Curious as to what others think. Two month old bottle calf just kinda acts a little sluggish or droopy. Takes a bottle good, eats hay and feed some. Just does not seem real spunky. No signs of anything else. Just looking for opinions.
103jkwilson":13dzz2p2 said:Take its temperature.
tom4018":bc9q9utn said:103jkwilson":bc9q9utn said:Take its temperature.
Vet suggested Nuflor, Banamine and a Vitamin shot.
milkmaid":65a5l1x4 said:Calf's normal temp is around 102.5; I wouldn't have been so quick to treat.
However, since you are treating her, I'd give her at least a 5-day course, preferably 7 days, just since you have no idea what you may or may not be dealing with, for one, and second, most pathogens need to be "treated" for at least 5 days in order to effectively irradicate them.
The problem could be something else; like needing better nutrition, or lacking in some minerals or vitamins.
Those are just random thoughts; hard to say for sure what's going on without seeing her.
tom4018":3kh1m364 said:Curious as to what others think. Two month old bottle calf just kinda acts a little sluggish or droopy. Takes a bottle good, eats hay and feed some. Just does not seem real spunky. No signs of anything else. Just looking for opinions.
Running Arrow Bill":246om6we said:tom4018":246om6we said:Curious as to what others think. Two month old bottle calf just kinda acts a little sluggish or droopy. Takes a bottle good, eats hay and feed some. Just does not seem real spunky. No signs of anything else. Just looking for opinions.
Bottle Calves: Always issues...
Assuming the bottle calf got its needed dose of colostrum from its dam and the calf doesn't have coccidiosis or worms, could be mineral thing or ???
Not too early to do a de-worming on calf.
Is the calf housed in a sanitary area, free of wet, manure, weeds, etc? Does it have a "pasture mate" to keep it company?
Etc., Etc.