Hi my name's Viki, I lurk here mostly reading posts, sort of learning what I can from you good folks.
We live in NW Florida and have 80+ head of Cattle.
Today I have a question, we have two calves, one born last week and the other two days ago that both appear to be weak and wobbly legged.
The first calf lost her Momma never got her milk in and we put the calf with another Momma who a calf a week older that we knew would take her and so far that has went well, the calf is nursing good, she's putting on weight, has a shiney coat and is super friendly but she is real wobbly when she stands and walks around, and seems to have a lump in the area of her umbilical cord.
The second calf is two days old and apears very weak this morning, Momma has a huge milk bag and seems to be trying to do her job, we have started trying her on a little milk replacer today to try and boost her up until I can get the Vet tomorrow to check on both calves.
Both these Momma's my husband bought at a sale in Jan. '07
so I'm unsure of anything before they got here, we have never seen this problem in any other calves, so any help would be deeply appreciated until I can get the vet in the morning.
Please forgive me for any spelling mistakes, spelling never was really my thing...
And Thanks ahead for any advice...
We live in NW Florida and have 80+ head of Cattle.
Today I have a question, we have two calves, one born last week and the other two days ago that both appear to be weak and wobbly legged.
The first calf lost her Momma never got her milk in and we put the calf with another Momma who a calf a week older that we knew would take her and so far that has went well, the calf is nursing good, she's putting on weight, has a shiney coat and is super friendly but she is real wobbly when she stands and walks around, and seems to have a lump in the area of her umbilical cord.
The second calf is two days old and apears very weak this morning, Momma has a huge milk bag and seems to be trying to do her job, we have started trying her on a little milk replacer today to try and boost her up until I can get the Vet tomorrow to check on both calves.
Both these Momma's my husband bought at a sale in Jan. '07
so I'm unsure of anything before they got here, we have never seen this problem in any other calves, so any help would be deeply appreciated until I can get the vet in the morning.
Please forgive me for any spelling mistakes, spelling never was really my thing...
And Thanks ahead for any advice...