3G-A-farm
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Hello. I need to seek some help here. I read the posts daily but do not post very often. Anyway, yesterday we had a calf born c-section due to complications with mother, mother is in the field and doing fine this AM. We forced a bag of colostrum into calf and it spent the night in our utility room. It is very alert, blats a bit and can stand on its own, albeit quite wobbly.
So, I know it is a long shot for survival, but i would like to hear from anyone who wants to chime in about what the did that worked with a bottle calf, and any suggestions you may have. We plan on moving it back to the nursery tomorrow. The mother left the barn and went to join the other cows. So early into calving and we have had 1 abortion at about 7 1/2 months, and now an early arrival. The vet said the calf was about 2 weeks early. It weighed in at 46 lbs.
Thank you in advance for the ideas, suggestions, and help.
Regards,
Bill
So, I know it is a long shot for survival, but i would like to hear from anyone who wants to chime in about what the did that worked with a bottle calf, and any suggestions you may have. We plan on moving it back to the nursery tomorrow. The mother left the barn and went to join the other cows. So early into calving and we have had 1 abortion at about 7 1/2 months, and now an early arrival. The vet said the calf was about 2 weeks early. It weighed in at 46 lbs.
Thank you in advance for the ideas, suggestions, and help.
Regards,
Bill