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Anyone w/ experience w/ frozen hooves on valuable calves?
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<blockquote data-quote="WalnutCrest" data-source="post: 1133680" data-attributes="member: 21715"><p>Thanks. It's my opinion the reason she looks good because she's the product of good genetics and is in the hands of a diligent vet. We didn't do anything fancier than taking her to Arkansas.</p><p></p><p>I think he's modest, but he pretty much says that the key to the whole thing is (i) keeping the wound clean, (ii) doing everything you can to improve circulation to the wound site, and (iii) keeping the wound aired-out. So, every two or three days (never four!), he's changing the bandaging, cleaning the wound, and putting new bandaging on. He says the place that most people miss the mark is by not doing this simple step very religiously.</p><p></p><p>PS -- As an aside, we weaned mama from her calf and brought her home to take on a recently orphaned heifer ... and within 45 seconds of being introduced to one another when we got home, the mama took her new calf with pride ... and 36hrs after being introduced to one another, mama and the formerly-orphaned heifer are now enjoying life in the pasture. A huge thumbs up to Xenia (the mama cow) and her maternal instincts! Our local vet said that he didn't think we could do it because Aubracs are known for excelling on range and aren't typically known for being handled a ton, and so he thought it'd be a low-probability deal for mama to take the orphan ... I didn't know if it'd work, but I knew I had little to lose in trying. Very glad it worked out.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="WalnutCrest, post: 1133680, member: 21715"] Thanks. It's my opinion the reason she looks good because she's the product of good genetics and is in the hands of a diligent vet. We didn't do anything fancier than taking her to Arkansas. I think he's modest, but he pretty much says that the key to the whole thing is (i) keeping the wound clean, (ii) doing everything you can to improve circulation to the wound site, and (iii) keeping the wound aired-out. So, every two or three days (never four!), he's changing the bandaging, cleaning the wound, and putting new bandaging on. He says the place that most people miss the mark is by not doing this simple step very religiously. PS -- As an aside, we weaned mama from her calf and brought her home to take on a recently orphaned heifer ... and within 45 seconds of being introduced to one another when we got home, the mama took her new calf with pride ... and 36hrs after being introduced to one another, mama and the formerly-orphaned heifer are now enjoying life in the pasture. A huge thumbs up to Xenia (the mama cow) and her maternal instincts! Our local vet said that he didn't think we could do it because Aubracs are known for excelling on range and aren't typically known for being handled a ton, and so he thought it'd be a low-probability deal for mama to take the orphan ... I didn't know if it'd work, but I knew I had little to lose in trying. Very glad it worked out. [/QUOTE]
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