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<blockquote data-quote="DebVaughan" data-source="post: 551185" data-attributes="member: 8436"><p>I have a calf about a month old that has had a protruding tongue since birth and has not been frisky either like normal calves. He will lay all day and seldom moves from a very large area and sometimes lays out in the sun instead of finding shade. The cow's bag is small, but I have seen him suck although he goes from teat to teat. I am not sure if the tongue is too big to get a good hold or the mom's milk is not flowing due to lack of sucking. He is skinny, but alive, so he must be getting something. At any rate I brought him to the barn and gave him a B-12 and antibiotic shot and tried to get him to suck my finger. Kind of a listless response. I finally used a tube to put some milk in him, put the cow in with him, and am hoping to see a little strength and more response tomorrow. Is the protruding tongue a symptom that anyone has run across? Any chance the rest of the body will grow to fit the tongue? Any thoughts would be appreciated.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="DebVaughan, post: 551185, member: 8436"] I have a calf about a month old that has had a protruding tongue since birth and has not been frisky either like normal calves. He will lay all day and seldom moves from a very large area and sometimes lays out in the sun instead of finding shade. The cow's bag is small, but I have seen him suck although he goes from teat to teat. I am not sure if the tongue is too big to get a good hold or the mom's milk is not flowing due to lack of sucking. He is skinny, but alive, so he must be getting something. At any rate I brought him to the barn and gave him a B-12 and antibiotic shot and tried to get him to suck my finger. Kind of a listless response. I finally used a tube to put some milk in him, put the cow in with him, and am hoping to see a little strength and more response tomorrow. Is the protruding tongue a symptom that anyone has run across? Any chance the rest of the body will grow to fit the tongue? Any thoughts would be appreciated. [/QUOTE]
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