First off I'm not going to spend money sending this cow to a vet, she is holding her weight fine, eating well and keeping her calf healthy... but she is going to grow wheels at weaning time (sell as a slaughter cow).
With that said, last winter I noticed she was urinating often, seemed like a little every 10 or 15 minutes. I caught her up twice during her preg. and took her temp. All was normal except a need to pee all the time. I thought maybe the calf was putting pressure on her bladder (??). Yesterday while setting CIDR's, I got her in the chute and again she had a normal temp (she is still urinating very often and only small amounts). So I went to set the CIDR and without much force or effort I could not get the CIDR to even begin to go in. I was going to try again when I noticed a steady slow stream of blood, I'm 100% sure I did not cause any wall damage by my effort. I'm sure she has some sort of blockage.... Tumor?
BTW, she has always produced one of the best calves in the groups, consistantly 550 to 600Lb weaning weights, she has thrown 6 bulls and this year finally gave me a heifer on her 7 calf. But this calf is smaller and has yet to show me much growth.
Thanks,
Alan
With that said, last winter I noticed she was urinating often, seemed like a little every 10 or 15 minutes. I caught her up twice during her preg. and took her temp. All was normal except a need to pee all the time. I thought maybe the calf was putting pressure on her bladder (??). Yesterday while setting CIDR's, I got her in the chute and again she had a normal temp (she is still urinating very often and only small amounts). So I went to set the CIDR and without much force or effort I could not get the CIDR to even begin to go in. I was going to try again when I noticed a steady slow stream of blood, I'm 100% sure I did not cause any wall damage by my effort. I'm sure she has some sort of blockage.... Tumor?
BTW, she has always produced one of the best calves in the groups, consistantly 550 to 600Lb weaning weights, she has thrown 6 bulls and this year finally gave me a heifer on her 7 calf. But this calf is smaller and has yet to show me much growth.
Thanks,
Alan