novaman
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I had a cow that had one of her teats stepped on. The end of the teat was cut off to the meat. This happened about a month ago. I didn't know what to do with her as the quarter could not be milked. I put one of those plastic inserts into the quarter to drain it empty. Sometimes it would drain on its own while the other 3 quarters were milked but sometimes I had to work it by hand to get it emptied out completely. The teat end has since healed over and the end has softened back up. I pulled the plastic insert and have been trying to get her back on the milk machine. The problem I'm facing now is the teat doesn't seem quite right and the pulsation action of the milker isn't enough to milk the quarter out. I can strip the quarter by hand but it takes a bit more stripping action than the other quarters. So the only way I can get her to milk while the milk machine is attached is to squeeze on the quarter itself to basically push the milk out of the teat. Needless to say this is a hassle and slows me down. I'm wondering if there is something I could do to get this problem corrected. She is an older cow (8 years old) but she is an excellent milker and I hate to have to kill the quarter if I don't have to. Any help would be appreciated!