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sick bull calf, six months old
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<blockquote data-quote="jilleroo" data-source="post: 787206" data-attributes="member: 8192"><p>Thanks for that alisonb. I rang a niece who works in a feedlot and she said to inject 10mm of dex straight into his sheath, which I have done. She said they have great success curing them in the feedlot using anti-inflammatories, usually dex. I went and got him at daylight, he is still very poorly, not sucking his mother etc. Will see what happens today.</p><p>Will talk to the local office of the relevant government department to see what suggestions they might have about a cause e.g. phosphorus etc. Our bore water is high in calcium and magnesium - but this calf hasnt been on bore water.</p><p>A very strange co-incidental thing that did happen was last Thursday I shot a six foot king brown snake right near this particular calf.</p><p>The calf had been following it, with a couple of mates, which drew my attention to it as I rode by. After I shot it, they were jumping all around it and, later when I went by that area again, they were camped next to it. Can't see how it could have bitten him though after I shot it as I made sure its head was squashed - and that was five days before I noticed him crook.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="jilleroo, post: 787206, member: 8192"] Thanks for that alisonb. I rang a niece who works in a feedlot and she said to inject 10mm of dex straight into his sheath, which I have done. She said they have great success curing them in the feedlot using anti-inflammatories, usually dex. I went and got him at daylight, he is still very poorly, not sucking his mother etc. Will see what happens today. Will talk to the local office of the relevant government department to see what suggestions they might have about a cause e.g. phosphorus etc. Our bore water is high in calcium and magnesium - but this calf hasnt been on bore water. A very strange co-incidental thing that did happen was last Thursday I shot a six foot king brown snake right near this particular calf. The calf had been following it, with a couple of mates, which drew my attention to it as I rode by. After I shot it, they were jumping all around it and, later when I went by that area again, they were camped next to it. Can't see how it could have bitten him though after I shot it as I made sure its head was squashed - and that was five days before I noticed him crook. [/QUOTE]
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