Found a cow down this week. She was laying down but upright to were you would think everything was ok. Noticed her 2 week old calf butting her to try to get her up for milk. She looked to be in the same spot that she was that morning when I checked cows, never gave it a second thought that morning as several cows were with her.
Anyway called the vet and she thought it was either low calcium or magnesium and gave her an IV treatment plus the oral stuff. She pulled blood to be sure. Got home yesterday to have a message saying it was low calcium. Since I didn't get to talk to her and they are not open today I thought I would ask here.
What else other than free choice mineral can I do? They had mineral out and still feeding hay. I don't feed a lot of grain as we try to let them make it on grass. They get some grain once a week and there is mineral in it. If it makes any difference she is about 12 years old.
Anyway called the vet and she thought it was either low calcium or magnesium and gave her an IV treatment plus the oral stuff. She pulled blood to be sure. Got home yesterday to have a message saying it was low calcium. Since I didn't get to talk to her and they are not open today I thought I would ask here.
What else other than free choice mineral can I do? They had mineral out and still feeding hay. I don't feed a lot of grain as we try to let them make it on grass. They get some grain once a week and there is mineral in it. If it makes any difference she is about 12 years old.