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<blockquote data-quote="Rosielou" data-source="post: 1272222" data-attributes="member: 17488"><p>My cows are staying in the woods by the creeks during the hot part of the day, and I'm beginning to think a couple of the calves have been snake bitten. One heifer started limping on her hind leg at 3 months old, so I watched her close but eventually over a few weeks she acts just fine. Now I have an almost 6 month old bull calf that has become lame in his right front leg. Looked at him close today and could tell that the ankle was swollen and the toes were split apart by the swelling, but it has gone down some from yesterday. Hardly puts any weight on it at all, and I didn't see any infected or abscessed areas in the leg or toes, so I'm going to try to see if I can catch him and look at it closer and probably give him some medicine if I see a wound. I don't know of any holes they could be stepping in or any metal, so my next thought was snake bite. Any ideas on what I can do to prevent this again?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Rosielou, post: 1272222, member: 17488"] My cows are staying in the woods by the creeks during the hot part of the day, and I'm beginning to think a couple of the calves have been snake bitten. One heifer started limping on her hind leg at 3 months old, so I watched her close but eventually over a few weeks she acts just fine. Now I have an almost 6 month old bull calf that has become lame in his right front leg. Looked at him close today and could tell that the ankle was swollen and the toes were split apart by the swelling, but it has gone down some from yesterday. Hardly puts any weight on it at all, and I didn't see any infected or abscessed areas in the leg or toes, so I'm going to try to see if I can catch him and look at it closer and probably give him some medicine if I see a wound. I don't know of any holes they could be stepping in or any metal, so my next thought was snake bite. Any ideas on what I can do to prevent this again? [/QUOTE]
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