Ok, so we havent had the subject of prolapse come up yet this month so here goes.
If you recall i had a crappy Christmas day because Dad and I had to pull a dead calf that had its head turned back. the cow had no doubt been straining pretty well before i found her. got her in the chute easily, extremely docile cow, and pulled calf without too much trouble. let her out immediately (Dads idea..). I kind of wanted to let her clean the dead calf in the pen. but anyway it was his cow. so anyway, for the next few days she had some retained placenta, which was no big deal and to be expected. i kept an eye on her and she finally cleaned out. so the past week or so she has had bulls following her pretty much non stop and she has been riding a lot of cows. yesterday afternoon i saw her laying on the pond dam with a bull next to her and i got her up so that i could pass in the truck. she was normal then b/c i looked closely at her laying down and after she got up she had a string of ..love potion ooze out of her. normal. well this morning when i got here to check on cows Dad had already been out and noticed a "red cow that was not about to calve that looked like she was going to prolapse". He said when she got up it went back in and asked if i'd ever seen anything like that. I said yeah, it sounds like a weak vaginal wall, and you will sometimes see a bubble when they are laying down that will go back in when they get back up and that i usually cull against that. He had tried to get her in the pen but she went to the back forty with the others. so i went and checked on all the new calves and found her and it was the cow that we had pulled the calf on Christmas day. i noticed when she rode something that it shot out, and stuck out more when she layed down. but at this point it is going back in. its not the vaginal bubble that you sometimes see, its more, probably about 4-6 inches in length. its teh vagina plus some, i think. first thing in the morning i plan on getting her up and getting the vet to sew her up and she will be on her way in a few weeks or so. i had wanted to keep her and let her calve again but oh well. so i guess i'm wondering if anyone else has had one prolapse a month and ten days after calving when she came in heat? what about sugar, is it better to put plain sugar on or a sugar water solution? what other pointers do you have?
oh yeah, shes a 10 year old cow about 3/4 limousin and 1/4 brahman.
If you recall i had a crappy Christmas day because Dad and I had to pull a dead calf that had its head turned back. the cow had no doubt been straining pretty well before i found her. got her in the chute easily, extremely docile cow, and pulled calf without too much trouble. let her out immediately (Dads idea..). I kind of wanted to let her clean the dead calf in the pen. but anyway it was his cow. so anyway, for the next few days she had some retained placenta, which was no big deal and to be expected. i kept an eye on her and she finally cleaned out. so the past week or so she has had bulls following her pretty much non stop and she has been riding a lot of cows. yesterday afternoon i saw her laying on the pond dam with a bull next to her and i got her up so that i could pass in the truck. she was normal then b/c i looked closely at her laying down and after she got up she had a string of ..love potion ooze out of her. normal. well this morning when i got here to check on cows Dad had already been out and noticed a "red cow that was not about to calve that looked like she was going to prolapse". He said when she got up it went back in and asked if i'd ever seen anything like that. I said yeah, it sounds like a weak vaginal wall, and you will sometimes see a bubble when they are laying down that will go back in when they get back up and that i usually cull against that. He had tried to get her in the pen but she went to the back forty with the others. so i went and checked on all the new calves and found her and it was the cow that we had pulled the calf on Christmas day. i noticed when she rode something that it shot out, and stuck out more when she layed down. but at this point it is going back in. its not the vaginal bubble that you sometimes see, its more, probably about 4-6 inches in length. its teh vagina plus some, i think. first thing in the morning i plan on getting her up and getting the vet to sew her up and she will be on her way in a few weeks or so. i had wanted to keep her and let her calve again but oh well. so i guess i'm wondering if anyone else has had one prolapse a month and ten days after calving when she came in heat? what about sugar, is it better to put plain sugar on or a sugar water solution? what other pointers do you have?
oh yeah, shes a 10 year old cow about 3/4 limousin and 1/4 brahman.
