reined cow horse gal
New member
- Joined
- Dec 23, 2013
- Messages
- 1
- Reaction score
- 0
I was given a beef X calf 5-wks ago. She had contracted tendons. (she is now 6-wks old). She was given Noromycin 300 by the breeder and was able to nurse before mama cow left her. I brought her home, and she was given Vit A,D,E, BoSe, Selinium, then later put on LA 200. We splinted her front legs and worked with trying to get her up. She couldn't, so we rigged up a harness and hung her from the barn rafters so she could be in an upright position several times a day. The splints didn't work, she just couldn't get past them to stand, so I took them off and let her work on trying to get up on her own. She really tries! She got a sore on the front of her pasterns where they buckled over. Even with it being padded. So now I am battling sores! She seems to be pretty sore in her front legs really not wanting to put weight on them. Her joints seemed to be a swollen but have gone done. I think they may have been infected?? The LA 200 may have helped that. She got her last injection 4 days ago, not sure if I should continue the LA 200?
I don't know anything about cattle really. I'm a horse gal, but I really want to help this little heifer. She's got a lot of fight in her and she's pretty healthy other than her front legs. She can't straighten them out at all! they bend at the knee and seem to almost be fused there. She has been able to get up on her own now a few times and get around on her knees, then she will try to get up on all fours. She looks like a spider when she stands. Does anyone have any advice on this? Should I call it quits or keep working at it? She is a beautiful heifer and I'm willing to put more into her. Help?
I don't know anything about cattle really. I'm a horse gal, but I really want to help this little heifer. She's got a lot of fight in her and she's pretty healthy other than her front legs. She can't straighten them out at all! they bend at the knee and seem to almost be fused there. She has been able to get up on her own now a few times and get around on her knees, then she will try to get up on all fours. She looks like a spider when she stands. Does anyone have any advice on this? Should I call it quits or keep working at it? She is a beautiful heifer and I'm willing to put more into her. Help?