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<blockquote data-quote="Tbrake" data-source="post: 1415208" data-attributes="member: 22322"><p>Yesterday morning started off with a late cow coming up for feed with her water bag hanging out. Acting as if nothing was going on, from past experience I knew that probably wasn't good. Sure enough calf was upside down. Reached in and got chains on both feet, was able to get the feet slightly out, and get the calf flipped most of the way over. After some very hard pulling was able to deliver it. To make matters worse the cow went absoulty nuts. Not the bluffing kind some do, hitting the coral panels at full speed trying to come after me. Had no other option other than to let her out before she killed herself, or tore my pens completly up. Had no intrest in the calf. Here's my question. The whole deal took a little over an hour. Very large, weighed 103 lbs. Calfs tounge was starting to swell, but I have seen much worse. Calf was very tired as you could expect, tube fed colostrum within an hour. Gave her 1/2 bottle last night, and again this morning. Had to tube again tonight. Calf is still weak, can stand on its own but has a hard time walking. As a lot of big calves have her front hooves want to bend over and walk on her ankles(she is already getting better) tonight she seems very warm and laboring breathing. (I don't have a thermometer, will be getting one this week, put it off too long) gave her a shot of bannamine and pored some cool water down her back. She does not show signs of oxegen deprivation (atleast of what I have seen in the past) anything else I can do for her? What are the odds of her coming around? Hope everything makes sense, typed this on my phone. Any comments or advice is much appreciated</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Tbrake, post: 1415208, member: 22322"] Yesterday morning started off with a late cow coming up for feed with her water bag hanging out. Acting as if nothing was going on, from past experience I knew that probably wasn't good. Sure enough calf was upside down. Reached in and got chains on both feet, was able to get the feet slightly out, and get the calf flipped most of the way over. After some very hard pulling was able to deliver it. To make matters worse the cow went absoulty nuts. Not the bluffing kind some do, hitting the coral panels at full speed trying to come after me. Had no other option other than to let her out before she killed herself, or tore my pens completly up. Had no intrest in the calf. Here's my question. The whole deal took a little over an hour. Very large, weighed 103 lbs. Calfs tounge was starting to swell, but I have seen much worse. Calf was very tired as you could expect, tube fed colostrum within an hour. Gave her 1/2 bottle last night, and again this morning. Had to tube again tonight. Calf is still weak, can stand on its own but has a hard time walking. As a lot of big calves have her front hooves want to bend over and walk on her ankles(she is already getting better) tonight she seems very warm and laboring breathing. (I don't have a thermometer, will be getting one this week, put it off too long) gave her a shot of bannamine and pored some cool water down her back. She does not show signs of oxegen deprivation (atleast of what I have seen in the past) anything else I can do for her? What are the odds of her coming around? Hope everything makes sense, typed this on my phone. Any comments or advice is much appreciated [/QUOTE]
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