I just bought my first two calves. One is Holstein and the other is Holstein/beef cross. The Holstein has clear mucus on his nose and sometimes running out of his mouth. He appears healthy otherwise. Any advise would be appreciated.
If you are going to have livestock, when there is a problem health wise, take it to the vet and dont go to forums for vet advice...Although there are people who are helpful, you will be getting vet advice from some anonymous poster with who knows what experience...My best advice is, take your animal to a vet or consult your vet.gundog10":3oixeyz0 said:Thanks Cnfletcher, it has cleared up. The calves are 4-5 months old. Got some help on another forum as no one here cared enough to lend a hand.
I do not believe it was a case of "no one cared". Your first post did not give enough information to comment on. Such as.........gundog10":56wvu3oa said:Thanks Cnfletcher, it has cleared up. The calves are 4-5 months old. Got some help on another forum as no one here cared enough to lend a hand.
gundog10":27j51h2h said:Got some help on another forum as no one here cared enough to lend a hand.
Doing nothing is only part of it. The benign part is keeping an eye out for changes.M-5":1kt5v7gs said:Benign neglect = do nothing
Looks like duns advice was spot on
That's supposed to be obvious Dun, but I should know by now sime times obvious needs to hit them between the eyesdun":1lpqfulb said:Doing nothing is only part of it. The benign part is keeping an eye out for changes.M-5":1lpqfulb said:Benign neglect = do nothing
Looks like duns advice was spot on
I had always thought the whole concept was pretty obvious. But what do I know?M-5":28yikv2a said:That's supposed to be obvious Dun, but I should know by now sime times obvious needs to hit them between the eyesdun":28yikv2a said:Doing nothing is only part of it. The benign part is keeping an eye out for changes.M-5":28yikv2a said:Benign neglect = do nothing
Looks like duns advice was spot on
Gundog , I meant no disrespect but if you read a little on here you'll see that it's pretty cut and dry on most things cattle related these are all big boys and girls that will give the help you need but most don't suger coat it.gundog10":34gaqq5d said:skyhightree1: I was asked so I answered, did you find that my response was asking anything? M-5: My point exactly, things that may seem obvious to some and not to others was the intent of these forums or so I assumed ( I guess I was wrong) . All I was looking for was a little advise and perhaps a few recommendation to consider. I'll not bother you-all again.
You may have taken my reply wr4ong, but in most cases something as simple as the snots will clear up withou intervention. If he was acting lethargic the suggestion would have been different. With the symptoms as stated, if you would have called/talked to a vet, he/she would have basicly told you the same, just would have used different words. Or maybe suggested antibiotics which I'm not a fan of unless their is actually something to treat. Some vets (and a lot of non-vets) give antibiotics jsut to make you feel like you're doing something. Even though they wouldn;t have accomplished anything other then costing money and giving you a warm fuzzy feeling. It's like parents tyhat want there kids to have antibiotics for everything that helps. I prefer using antibiotics as sparingly as possible so that when they are needed they have a better chance of taking care of the problem. When antibiotics are called for, I believe it hitting it as hard as possiblee and following up with more if needed. Other then minor cases I don;t think that the feedstore bought drugs are worth much. If it needs treating get the good stuff from the vet. I hear complaints about the stuff from the vet is too expensive. If it's actaully penciled out, frequently the espensive stuff is chepaer in the long run (less re-treating) and it's far less stressfull for the animal. Stressing something beyond what is absolutley necessarry I feel is in many cases more detrimental then what is being treated.gundog10":2hbe23tn said:M-5, I really wasn't offended by the comments and even if it wasn't intended I learned from some of the responses. I have been a member of this forum for several months and have read and learned alot from the posts. Being as such, I felt that this was the forum to ask for some insight on my issue and was a little put back with only a snard comment instead of something ie; hay bumbutt get a vet over there asap or man you are overacting just keep an eye on him and call the vet if it doesn't clear up. Thanks for the reply