gailbelanger
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Hi y'all.
I have a month old calf that we got about 2 weeks ago. Everything was doing great.
The last week it's been in the upper 90s but feels like over 100, yesterday was 102 feels like 108.
She eats 2 bottles of milk replacer morning and night, drinks water, eats hay, and grazes a little. No interest in calf starter.
When we let her out in the yard she's runs around, kicking up her heels for a few. She does have lots of shade.
My concern is that her stool was slightly softer than normal. It still sits on top of the hay, but yesterday it was a little greenish gray and appeared to have trace blood in it. Not very much though but I am concerned. Someone we know who raises cattle said that the medicines could cause that.
We have been giving her anti-diarrhea bolus and some kaolin pectin suspension that I read was OK to mix in her milk.
I don't really know what "normal" calf poop is supposed to look like. So I don't know if we're treating her unneededly or not.
I just want to prevent all blown out scours.
She only poops maybe 2-3 times a day.
We do have a 3 month old calf with her who is weaned whose doing great.
I have a month old calf that we got about 2 weeks ago. Everything was doing great.
The last week it's been in the upper 90s but feels like over 100, yesterday was 102 feels like 108.
She eats 2 bottles of milk replacer morning and night, drinks water, eats hay, and grazes a little. No interest in calf starter.
When we let her out in the yard she's runs around, kicking up her heels for a few. She does have lots of shade.
My concern is that her stool was slightly softer than normal. It still sits on top of the hay, but yesterday it was a little greenish gray and appeared to have trace blood in it. Not very much though but I am concerned. Someone we know who raises cattle said that the medicines could cause that.
We have been giving her anti-diarrhea bolus and some kaolin pectin suspension that I read was OK to mix in her milk.
I don't really know what "normal" calf poop is supposed to look like. So I don't know if we're treating her unneededly or not.
I just want to prevent all blown out scours.
She only poops maybe 2-3 times a day.
We do have a 3 month old calf with her who is weaned whose doing great.