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<blockquote data-quote="Anonymous" data-source="post: 10973"><p>I agree with Barb - rubbing is not a good thing to do when human or animal tissue is frozen. She is right about the ice crystals. Rubbing is the first thing you think of doing, but avoid it if the tissue is solid or anywhere near solid. Frozen tissue is actually a thermal injury, just as a burn is a thermal injury.</p><p></p><p>If a calf is hypothermic, the advice to place it in a tub of lukewarm water, while letting hot water from the faucet trickle in to keep the water warm, is excellent advice. You have to support the calf's head and stay with it, but it's one of the best ways to warm up a cold calf. If the calf is too cold, there is little to be done, unless you can give warm fluids via IV. A rectal temp via thermometer can give you a lot of information.</p><p></p><p>If a calf is cold enough to need the bath, it's going to be weak enough to need the tube feeding, too. And, tube feeding does warm the calf from the inside.</p><p></p><p>Good luck with your calf.</p><p></p><p>> Well, I was at a farm in Oregon</p><p>> along the Clamath (SP) River, what</p><p>> the cowboys do is the y pull a</p><p>> sledge behind their horse, snatch</p><p>> the calf up,put it in the sledge,</p><p>> drag it back to the bunk house</p><p>> ASAP, put the calf in the bath tub</p><p>> till fully warmed, take out of</p><p>> tub, dry with towels and then air</p><p>> dry with hair dryer and put in</p><p>> barn with clean dry straw/bedding</p><p>> with cow and observe pair to make</p><p>> sure calf nurses, if no nursing</p><p>> within 2 hours, feed via NG tube</p><p>> colostrum from cow or a good</p><p>> colostrum replacement, this will</p><p>> keep calf well hydrated and</p><p>> provide energy as you have used</p><p>> much of calves energy fondling it</p><p>> in the tub and with the dryer. You</p><p>> too will be pooped.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Anonymous, post: 10973"] I agree with Barb - rubbing is not a good thing to do when human or animal tissue is frozen. She is right about the ice crystals. Rubbing is the first thing you think of doing, but avoid it if the tissue is solid or anywhere near solid. Frozen tissue is actually a thermal injury, just as a burn is a thermal injury. If a calf is hypothermic, the advice to place it in a tub of lukewarm water, while letting hot water from the faucet trickle in to keep the water warm, is excellent advice. You have to support the calf's head and stay with it, but it's one of the best ways to warm up a cold calf. If the calf is too cold, there is little to be done, unless you can give warm fluids via IV. A rectal temp via thermometer can give you a lot of information. If a calf is cold enough to need the bath, it's going to be weak enough to need the tube feeding, too. And, tube feeding does warm the calf from the inside. Good luck with your calf. > Well, I was at a farm in Oregon > along the Clamath (SP) River, what > the cowboys do is the y pull a > sledge behind their horse, snatch > the calf up,put it in the sledge, > drag it back to the bunk house > ASAP, put the calf in the bath tub > till fully warmed, take out of > tub, dry with towels and then air > dry with hair dryer and put in > barn with clean dry straw/bedding > with cow and observe pair to make > sure calf nurses, if no nursing > within 2 hours, feed via NG tube > colostrum from cow or a good > colostrum replacement, this will > keep calf well hydrated and > provide energy as you have used > much of calves energy fondling it > in the tub and with the dryer. You > too will be pooped. [/QUOTE]
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