke the jaw trying to reposition it
- 70# dark red heifer calf
My questions:
1. What is the name of an epidural so I can replace whatever our neighbor used on our animal? The neighbor last nite said "don't worry about it" and wouldn't share the info
2. The only info I've found so far is that it could have been either a hormonal imbalance or damaged cervix from last year (could be since we bought her with a new calf at the side last year -- don't know if it was a hard birth or not)
3. Obviously the cow gets sold -- no use in keeping, correct?
4. Our neighbor had Frank's calf puller which I obviously should now have one (we've never needed to pull a calf) -- so with the Frank's puller do you order the OB chains seperately or do the straps wrap on the calf -- wish I could have helped last nite so I could have seen the process.
Any/all advice welcome.