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Old Cow...can I keep her alive long enough to calve?
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<blockquote data-quote="Wisteria Farms" data-source="post: 1115981" data-attributes="member: 6734"><p>Well...this morning went out to feed and found her in the stall (for those looking at pictures, its the doorway in front of the old green truck). Yesterday she was laying OUTSIDE the door, this morning she was in the stall. She was happy to see me (food) so I put the grain about 6' away just to see if she would get UP to go to it... (food is her biggest motivator/always has been). She TRIED to get up but didn't. The waterer is still untouched so I think due to the precip and wind we got overnight, she just knew where it was warm and dry and "army crawled" inside. </p><p></p><p>Cowgirl8 said we'd know real quick of its the cause... and judging by the fact that she's still down (calcium was given about 2:00p.m. yesterday)... I'm thinking Hypocalcaemia/Milk Fever is not the cause. The vet DID say that it certainly wouldn't HURT anything to give her the calcium. I REALLY think her old frame is just having a hard time supporting the weight of the late pregnancy. Most likely we will be inducing her in the next day or so...she's still bright eyed & eating/drinking like a champ...even got brushed head to tail so yes, she's being spoiled right now</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Wisteria Farms, post: 1115981, member: 6734"] Well...this morning went out to feed and found her in the stall (for those looking at pictures, its the doorway in front of the old green truck). Yesterday she was laying OUTSIDE the door, this morning she was in the stall. She was happy to see me (food) so I put the grain about 6' away just to see if she would get UP to go to it... (food is her biggest motivator/always has been). She TRIED to get up but didn't. The waterer is still untouched so I think due to the precip and wind we got overnight, she just knew where it was warm and dry and "army crawled" inside. Cowgirl8 said we'd know real quick of its the cause... and judging by the fact that she's still down (calcium was given about 2:00p.m. yesterday)... I'm thinking Hypocalcaemia/Milk Fever is not the cause. The vet DID say that it certainly wouldn't HURT anything to give her the calcium. I REALLY think her old frame is just having a hard time supporting the weight of the late pregnancy. Most likely we will be inducing her in the next day or so...she's still bright eyed & eating/drinking like a champ...even got brushed head to tail so yes, she's being spoiled right now [/QUOTE]
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