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<blockquote data-quote="FlyingLSimmentals" data-source="post: 1184101" data-attributes="member: 16752"><p>This is the dam's last calf here mainly because of her large oversize nipples. Really had thought we had lost this calf. The calf had got around really well for 2 days with the cow. I couldn't tell if the calf had nursed and wasn't daring enough to go and catch it, she looked as though she would get you. The calf appeared to move really well and follow the cow never appearing to be hungry. Finally got the pair in a lot on day 2 late. I took some replacement milk down there just to see if the calf was hungry, she drank half a bottle. I then went to town and got a bag of colostrum and gave it half of it that night. Calf took the bottle really well, went the next morning to finish the bag of colostrum and the calf was sick looking bad laying not moving. I decided to load the calf up in the bed of the truck and go see the vet, he's less than 4 miles away to just see what he thought. Even though it looked like it might be to late. It ended up that Thursday was his day off, therefore I thought what the heck the calf is in the truck I'll go to the other vet that we use the next county over. Got there the vet examined it, he said it had some pneumonia and was running a fever and guessed it didn't get enough colostrum early enough. He also thought it might have been premature. He said he could tube it and give it some medicine if I wanted him to do so. He said if I was asking his opinion whether or not to do so that he wouldn't spend the money to do so. That the calf had a 10% chance or less of making it even after giving it the meds and tubing it. Therefore, I ended up letting him give it a appetite shot and he gave me some electrolyte's at no charge and told me to try and force feed it that and to give it a dose of LA300 when I got home and to try and keep it warm. I felt bad enough that she even got to ride up in the cab in the passenger seat, not to many animals ever see my cab. I got back gave it the LA300 and tried force feeding it some electrolytes. I think it swallowed 3 or 4 times before I gave up on her. Took her back to the dam and sat her out of the wind where I thought nature would take its course. Ended up going back late that evening and the next morning to rid of the corpse we thought we would find but each time she was still alive. It got holding its head up and I got bottle feeding again and then later we were able to get the cow in the chute and help the calf nurse the dam. The chute didn't work real well and we figured out it was easier outside while she ate feed, problem there was the feed would run out quicker than the calf could nurse and she would then move off. Granted the cow wasn't nearly as bad as we thought, never trying to get us just positioning herself where we all had a hard time. Calf is now nursing the front 2 really well and 1 back one somewhat on her own and loves the hell out of me. She meets me every time I'm down there rubbing up against me and bucking around me, even still tries to suck my fingers. I'll still help it from time to time to get the nipples in its mouth, maybe it'll get the fourth one soon. She has already learned her name Bitty Betty.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="FlyingLSimmentals, post: 1184101, member: 16752"] This is the dam's last calf here mainly because of her large oversize nipples. Really had thought we had lost this calf. The calf had got around really well for 2 days with the cow. I couldn't tell if the calf had nursed and wasn't daring enough to go and catch it, she looked as though she would get you. The calf appeared to move really well and follow the cow never appearing to be hungry. Finally got the pair in a lot on day 2 late. I took some replacement milk down there just to see if the calf was hungry, she drank half a bottle. I then went to town and got a bag of colostrum and gave it half of it that night. Calf took the bottle really well, went the next morning to finish the bag of colostrum and the calf was sick looking bad laying not moving. I decided to load the calf up in the bed of the truck and go see the vet, he's less than 4 miles away to just see what he thought. Even though it looked like it might be to late. It ended up that Thursday was his day off, therefore I thought what the heck the calf is in the truck I'll go to the other vet that we use the next county over. Got there the vet examined it, he said it had some pneumonia and was running a fever and guessed it didn't get enough colostrum early enough. He also thought it might have been premature. He said he could tube it and give it some medicine if I wanted him to do so. He said if I was asking his opinion whether or not to do so that he wouldn't spend the money to do so. That the calf had a 10% chance or less of making it even after giving it the meds and tubing it. Therefore, I ended up letting him give it a appetite shot and he gave me some electrolyte's at no charge and told me to try and force feed it that and to give it a dose of LA300 when I got home and to try and keep it warm. I felt bad enough that she even got to ride up in the cab in the passenger seat, not to many animals ever see my cab. I got back gave it the LA300 and tried force feeding it some electrolytes. I think it swallowed 3 or 4 times before I gave up on her. Took her back to the dam and sat her out of the wind where I thought nature would take its course. Ended up going back late that evening and the next morning to rid of the corpse we thought we would find but each time she was still alive. It got holding its head up and I got bottle feeding again and then later we were able to get the cow in the chute and help the calf nurse the dam. The chute didn't work real well and we figured out it was easier outside while she ate feed, problem there was the feed would run out quicker than the calf could nurse and she would then move off. Granted the cow wasn't nearly as bad as we thought, never trying to get us just positioning herself where we all had a hard time. Calf is now nursing the front 2 really well and 1 back one somewhat on her own and loves the hell out of me. She meets me every time I'm down there rubbing up against me and bucking around me, even still tries to suck my fingers. I'll still help it from time to time to get the nipples in its mouth, maybe it'll get the fourth one soon. She has already learned her name Bitty Betty. [/QUOTE]
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