hillsdown
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A ten month old heifer aborted in very cold weather ,-35 here lately. It froze to her tail and is now a big, huge frozen mess covered in feces etc . I need to remove it from her tail as it is causing her a lot of discomfort .
What is the best way to do this ? We are very cold here with no nice weather in sight for a while and bringing her into a heated area so it will thaw naturally is not an option either.. I was thinking that I should put her in the chute asap and use buckets of warm water on her tail. Will that work, or do you have a better solution ..
I have never seen this before but we usually are not this cold and the calves are usually aborted a little sooner in the season too ..
Thank you .
What is the best way to do this ? We are very cold here with no nice weather in sight for a while and bringing her into a heated area so it will thaw naturally is not an option either.. I was thinking that I should put her in the chute asap and use buckets of warm water on her tail. Will that work, or do you have a better solution ..
I have never seen this before but we usually are not this cold and the calves are usually aborted a little sooner in the season too ..
Thank you .