Hi, My name Amy I am trying to learn and help an appx 18 day old calf. Who was kind of dropped on us. She is a Jersey/ Angus Cross. She was brought to us Nov 3 about midnight. The only information i received was she was a jersey/ Angus cross, she was 3 days old and had colostrum from mom and she had already been feed for the evening. Calf is on a dumor milk replacer ( Soy Based). Got 2 calves in and down for the night in small padlock. next am 7 am, feed both girls from bottle- no problems, 12 hours later go to feed and Holstein cross is weak in back legs like jello. I gave her b12 complex for a few days. feeding is going good. 5 days after getting the calves Jersey cross has the sours and is weak, no interest in bottle. Start tubing fluids, electrolytes- Bounce-back. Reached out to a few cattle friends. they suggested a type of Bollus- They were brought to me so i never got the name. We started them on save a calf diarrhea and pneumonia treatment that is mixed in to formula at 1 ounce per pound. Calves got better thru the week. eating good, normal stools. 7 days later they are both floppy back legs, diarrhea and no interest in bottle. Oh course on a Sunday, I reach out to 3 different vets. No response ( Our area is literally only good if you own horses for a vet). Reached out to Cattle friend who suggested penicillin at 1.5 times dose, and follow up on another dose 2 days later. That was done. Girls were good on Monday both Drank in the am. jersey cross drank pm bottle, Holstein cross only about half. I checked on them at about 12:30 am when coming home from work. they were fine, perked heads moo'd at me. Got up at 7 am on Tuesday and the Holstein cross was dead. The Jersey cross since Tuesday will only freely take her am bottle and drink electrolytes from a bucket thru the day. Stool seems to be firming up. However she is now alone and will only get up to feed in am. Usually with some coaching. Any ideas or suggestions, she is was 39 pounds on Nov 5th and on Nov 15th she was 33 pounds. The calf the died lost weight also. I might also add that at any point I took temperatures they were between 102.4 and 102.8.
We raise pigs, chickens and boer goats and thru fair season my daughter shows Beef Steer. I know how and what i would do with a goat.... but I'm not dealing with a goat. Any input? Please remember I've already reached out to a few vets and have gotten nowhere.
We raise pigs, chickens and boer goats and thru fair season my daughter shows Beef Steer. I know how and what i would do with a goat.... but I'm not dealing with a goat. Any input? Please remember I've already reached out to a few vets and have gotten nowhere.