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<blockquote data-quote="Knapview" data-source="post: 198491" data-attributes="member: 3114"><p>Well - the update... After the dex and estrumate on Wednesday, she comes into a raging heat on Friday. Called the vet - his theory was that the calf had been dead long enough that her body had ceased to recognize the pregnancy, and started cycling again. She was at the right stage in a cycle to be brought into heat - which made sense once he said it. So, he hit her with estradiol to see what would happen. Saturday he came out to check her - the calf had moved up and was sitting right at her cervix which was slightly dilated. He said he would come back and check her again today - last night she starts passing some placenta like stuff. Today it was getting more bloody and by about 2:00 pm, the calf was obviously right there, through her cervix and almost ready to deliver. Hubby tried to grab it a couple of times but no luck. Vet comes about 3:30pm, is able to grab the calf and gently pull it out. However, it doesn't come away cleanly, almost like it's still attached - I guess it's twins and get the prize. Unfortunately, the second twin is still stuck up in her right horn. He is finally able to catch hold of two tiny legs and pull the second twin. :shock: I suggest that maybe we could try a therapeutic flush - he gives me a hard time that I am doing his job (he was just kidding - he's very good about me pestering him <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /> ). We did the flush and she was eating by time we came up to change for chores. Our vet admitted that he really didn't know what to think as far as the drugs causing this or if she just went ahead once she started to dilate as a result of coming into heat... At any rate, there was very little trauma to her repro tract and we know she is still cycling so we are very hopeful that she will breed back (against all odds according to the stats! :mrgreen: ).</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Knapview, post: 198491, member: 3114"] Well - the update... After the dex and estrumate on Wednesday, she comes into a raging heat on Friday. Called the vet - his theory was that the calf had been dead long enough that her body had ceased to recognize the pregnancy, and started cycling again. She was at the right stage in a cycle to be brought into heat - which made sense once he said it. So, he hit her with estradiol to see what would happen. Saturday he came out to check her - the calf had moved up and was sitting right at her cervix which was slightly dilated. He said he would come back and check her again today - last night she starts passing some placenta like stuff. Today it was getting more bloody and by about 2:00 pm, the calf was obviously right there, through her cervix and almost ready to deliver. Hubby tried to grab it a couple of times but no luck. Vet comes about 3:30pm, is able to grab the calf and gently pull it out. However, it doesn't come away cleanly, almost like it's still attached - I guess it's twins and get the prize. Unfortunately, the second twin is still stuck up in her right horn. He is finally able to catch hold of two tiny legs and pull the second twin. :shock: I suggest that maybe we could try a therapeutic flush - he gives me a hard time that I am doing his job (he was just kidding - he's very good about me pestering him :) ). We did the flush and she was eating by time we came up to change for chores. Our vet admitted that he really didn't know what to think as far as the drugs causing this or if she just went ahead once she started to dilate as a result of coming into heat... At any rate, there was very little trauma to her repro tract and we know she is still cycling so we are very hopeful that she will breed back (against all odds according to the stats! :mrgreen: ). [/QUOTE]
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