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<blockquote data-quote="CKC1586" data-source="post: 636961" data-attributes="member: 816"><p>I sure hope your calf gets better and I don't mean to be a "wet blanket" (whatever that means, should put that on the sayings that don't make sense thread...) anyway... I had a bull calf last year that was contracted so bad his feet were turned back and is mom couldn't get him over the pelvic shelf, we had to pull him... he couldn't get up. I had to help him nurse for 2 1/2 weeks. Used splints, stretched him, massaged him and he was finally able to get off his knees but he never got straight. Kept him healthy and comfortable and up to 450 pounds and then processed him. I have never seen one this bad, hope I never see it again. One thing my vet did have me do is give him LA200 as it has a side effect with calcium and a theory was that calcium on the tendons made them stiff. It did seem to help. It was 5ml once a day for three days along with 10g of probios once a day for 4 days. May want to ask your vet their opinion on this.</p><p>Good luck.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="CKC1586, post: 636961, member: 816"] I sure hope your calf gets better and I don't mean to be a "wet blanket" (whatever that means, should put that on the sayings that don't make sense thread...) anyway... I had a bull calf last year that was contracted so bad his feet were turned back and is mom couldn't get him over the pelvic shelf, we had to pull him... he couldn't get up. I had to help him nurse for 2 1/2 weeks. Used splints, stretched him, massaged him and he was finally able to get off his knees but he never got straight. Kept him healthy and comfortable and up to 450 pounds and then processed him. I have never seen one this bad, hope I never see it again. One thing my vet did have me do is give him LA200 as it has a side effect with calcium and a theory was that calcium on the tendons made them stiff. It did seem to help. It was 5ml once a day for three days along with 10g of probios once a day for 4 days. May want to ask your vet their opinion on this. Good luck. [/QUOTE]
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