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<blockquote data-quote="Katpau" data-source="post: 636262" data-attributes="member: 9933"><p>Thanks again for everyones help. Several people mentioned vitamin deficiency as a possibility. I do supplement my cows with a free choice minerals that were designed for our area. We are deficient in both selenium and copper. The cows seem to love the mineral and I worry sometimes that they could eat too much. I don't think this is the problem though, as we have had hundreds of calves over the years and this is my first case of severe contracted tendons. This calves Mom, like most of my cows, is small in frame. I am guessing a crowded womb may have had something do do with it, but I am not eliminating the possibility of a genetic problem. I bred a number of half sisters to this bull with no other problems and have only one still to calve, but you never know. I really like his calves so he will get another chance, but I probably won't keep any heifers out of the cow. She is a five year old cow. She has had 3 bull calves and a heifer so far. Heifer got an umbilical infection. She got through that fine and still weaned in the top percentile, but this is definately one of those bad luck cows.</p><p>My first splints were just stiff cardboard and vet wrap. Then I used some splints that I had from a broken ankle. I put them on the front and pulled the foot forward. Yesterday I took one of your suggestions and used PVC pipe and duct tape. It worked great! He went from laying there and crawling to the cow on the front of his feet to running and dancing around an old squeeze chute in the pen. I was going to take them off today as I was warned they could rub and cause sores but I did not have the heart to do it when he got up and began to play this morning. Several people have told me to just leave him be and he will come out of it, but it is hard to see him like that. Is there much harm in leaving him like this another day or two. Our ranch is almost a 1000 acres with plenty of predators so I don't dare just throw him and his mother out with the rest of the cows. He is in a small covered area with a cement floor which is pretty hard on the legs. I wish I could give him more room to exercise. Outside is deep mud until you get out to the open pasture.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Katpau, post: 636262, member: 9933"] Thanks again for everyones help. Several people mentioned vitamin deficiency as a possibility. I do supplement my cows with a free choice minerals that were designed for our area. We are deficient in both selenium and copper. The cows seem to love the mineral and I worry sometimes that they could eat too much. I don't think this is the problem though, as we have had hundreds of calves over the years and this is my first case of severe contracted tendons. This calves Mom, like most of my cows, is small in frame. I am guessing a crowded womb may have had something do do with it, but I am not eliminating the possibility of a genetic problem. I bred a number of half sisters to this bull with no other problems and have only one still to calve, but you never know. I really like his calves so he will get another chance, but I probably won't keep any heifers out of the cow. She is a five year old cow. She has had 3 bull calves and a heifer so far. Heifer got an umbilical infection. She got through that fine and still weaned in the top percentile, but this is definately one of those bad luck cows. My first splints were just stiff cardboard and vet wrap. Then I used some splints that I had from a broken ankle. I put them on the front and pulled the foot forward. Yesterday I took one of your suggestions and used PVC pipe and duct tape. It worked great! He went from laying there and crawling to the cow on the front of his feet to running and dancing around an old squeeze chute in the pen. I was going to take them off today as I was warned they could rub and cause sores but I did not have the heart to do it when he got up and began to play this morning. Several people have told me to just leave him be and he will come out of it, but it is hard to see him like that. Is there much harm in leaving him like this another day or two. Our ranch is almost a 1000 acres with plenty of predators so I don't dare just throw him and his mother out with the rest of the cows. He is in a small covered area with a cement floor which is pretty hard on the legs. I wish I could give him more room to exercise. Outside is deep mud until you get out to the open pasture. [/QUOTE]
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