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3 week old Jersey heifer coming on friday! =) She's here ***PICS
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redtailgal
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If your gonna have livestock, you need to find a vet and develop a relationship with him/her. (I dont mean that as mean as it sounds, I am typing with a smile)
Yes, go back to square one. Use the sulfa pills again, run them for two full weeks.
In the meantime, try to figure out what is causing this. FOr instance:
Does her milk replacer have soy protein or milk protein? Soy protein causes scours pretty frequently. Check the bag, look in the ingredients for soy. If the bag has soy in it, dump it in the ditch and get some milk protein.
Is she on grass? if so reintroduce her milk (see post 21) and keep her off the grass for a couple days after she is getting the full strength milk. Once she handles the milk without nasty poop, give her an hour on grass. If she does well and does not have runny poop the next day, give her two hours. Continue building her time on the grass like this, until you have her on grass all day. If she developes the runs, take her back off the grass and reintroduce slower.
Check your pasture for large areas of clover.......this will cause scours in calves.
Her gut may be off balance, try adding half a cup of unflavored yogurt to her bottle once a day for three days, or go to the farm store and get some probios powder to add to her bottle once a day for a week.
She can have 30 cc of pepto (oral) once a day for three days.
I know this is alot, but I tried to cover everything I could think of since you will not be able to get online.
Yes, go back to square one. Use the sulfa pills again, run them for two full weeks.
In the meantime, try to figure out what is causing this. FOr instance:
Does her milk replacer have soy protein or milk protein? Soy protein causes scours pretty frequently. Check the bag, look in the ingredients for soy. If the bag has soy in it, dump it in the ditch and get some milk protein.
Is she on grass? if so reintroduce her milk (see post 21) and keep her off the grass for a couple days after she is getting the full strength milk. Once she handles the milk without nasty poop, give her an hour on grass. If she does well and does not have runny poop the next day, give her two hours. Continue building her time on the grass like this, until you have her on grass all day. If she developes the runs, take her back off the grass and reintroduce slower.
Check your pasture for large areas of clover.......this will cause scours in calves.
Her gut may be off balance, try adding half a cup of unflavored yogurt to her bottle once a day for three days, or go to the farm store and get some probios powder to add to her bottle once a day for a week.
She can have 30 cc of pepto (oral) once a day for three days.
I know this is alot, but I tried to cover everything I could think of since you will not be able to get online.
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Thanks so much again for your help! Yes she is on grass, I'll keep her off till this gets better and get to tsc today to pick up more sulfa pills, and electrolytes. and add pepto and yogurt to my grocery list, ugg these kids =P
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i love her!! i got some jerseys a few months ago and i love them!
