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Of course learning something new everyday is a good thing however not at the expense of a calf.
Noticed a little heifer calf chewing her cud and frothy blood as well as on her tongue. She is always licking/cleaning her nostrils ,very strange, but looking healthy and eating as normal.

Well I finally got her separated and in the chute but she is at that stage , too big to handle on your own but too small for the squeeze. Managed to get a look in her mouth and can see a hole in the roof of her mouth up to her snout. I guess a twig or something must have punctured right through.. :shock:

It is pink and you can tell it is healing , not infected or abscessed ,,very good thing.

So I gave her a shot of long acting pen and have her and her dam separated and in the "injured" pen along with a couple other pairs that have had an injury.

Has anyone ever encountered this before, if so will she heal on her own. ????

Thanks..
 
Not a lot you can do with a situation like that. Might be able to swab it with some gentle iodine or something along that line but it will probalby heal on it's on.
 
Kind of had this happen, but did not discover it until it was infected, stick still stuck. It was crossways in her mouth. I don't remember how the vet treated aside from removing the stick and a shot of penicillin. It healed up ~ huge difference right away. I would, as you already are, keep an eye on her and see ~ you can go up from where you started so there is no harm in waiting I think.
 
You sure it's not a cleft palate?
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No mm she is almost three months old ,I would have seen that when she got her meds as a new born..

The injury is the size of a pencil and you can see a hole straight up from the very front right side of her mouth (it would be where our third front tooth is) straight up to her snout. So it was definitely punctured by something, she was a very normal calf up until this .

She is drinking from mom and eating hay so I am just keeping a close eye on her, Dr. U was in emergency surgery when I called so I didn't want to bother him ,he will get back to me tomorrow morn.
 
Same thing as I thought,, keep an eye on her and if I find her going downhill Dr. U will come out. But for now, she is doing well and the sore/injury is looking good, like a tooth that was pulled and the gum is now healing. She sure loves the creep feed ,I moved it over for them and she was the first one in :heart: ..Stormy was next ,my little piggy,,..
Will keep all posted. :tiphat:
 
I haven't had a cow like that, but did have a dog with the "stick in mouth" problem a few years ago. Once removed, it healed up quickly without any help from me.
 

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