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<blockquote data-quote="cowgirl8" data-source="post: 1114128" data-attributes="member: 22072"><p>We usually give a down cow/heifer a couple weeks to get up. We kind of gauge by the amount of water they drink. If that starts dropping off, she's given up. Never had one come back if both back legs wont move. If they have one working leg, there's hope. Last year we had a cow get paralyzed on her front end after we pulled her 'monster' calf. Thats the name he got. He was probably 125 pounds, huge boned, i could hardly straddle him.. She was down over a week. Its a mystery as to why she couldnt move her front legs. But, one day i went out to give her food and water and i noticed a pile of poop at the other end of the pen. I thought, hum..didnt see anywhere she dragged herself. Anywho, she had started getting up while we werent looking. And it worked out that while she was down her calf nursed her. A start to a bad situation turned good. She even bred back and had a calf a month ago, less than a year after monster calf..</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="cowgirl8, post: 1114128, member: 22072"] We usually give a down cow/heifer a couple weeks to get up. We kind of gauge by the amount of water they drink. If that starts dropping off, she's given up. Never had one come back if both back legs wont move. If they have one working leg, there's hope. Last year we had a cow get paralyzed on her front end after we pulled her 'monster' calf. Thats the name he got. He was probably 125 pounds, huge boned, i could hardly straddle him.. She was down over a week. Its a mystery as to why she couldnt move her front legs. But, one day i went out to give her food and water and i noticed a pile of poop at the other end of the pen. I thought, hum..didnt see anywhere she dragged herself. Anywho, she had started getting up while we werent looking. And it worked out that while she was down her calf nursed her. A start to a bad situation turned good. She even bred back and had a calf a month ago, less than a year after monster calf.. [/QUOTE]
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