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<blockquote data-quote="Ozhorse" data-source="post: 1151825" data-attributes="member: 18575"><p>I took the dog with me this afternoon, but the cow/heifer was really not well enough to respond and look for the calf. She really has lost the plot and looks weak, too weak to bother looking for a calf.</p><p></p><p>So I spent quite some time looking all over the place for the calf. I felt like I was wasting time but I feel better if I find the carcass. I didnt really think it would have gone uphill into the big pile if rock but I went up there, after I looked all over elsewhere. Good thing I took the dog. There was a calf, and a placenta up in the pile of rocks, and the dog was looking down a wombat burrow nearby - there was another calf, the calf I saw last night, just its tail visible way down the wombat burrow.</p><p></p><p>I draged them out and carried them to the trailer, then took the mob of 12 heifers, including the other heifer with her new calf - to the yards.</p><p></p><p>OK - new situation - I have a first calving heifer, weak and in poor condition, with twins.</p><p></p><p>Plan was to get colostrum from the other heifer and give it to each of the twins. Not that the other heifer has much colostrum. I got both females, and all three calves in the yards. Left the sick mother with the twins together. I tried to milk the other heifer/cow but could hardly get anything. One of the twins is stronger, one weaker. I gave the weak twin about two cups of sheep colostrum (both calves take a bottle easily), so we shall see if it works, and gave every one lots of hay and sweet feed. The stronger of the twins is hassling for food. The weaker one is up and bothering mum a little, but is weaker. </p><p></p><p>The calves are now more like 36 hours old. Is there any point me separating the healthy cow/calf pair until I can get a full bag of milk to give to the twins? I dont have much experience milking cows so is it that she is just holding back or is it that her calf had just sucked her dry. </p><p></p><p>I am concerned I might loose the cow as she is very very slow moving. She is so depressed I can handle her like a pet cow (she is quiet but not handled). Could it be anaemia and blood loss? She is a bit off sweet feed but wants hay. Her eyes are sunken and she is very lethagic. She is not as protective of the calves as she was yesterday, I dont think she has enough energy to bother. </p><p></p><p>What might be wrong with the cow? </p><p>Would giving her antibiotics just in case do any harm? I have long acting penicillin.</p><p></p><p>Any other advice? For the cow? For the twins?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Ozhorse, post: 1151825, member: 18575"] I took the dog with me this afternoon, but the cow/heifer was really not well enough to respond and look for the calf. She really has lost the plot and looks weak, too weak to bother looking for a calf. So I spent quite some time looking all over the place for the calf. I felt like I was wasting time but I feel better if I find the carcass. I didnt really think it would have gone uphill into the big pile if rock but I went up there, after I looked all over elsewhere. Good thing I took the dog. There was a calf, and a placenta up in the pile of rocks, and the dog was looking down a wombat burrow nearby - there was another calf, the calf I saw last night, just its tail visible way down the wombat burrow. I draged them out and carried them to the trailer, then took the mob of 12 heifers, including the other heifer with her new calf - to the yards. OK - new situation - I have a first calving heifer, weak and in poor condition, with twins. Plan was to get colostrum from the other heifer and give it to each of the twins. Not that the other heifer has much colostrum. I got both females, and all three calves in the yards. Left the sick mother with the twins together. I tried to milk the other heifer/cow but could hardly get anything. One of the twins is stronger, one weaker. I gave the weak twin about two cups of sheep colostrum (both calves take a bottle easily), so we shall see if it works, and gave every one lots of hay and sweet feed. The stronger of the twins is hassling for food. The weaker one is up and bothering mum a little, but is weaker. The calves are now more like 36 hours old. Is there any point me separating the healthy cow/calf pair until I can get a full bag of milk to give to the twins? I dont have much experience milking cows so is it that she is just holding back or is it that her calf had just sucked her dry. I am concerned I might loose the cow as she is very very slow moving. She is so depressed I can handle her like a pet cow (she is quiet but not handled). Could it be anaemia and blood loss? She is a bit off sweet feed but wants hay. Her eyes are sunken and she is very lethagic. She is not as protective of the calves as she was yesterday, I dont think she has enough energy to bother. What might be wrong with the cow? Would giving her antibiotics just in case do any harm? I have long acting penicillin. Any other advice? For the cow? For the twins? [/QUOTE]
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