Wisteria Farms
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Hey all,
I have a yearling bull who I THINK might have a problem... This morning I put his grain in his stall and rather than "go to it" he stood there and spit out a hunk of partially chewed hay. I thought it was odd he didn't want his grain but decided to wait and see if it was gone tonight. Just went out and grain is still there and it doesn't look like he touched his hay. He is on his feet and doesn't look distressed or bloated but did walk over to the wall and scratch his neck on the post. I was going to put him in the chute and stick my hand down his throat but decided to come in and do a little research first...glad I did... as I'm reading it could possibly be rabies.
What do you all think? Risk it... and see if I can dig anything out of his throat? What is your experience with this? Until last week he was out with the other bulls but he kept getting bullied by them as he's the smallest so we moved him to a stall to feed him seperately. I really can't see him getting any twine or anything but its been so windy ANYTHING could have blown into that stall. I'm also wondering about beet pulp. We had a bag that we had bought for another animal and decided to mix in with the grain just to use it up... could that have possibly expanded in his throat and caused this?
Looking for suggestions. He's not bloating (yet) so I'll probably call the vet in the a.m. but just wondering if anyone would go ahead and go down his throat.
Thanks!
I have a yearling bull who I THINK might have a problem... This morning I put his grain in his stall and rather than "go to it" he stood there and spit out a hunk of partially chewed hay. I thought it was odd he didn't want his grain but decided to wait and see if it was gone tonight. Just went out and grain is still there and it doesn't look like he touched his hay. He is on his feet and doesn't look distressed or bloated but did walk over to the wall and scratch his neck on the post. I was going to put him in the chute and stick my hand down his throat but decided to come in and do a little research first...glad I did... as I'm reading it could possibly be rabies.
What do you all think? Risk it... and see if I can dig anything out of his throat? What is your experience with this? Until last week he was out with the other bulls but he kept getting bullied by them as he's the smallest so we moved him to a stall to feed him seperately. I really can't see him getting any twine or anything but its been so windy ANYTHING could have blown into that stall. I'm also wondering about beet pulp. We had a bag that we had bought for another animal and decided to mix in with the grain just to use it up... could that have possibly expanded in his throat and caused this?
Looking for suggestions. He's not bloating (yet) so I'll probably call the vet in the a.m. but just wondering if anyone would go ahead and go down his throat.
Thanks!