3 week old Jersey heifer coming on friday! =) She's here ***PICS

[Ms. Research]

So glad she is doing better.

Hope you both had a BEAUTIFUL day today.

 

[codymax2]

She was full of it today!! Must be feeling real good =P She was racing my 6 year old around the backyard he was on bike! He'd start and say come on Lucy and she'd run like heck, stop and wait for him to call her again Also worked on leading and cleaned up her buns and tail.

So glad she is doing better.

Hope you both had a BEAUTIFUL day today.

 

[Ms. Research]

She was full of it today!! Must be feeling real good =P She was racing my 6 year old around the backyard he was on bike! He'd start and say come on Lucy and she'd run like heck, stop and wait for him to call her again Also worked on leading and cleaned up her buns and tail.

So glad she is doing better.

Hope you both had a BEAUTIFUL day today.

What a BEAUTIFUL day you all had. Alright Lucy! Loved the game she was playing with your son. Truly glad for all of you.

 

[codymax2]

Ok so started her on full milk lastnight and now she has green doo doo all over her backend =/ Back to day 2?

 

[redtailgal]

yep back to day 2.

Keep her there for a couple days this time, and let her finish her medications.

Double check your milk replacer, does it say soy protein on the bag anywhere?

 

[codymax2]

Nope no soy =/ I just want her to gain some weight darn it. I feel bad like I'm starving her

yep back to day 2.

Keep her there for a couple days this time, and let her finish her medications.

Double check your milk replacer, does it say soy protein on the bag anywhere?

 

[redtailgal]

Its hard when you are in this situation. She may end up losing a little weight for now, but its better to have a skinny living calf, than a fat dead one.

Green poo. Does it smell terrible? any blood or clumps? Can you check her temp? (normal is between 101 and 102.5)

If you see mucous (may look like egg whites in the poop), this is a corona virus and the runny poo may last for several days to a week.

I expect, though that this little one has coccidiosis. If she were mine, I'd go ahead and have a vet run a fecal to get a worm load and coccidia check done, just to know where I stood on the situation.

It's all good though, because the sulpha drugs are the drug of choice for treating calves with Coccidia. If she has a high load of coccidia, she may need an extra run of the sulfa drugs.

It may take her a week or more before she can handle her full strength milk again.

 

[codymax2]

I think it was a false alarm I checked where she was laying and I think she was sitting in her poo. Saw her poop when she was put playing today and it looked quite firm, had a little green in it but not horribly smelly. She had poop on the side of her leg too which makes me think she was hangin out in her poop. I'll check her temp in a little bit anf doo another poop check.

Its hard when you are in this situation. She may end up losing a little weight for now, but its better to have a skinny living calf, than a fat dead one.

Green poo. Does it smell terrible? any blood or clumps? Can you check her temp? (normal is between 101 and 102.5)

If you see mucous (may look like egg whites in the poop), this is a corona virus and the runny poo may last for several days to a week.

I expect, though that this little one has coccidiosis. If she were mine, I'd go ahead and have a vet run a fecal to get a worm load and coccidia check done, just to know where I stood on the situation.

It's all good though, because the sulpha drugs are the drug of choice for treating calves with Coccidia. If she has a high load of coccidia, she may need an extra run of the sulfa drugs.

It may take her a week or more before she can handle her full strength milk again.

 

[redtailgal]

OK, well thats much better then.

Theses critters.............sigh.

Your doing great. You life wont revolve around poop much longer, hang in there.

 

[codymax2]

I know!! I feel like a new Mama! hahahaha Just looked at some of your pics, beautiful!! I love Mastiffs!!