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<blockquote data-quote="Alice" data-source="post: 492510" data-attributes="member: 3873"><p>Take the calf's manure into the vet and have it analyzed, or at least have the vet look at it. It may not be intestinal lining...and may be nothing more than the calf straining too hard when it poops. Or, it may be something that the vet can treat pretty quickly.</p><p></p><p>Is the calf eating any hay or dry feed? Is the calf drinking water?</p><p></p><p>You said the calf is running and acting like it feels good...maybe it does, and maybe you are more concerned that you should be...and then again, maybe not. I don't think you'll really be certain of anything until you have the manure analyzed.</p><p></p><p>As a side note, with my bottle babies, when they hit the two week mark we breathed a sigh of relief and pretty much quit worrying about scours. The respiratory stuff, that was always a worry, but after about 2 or 3 weeks, the calves that lived thru the really really bad scours that no amount of electrolytes, medicine, or hard work and worrying would help, seemed to get their gut straightened out.</p><p></p><p>Again, take a sample to vet...see what it is...and go from there.</p><p></p><p>Alice</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Alice, post: 492510, member: 3873"] Take the calf's manure into the vet and have it analyzed, or at least have the vet look at it. It may not be intestinal lining...and may be nothing more than the calf straining too hard when it poops. Or, it may be something that the vet can treat pretty quickly. Is the calf eating any hay or dry feed? Is the calf drinking water? You said the calf is running and acting like it feels good...maybe it does, and maybe you are more concerned that you should be...and then again, maybe not. I don't think you'll really be certain of anything until you have the manure analyzed. As a side note, with my bottle babies, when they hit the two week mark we breathed a sigh of relief and pretty much quit worrying about scours. The respiratory stuff, that was always a worry, but after about 2 or 3 weeks, the calves that lived thru the really really bad scours that no amount of electrolytes, medicine, or hard work and worrying would help, seemed to get their gut straightened out. Again, take a sample to vet...see what it is...and go from there. Alice [/QUOTE]
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