bobby calf eye problem?

[sicarius11]

I have a 4 month old bobby calf that has a small leech looking, cyst type bulb in her right eye, about the size of 1/16" - 1/8" she has had it for a while now but now is discharging a cream colored fluid. I clean it 2-3 times a day, she is isolated and been eating regularly. Any idea's will be appreciated. I'm thinking pink eye, but she has not been in contact with the herd since birth, I have her in a old chicken house. so I can treat her pretty easy. Thanks. Dave

 

[greenwillowherefords]

Is the eye red? Sounds to me like she jabbed it on something and it got infected-maybe. Seems to me if it is pinkeye, the eye should also be red.

BTW, welcome to the boards.

 

[Beefy]

what is a bobby calf? it doesnt sound like pinkeye to me either.

 

[greenwillowherefords]

what is a bobby calf? it doesnt sound like pinkeye to me either.

That's the first time I've ever heard of a "bobby calf" too. Maybe it means a bottle raised calf?

 

[Beefy]

i got to thinking about it and had decided it was a typo for "hobby" calf but then he or she typed bobby twice so i guess he or she meant bobby. i figured maybe bobby was some sire that everyone but me knows. i dont know jack about sire names. figured it was maybe a hereford. guess not though...

 

[Bama]

I was also wandering about bobby calf. There sure are a lot of differant terms for the same thing across the country. The bad eye could be a splinter or some other object in the eye. The eye will heal over quickly trapping whatever is in there. The oozing is her natural body reaction trying to get it out through infection. JMO

 

[sicarius11]

The term "bobby" is what I assumed is a local term for bucket or bottle calf. I had Doc Mitts check her out and he says its a local infection due to poke in the scalarea and the color pigmentation caused the small cyst to look like the first stages of pink eye. We got her cleaned up and gave her some penacylin along with a local in her eye. I appreciate all your responses and will continue to look forward to your thoughts.

 

[Bama]

Thats the first time I've ever heard the term Bobbie used that way. Course I have also heard a lot of differant terms used here that I was not familiar with. I am well rounded, Its just through the midsection and not in grammer. Glad everthing worked out O.K.

 

[dun]

Thats the first time I've ever heard the term Bobbie used that way. Course I have also heard a lot of differant terms used here that I was not familiar with. I am well rounded, Its just through the midsection and not in grammer. Glad everthing worked out O.K.

A couple of years ago I heard them referred to as "Deacon" calves. That was sure a new one to me

dun

 

[Beefy]

neither one of those make any sense to me. but whatever.

 

[dun]

neither one of those make any sense to me. but whatever.

Second calf heifer doesn;t make sense to me either, but local terms have a way of sounding strange when your not from the area of common useage for that term. A friend of mine alwasy talks about catching "green trout" finally figured out uesterday that he's talking about LM bass.

dun

 

[msscamp]

Hmmmm. 2nd calf heifer - wouldn't that be cow? Heiferette was the term that got me. It seems the complete opposite of what it should be.

 

[Linda]

I'm thinking pink eye, but she has not been in contact with the herd since birth, I have her in a old chicken house. so I can treat her pretty easy. Thanks. Dave

Just a thought. A cow doesn't have to be in direct contact with a herd to catch pinkeye. It is generally spread by flies. Glad to hear your calf has been treated & should do fine.

 

[jerry27150]

second -calf heifer b/c they are still growing til 5 years old

 

[Chuckie]

Let us know how your calf's eye turns out. I hope that it heals well. All areas of the country have different terms. When we meet here on the forum, we learn new terms and ways from different areas and never have to leave the chair. I can go to work and talk to others from different states and all have different language about things. Some are pretty funny and I like to hear it. I have never heard of a "bobby calf" either, but now I will know what someone is refering to the next time I hear it. Welcome to "Cultural Language Education 101."

 

[dun]

second -calf heifer b/c they are still growing til 5 years old

Heifer or cow has nothing to do with growth, strictly having calved or not. Butthere are folks around here that still claim (maybe seriously) that the direction the cow is facing when they're bred dictates the gender of the calf. One old boy maintains that cows naturally have 6 teats not 4.

dun