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Sheep Colostrum for a calf?
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<blockquote data-quote="regolith" data-source="post: 1152037" data-attributes="member: 9267"><p>Great that you found them, and alive.</p><p></p><p>It sounds like the other heifer has only enough milk for her own calf, best leave well alone.</p><p></p><p>Get the twins on powdered milk if you can get it, asap. You can tide them over on electrolytes for a day or so - the sugar gives them a bit of energy - but they need the milk to really get fit and grow.</p><p>On those symptoms your heifer needs a vet and/or antibiotics.</p><p>It *could* be that she has a uterine infection, in which case it takes a pretty high dose of penicillin to start with, if you don't have a vet who can see her I'd do that and if she responds well by the next day, drop back to a standard dose and extend the normal treatment length by a day or two. </p><p>She could also be lacking energy from carrying twins.</p><p>Shelter will certainly help, and as long as the calves are fit to get up and walk around they're better to stay with mum. Even some tarpaulin or iron nailed along your yard rails that they can lie behind.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="regolith, post: 1152037, member: 9267"] Great that you found them, and alive. It sounds like the other heifer has only enough milk for her own calf, best leave well alone. Get the twins on powdered milk if you can get it, asap. You can tide them over on electrolytes for a day or so - the sugar gives them a bit of energy - but they need the milk to really get fit and grow. On those symptoms your heifer needs a vet and/or antibiotics. It *could* be that she has a uterine infection, in which case it takes a pretty high dose of penicillin to start with, if you don't have a vet who can see her I'd do that and if she responds well by the next day, drop back to a standard dose and extend the normal treatment length by a day or two. She could also be lacking energy from carrying twins. Shelter will certainly help, and as long as the calves are fit to get up and walk around they're better to stay with mum. Even some tarpaulin or iron nailed along your yard rails that they can lie behind. [/QUOTE]
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