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Calf lost an eye, what would you do??
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<blockquote data-quote="EIEIO" data-source="post: 247906" data-attributes="member: 1947"><p>Had a bull once who had an eye get like this calves only his got a big abscess on his that looked like it was going to pop. He never got his sight back in the one eye. Looked mean as heck but still did his job for a couple of years after the loss of his one eye looking all white. Man that sure was one heck of a lot of LA-200 I remember pumping into him.</p><p></p><p>Anyway, today even though I asked I knew I had to treat the calf. Only about a 2 1/2 month old (young for what I should have on the ground right now).</p><p></p><p>First had to head to the corral area as I had not worked or hauled cattle in over 2 months and it's amazing how high the weeds had gotten. Spent an hour with the brush cutting blade on the weed-eater getting the job done.</p><p></p><p>Thankfully the herd followed me just fine on the ATV. Got them all in the cattle yard area in front of the corral pen area. Of course most all the cows and calves were well behaved except for the one that needed worked. It was a PITA, that loss of sight sure makes them real spooky. The bull I had was never quite the same when he lost sight in one eye.</p><p></p><p>Got the calf in the squeeze and dosed up with LA-200 and also squirted some in it's eye (had a vet tell me once to do it). Did not see any signs of trauma or anything in the eye but it had gone bright white with a red ring around it but not ruptured or no huge abscess wanting to bust.</p><p></p><p>I'll hope for the best. All my calves go to the sale barn. I buy replacements.</p><p></p><p>Thanks everybody!</p><p></p><p>J</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="EIEIO, post: 247906, member: 1947"] Had a bull once who had an eye get like this calves only his got a big abscess on his that looked like it was going to pop. He never got his sight back in the one eye. Looked mean as heck but still did his job for a couple of years after the loss of his one eye looking all white. Man that sure was one heck of a lot of LA-200 I remember pumping into him. Anyway, today even though I asked I knew I had to treat the calf. Only about a 2 1/2 month old (young for what I should have on the ground right now). First had to head to the corral area as I had not worked or hauled cattle in over 2 months and it's amazing how high the weeds had gotten. Spent an hour with the brush cutting blade on the weed-eater getting the job done. Thankfully the herd followed me just fine on the ATV. Got them all in the cattle yard area in front of the corral pen area. Of course most all the cows and calves were well behaved except for the one that needed worked. It was a PITA, that loss of sight sure makes them real spooky. The bull I had was never quite the same when he lost sight in one eye. Got the calf in the squeeze and dosed up with LA-200 and also squirted some in it's eye (had a vet tell me once to do it). Did not see any signs of trauma or anything in the eye but it had gone bright white with a red ring around it but not ruptured or no huge abscess wanting to bust. I'll hope for the best. All my calves go to the sale barn. I buy replacements. Thanks everybody! J [/QUOTE]
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