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calf unable to stand, help!
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<blockquote data-quote="FarmerKretz" data-source="post: 1035108" data-attributes="member: 20856"><p>We had a female calf born and never could get her to stand up. Brought her back to keep her at the house and watch her. She is 6 days old now but still unable to stand. She seems perfectly healthy and happy. Her stool is fine, she will pick her head up and move it around, wags her tail, and recently been moving her feet a little. Her front right shoulder seems to be sunken into her a little bit (maybe fell on it ahrd at birth?). We can stand her up but she'll often cross her back feet and lose balance. Her neck also seems very tight and she wants to keep her head hanging very low. We can pick her up by her chin and raise it but she will not do this naturally. We have been keeping formula in her and she has had colostrum. We stretch her legs and fold them up/out each time we feed her to promote leg activity. Does anybody have any suggestions or thoughts? Think she will eventually outgrow this or is she already too old? Any advice is appreciated, I am new to taking care of calfs like this! Thanks!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="FarmerKretz, post: 1035108, member: 20856"] We had a female calf born and never could get her to stand up. Brought her back to keep her at the house and watch her. She is 6 days old now but still unable to stand. She seems perfectly healthy and happy. Her stool is fine, she will pick her head up and move it around, wags her tail, and recently been moving her feet a little. Her front right shoulder seems to be sunken into her a little bit (maybe fell on it ahrd at birth?). We can stand her up but she'll often cross her back feet and lose balance. Her neck also seems very tight and she wants to keep her head hanging very low. We can pick her up by her chin and raise it but she will not do this naturally. We have been keeping formula in her and she has had colostrum. We stretch her legs and fold them up/out each time we feed her to promote leg activity. Does anybody have any suggestions or thoughts? Think she will eventually outgrow this or is she already too old? Any advice is appreciated, I am new to taking care of calfs like this! Thanks! [/QUOTE]
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