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Poor fella. Looks like he's got a long road before he's out of the woods. Good to see he has a good appetite still!
 
wonder what it be like to eat a steak out of that scared up calf ifen he gets grown
looks me like he needs to be put down an made cougar bait out of
 
big ben":1mo6xfp7 said:
wonder what it be like to eat a steak out of that scared up calf ifen he gets grown
looks me like he needs to be put down an made cougar bait out of
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Aw Ben, why you gotta says something like that?
 
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big ben":haxtwf6o said:
wonder what it be like to eat a steak out of that scared up calf ifen he gets grown
looks me like he needs to be put down an made cougar bait out of
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That will be a thousand dollar calf. Why put it down? You don't eat the hide anyway.....or do you??
 
Right now, he's worth as a pet more than a feeder calf. He won't be $1,000 calf that's for sure and he deserves a better life.
 
Still seems like he's doing ok. Although, i try to keep my hopes up but with knowing, it can go south. He's such a cute calf and has the drive to live. As long as i see that, i'm going to do what i can.
Today the wound seemed warm. No puss, but it just seemed warmer than it had been.

Getting nothing on my game camera....did catch something in 2 traps, but got loose. Husband believes it was the cat. We figure its the last place he will go now, so i'll be looking for a place to put it. Going out early this morning to see if i can find something that i think he'd hang around and set my camera there for pictures. Got too much rain and creeks were too high to cross yesterday, but really wished i had gotten it out.
 
A couple of things, what your doing is true animal husbandry, even though I'm sure most wouldn't do it. My two children taught a calf to walk after getting its legs straight through months of therapy. They then did a demonstration on it for FFA and went to the state competition in animal science, where the judges who were Purdue Professors, placed them last out of 8 and cited that it wasn't practical. I have always thought that all their research was practical.
We had a cow that had a similar sore and what finally healed it up was one of our dogs began licking it. The vet we had at the time explained why a dog caused the healing but I have long since forgotten. I do remember him telling that their is nothing dirtier than a cat scratch. Once again I can't remember the reason.
Keep us posted.
 
Muddy":2f4owcm9 said:
Right now, he's worth as a pet more than a feeder calf. He won't be $1,000 calf that's for sure and he deserves a better life.
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He WILL be a thousand dollar calf and he/she is being treated much better than many calves. He's living the good life. A beltie would probably not be worth the effort though.
 
TexasBred":cf4fzm3m said:
Muddy":cf4fzm3m said:
Right now, he's worth as a pet more than a feeder calf. He won't be $1,000 calf that's for sure and he deserves a better life.
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He WILL be a thousand dollar calf and he/she is being treated much better than many calves. He's living the good life. A beltie would probably not be worth the effort though.
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I didn't said anything insulting about the calf, TexasBred. But let's be realistic, he won't be a $1,000 calf. He is worth as a pet calf. So calm your tits.
 
Muddy":3rc41c2u said:
TexasBred":3rc41c2u said:
Muddy":3rc41c2u said:
Right now, he's worth as a pet more than a feeder calf. He won't be $1,000 calf that's for sure and he deserves a better life.
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He WILL be a thousand dollar calf and he/she is being treated much better than many calves. He's living the good life. A beltie would probably not be worth the effort though.
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I didn't said anything insulting about the calf, TexasBred. But let's be realistic, he won't be a $1,000 calf. He is worth as a pet calf. So calm your tits.
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And you would know? Watch it get over this setback and grow just like any other calf. It will be worth more than a thousand even in the freezer.
 
I have no doubts that the calf will grow and probably better off as a pet. I was being nice, till you decide to be azzhole, TexasBred.
 
A little worried about Tuff. Yesterday evening he didnt finish his bottle. I'm hoping that its because i fed him late his morning feeding and early for his evening feeding. When he got up to eat, i removed his bandages. One had glued to an area that looks like bone on his spine and the vet said it would come off eventually. And when i pulled on the bandage, it hung on this tissue and i had to kind of yank it off...he did not like it although, did not protest. Anywho, maybe thats what made him lose his appetite. He drank 2/3ds of the bottle while i irrigated his booboo. Then, just stopped and walked away. He was going at it with gusto before that. The area did not seem warm this time like it did that morning.

He'll most likely be my sister in laws pet. She's always on call when i get a calf that may not turn out good enough to sell. She was going to get Hurt Mouth, then Squirt, but both grew big.......Then last year she was going to get Turdball and came up thinking she'd just put her in the back of her truck. Turdball looked small to me, but when challenged with putting her in the back of a truck, she seemed bigger..lol...SIL really doesnt want anything thats going to come into heat so a heifer was only going to her house if nothing else made sense.... But Tuff is on call if i need a graft calf. Him getting a new mother would mean i lose a calf without issues, so i'm hoping that does not happen. I still have 7 heifers to calf..once they are done and all goes well, it will look like he'll be a pet. I do not like to bottle feed so as soon as calving season is over, he'll live with a couple of goats, a mini donkey in Austin.
 
Some days he will feels lousy. He will be fine as long as you clean his wound regularly. Has it recieved the pills for pain?
 

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