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<blockquote data-quote="Nesikep" data-source="post: 989203" data-attributes="member: 9096"><p>I'm really wondering... I did take her temp, 38C, so a smidge high, but not by much. spoke to the vet, might bring her in this week for a checkup... She has gotten back into a habit she had as a calf.. sleeping in my arms... I went up to her when she finally laid down last night, leaned up against her, and she put her head in my lap and slept for a half hour, she must have been really tired... boy were my legs asleep after that</p><p>No luck getting a video worth anything</p><p>Took a closer look at her eyes, I can't see anything wrong, I cant say she has 20/20 vision or it's bovine equivalent, but she blinks if I put my hands near her eyes.</p><p></p><p>I did notice she's a bit constipated, and she seems to prefer eating snow to water... I checked the waterer to make sure there's wasn't an electrical problem with it, but the calf drinks from it fine. I brought her some warm water in a bucket and she'd lick at it but wouldn't really drink... Vet said it could be a dental problem, and I'm starting to think that could be part of it, though 9 years isn't usually the age of dental problems with cattle... her sister is 18 and I know her teeth are bad. </p><p>Since she was a bit constipated, and had salt available, I went and got some Epsom salts and she liked that, and ate a bunch of it, maybe that'll help things move better. If she doesn't drink a bit more though I'm going to tube her a bucket of water. She's still chewing cud, so that's still positive, but her hooves are getting well worn from the miles she's walked in the last 2 week... At the rate she's been going I'd venture to guess 10 to 20 miles a day.</p><p></p><p>Another thought we had was she was trying to wean her calf, but since he was born in mid august, he's only 5 1/2 months old.. At the rate she's going, I might wean him anyhow, she's probably not making any milk at this point anyhow</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Nesikep, post: 989203, member: 9096"] I'm really wondering... I did take her temp, 38C, so a smidge high, but not by much. spoke to the vet, might bring her in this week for a checkup... She has gotten back into a habit she had as a calf.. sleeping in my arms... I went up to her when she finally laid down last night, leaned up against her, and she put her head in my lap and slept for a half hour, she must have been really tired... boy were my legs asleep after that No luck getting a video worth anything Took a closer look at her eyes, I can't see anything wrong, I cant say she has 20/20 vision or it's bovine equivalent, but she blinks if I put my hands near her eyes. I did notice she's a bit constipated, and she seems to prefer eating snow to water... I checked the waterer to make sure there's wasn't an electrical problem with it, but the calf drinks from it fine. I brought her some warm water in a bucket and she'd lick at it but wouldn't really drink... Vet said it could be a dental problem, and I'm starting to think that could be part of it, though 9 years isn't usually the age of dental problems with cattle... her sister is 18 and I know her teeth are bad. Since she was a bit constipated, and had salt available, I went and got some Epsom salts and she liked that, and ate a bunch of it, maybe that'll help things move better. If she doesn't drink a bit more though I'm going to tube her a bucket of water. She's still chewing cud, so that's still positive, but her hooves are getting well worn from the miles she's walked in the last 2 week... At the rate she's been going I'd venture to guess 10 to 20 miles a day. Another thought we had was she was trying to wean her calf, but since he was born in mid august, he's only 5 1/2 months old.. At the rate she's going, I might wean him anyhow, she's probably not making any milk at this point anyhow [/QUOTE]
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