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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: 1116230" data-attributes="member: 6734"><p>Nesikep... she said nothing about lute or oxytocin... just 20cc of 4mg Dexamethasone IM. I mentioned that I had Dex in the house but she commented that surely I had 2mg...not the 4mg needed (I checked and she was right). The REASON I have 2mg Dex is because when we do fall vaccinations I always notice that one or two have a bit of a reaction (stagger out of the chute) and I commented that I would like some Epinephrine just incase one of them actually goes down with a reaction. Instead of Epinephrine, they gave me the Dex. Haven't had to use it.</p><p></p><p>Anyway, she said I could come by the office and pick up the 20cc dose to give her. I'll probably do that tomorrow. She said from the time I give the shot, she should go into labor within 24 hours. The only drawback, she said, was that if the calf is NOT ready...(lungs/etc) that it'll basicly be an abortion... if the calf IS ready, then you get a live calf. That scared me a bit and is why I'm not JUMPING RIGHT IN to inducing her. I felt better that she was starting to produce milk but I'm NOT satisfied with her udder development...she usually blows up pretty big. But then you start second guessing that the fact that she's LAYING ON IT that maybe its having a hard time filling like it normally would... YIKES so much to consider. Just don't want to act too soon if the little bugger isn't ready.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Wisteria Farms, post: 1116230, member: 6734"] Nesikep... she said nothing about lute or oxytocin... just 20cc of 4mg Dexamethasone IM. I mentioned that I had Dex in the house but she commented that surely I had 2mg...not the 4mg needed (I checked and she was right). The REASON I have 2mg Dex is because when we do fall vaccinations I always notice that one or two have a bit of a reaction (stagger out of the chute) and I commented that I would like some Epinephrine just incase one of them actually goes down with a reaction. Instead of Epinephrine, they gave me the Dex. Haven't had to use it. Anyway, she said I could come by the office and pick up the 20cc dose to give her. I'll probably do that tomorrow. She said from the time I give the shot, she should go into labor within 24 hours. The only drawback, she said, was that if the calf is NOT ready...(lungs/etc) that it'll basicly be an abortion... if the calf IS ready, then you get a live calf. That scared me a bit and is why I'm not JUMPING RIGHT IN to inducing her. I felt better that she was starting to produce milk but I'm NOT satisfied with her udder development...she usually blows up pretty big. But then you start second guessing that the fact that she's LAYING ON IT that maybe its having a hard time filling like it normally would... YIKES so much to consider. Just don't want to act too soon if the little bugger isn't ready. [/QUOTE]
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