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i have a calf born 3 days ago.. that had to be pulled. he is huge.. the cow had been in labor over 24 hrs... to make a long story short we could not catch her due to all cowboys in the area i knew of gone to a big roping...
had her tranquilized and we pulled the calf and amazingly enough he was still alive, even though his feet had been showing for over a day... but his tongue was swollen and i am not sure he knows how to suck... i have been tubing him to keep him alive.. he will not suck a bottle... and i cant catch him nursing and is getting weak... his tongue has gone down now...
he has kind of bonded to us and i guess it is because his mother was out of it a while after his birth and we fed him... but she hates us.. and will get us if she can... i have the calf penned at this moment and will feed him back to strength a day or so before turning him back out... just wondering if anyone has had experience with such as this... or can offer advice here.. if i can get her to go into the pen, i will pen her with him.
do you think he will catch on?
thanks
gene
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had her tranquilized and we pulled the calf and amazingly enough he was still alive, even though his feet had been showing for over a day... but his tongue was swollen and i am not sure he knows how to suck... i have been tubing him to keep him alive.. he will not suck a bottle... and i cant catch him nursing and is getting weak... his tongue has gone down now...
he has kind of bonded to us and i guess it is because his mother was out of it a while after his birth and we fed him... but she hates us.. and will get us if she can... i have the calf penned at this moment and will feed him back to strength a day or so before turning him back out... just wondering if anyone has had experience with such as this... or can offer advice here.. if i can get her to go into the pen, i will pen her with him.
do you think he will catch on?
thanks
gene
[email protected]