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need help:bottle baby with swollen leg
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<blockquote data-quote="angie1" data-source="post: 540475" data-attributes="member: 3886"><p>No, hold off on banamine unless she goes back down or off feed ~ in that case <u><em>do not hesitate</em></u> to use it. The banamine is an anti inflammatory and terribly helpful. As I stated, animals in pain fail to thrive/perform. Is dangerous for a calf to go down and not want to get back up. It is dangerous for them to go off feed. The banamine manages the pain so they feel well enough to do these things. However ~ some pain is good and necessary. It keeps the calf from over using that leg. Is natures way of telling her "Take it easy" See? So long as she is getting up and eating, leave off.</p><p></p><p>Now ~ this is important ~ go get a tube of probiotics. The antibiotics you are giving kill not only bad bacteria, but good bacteria in her stomach as well. The probiotics will help restore. It is cheap ~ well worth your money ~ and you <em><u>cannot</u></em> use too much of it. Use the paste in a tube, is easier to control how much they are getting. You can get it from the vet or from your feed store/farm supply.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="angie1, post: 540475, member: 3886"] No, hold off on banamine unless she goes back down or off feed ~ in that case [u][i]do not hesitate[/i][/u] to use it. The banamine is an anti inflammatory and terribly helpful. As I stated, animals in pain fail to thrive/perform. Is dangerous for a calf to go down and not want to get back up. It is dangerous for them to go off feed. The banamine manages the pain so they feel well enough to do these things. However ~ some pain is good and necessary. It keeps the calf from over using that leg. Is natures way of telling her "Take it easy" See? So long as she is getting up and eating, leave off. Now ~ this is important ~ go get a tube of probiotics. The antibiotics you are giving kill not only bad bacteria, but good bacteria in her stomach as well. The probiotics will help restore. It is cheap ~ well worth your money ~ and you [i][u]cannot[/u][/i] use too much of it. Use the paste in a tube, is easier to control how much they are getting. You can get it from the vet or from your feed store/farm supply. [/QUOTE]
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