Need Calf Help ASAP

[dun]

Yes

 

[josh90]

Yes

Does this normally happen sometimes? Or did I do something wrong?

 

[dun]

I don;t draw hard enough to get bubbles but you will notice the plunger is hard to move and you aren;t drawing any fluids. Unless you are specificailly trying to give it IV , when you draw any blood you change the site of the injection. You did exactly right.

 

[Keren]

yep, exactly the right thing. Striking blood happens occasionally, not that big a deal, just do what you dit, find another injection site, check again.

 

[josh90]

I was reading one of milkmaid's post and was just wondering is this a hernia, or a ill navel, or just normal? Should I worry about it? She is approx. 5-7 weeks old. This is also the heifer calf that everyone has been helping with.

 

[dun]

Gently squeeze it. Is it hard? If it's soft can you poke aorund a bit with your finger and feel a hole in the abdomin, if so can you gently puch the bulge through the hole? Where did the heifer come from?

 

[Keren]

yep what dun said

Not that its a huge deal, but you have her halter on upside down ... the bit that tightens should be under her chin, at the moment it is going round the top of her head

 

[josh90]

Not that its a huge deal, but you have her halter on upside down ... the bit that tightens should be under her chin, at the moment it is going round the top of her head

Yea.. She got out of the stall on me when I was putting water, and calf starter in, so I had to catch her anyway I could... Thats why it was on like that...

 

[hillsdown]

She looks good Josh for being so sick a little while ago.
Do what Dun said and also some Holstein sires are notorious for offspring with larger than normal umbilicals until they are about 8 months old and then they seem to go back down to normal. Fusted Emory Blitz was commonly known for that out of the 5 he sired of mine 3 looked like they had umbilical hernias but were not and the calves appeared normal again at about 7-9 months of age.

 

[Keren]

Not that its a huge deal, but you have her halter on upside down ... the bit that tightens should be under her chin, at the moment it is going round the top of her head

Yea.. She got out of the stall on me when I was putting water, and calf starter in, so I had to catch her anyway I could... Thats why it was on like that...

lol I know the feeling!