Jynuine
Chillin' with the herd
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Hi! So we had a little bullock day before yesterday. I got there just after she had him and he seemed great- mama was chewing on the placenta and baby wasn’t in distress. He got up and went to mama when I went to look and see his sex so they bonded beautifully.
Corinne was being a good mama and very concerned about him- being protective over the other cows getting too close for too long.
By yesterday morning I was concerned about him when I heard him calling out over and over. I haven’t really seen him latch onto mama and she looked as engorged as she did when she gave birth.
He seemed hunched over tail tucked and weaker. He was interested in nursing but couldn’t get a latch properly… so I got him some old colostrum (expired but unopened) replacer while my husband ran to the store to get some fresh so that he got something in him.
He happily took it down and seemed refreshed! Corrine doesn’t really let us handle her but I was able to milk her into the bottle a little as he attempted to nurse off one of her tits- I would angle it into his mouth with his rear facing mama so she could smell him since she was so confused what I was doing.
I would squirt some into the bottle but he would start moving away trying to find his food elsewhere and I had to stop because she would agitate figuring out it wasn’t him back there. He drank down an entire bottle when my husband got back and we gave him a vitamin drentch.
His tongue hangs out of his mouth a bit and he’s very sloppy with it on the bottle.
I’m not sure what’s going on but I suspect it’s neurological. I haven’t had to deal with this before with our cows- only the sheep, so I’m not sure how to milk Corrine since she’s not handleable unless his butt is right there.
I’m fine bottle feeding him if it comes down to that but we’re trying to avoid the milk replacer with soy since it tends to give them scours.
I figure we would just have to let her be with the milk but how would we handle that so she doesn’t get mastitis?
I’m including some footage I took.
Corinne was being a good mama and very concerned about him- being protective over the other cows getting too close for too long.
By yesterday morning I was concerned about him when I heard him calling out over and over. I haven’t really seen him latch onto mama and she looked as engorged as she did when she gave birth.
He seemed hunched over tail tucked and weaker. He was interested in nursing but couldn’t get a latch properly… so I got him some old colostrum (expired but unopened) replacer while my husband ran to the store to get some fresh so that he got something in him.
He happily took it down and seemed refreshed! Corrine doesn’t really let us handle her but I was able to milk her into the bottle a little as he attempted to nurse off one of her tits- I would angle it into his mouth with his rear facing mama so she could smell him since she was so confused what I was doing.
I would squirt some into the bottle but he would start moving away trying to find his food elsewhere and I had to stop because she would agitate figuring out it wasn’t him back there. He drank down an entire bottle when my husband got back and we gave him a vitamin drentch.
His tongue hangs out of his mouth a bit and he’s very sloppy with it on the bottle.
I’m not sure what’s going on but I suspect it’s neurological. I haven’t had to deal with this before with our cows- only the sheep, so I’m not sure how to milk Corrine since she’s not handleable unless his butt is right there.
I’m fine bottle feeding him if it comes down to that but we’re trying to avoid the milk replacer with soy since it tends to give them scours.
I figure we would just have to let her be with the milk but how would we handle that so she doesn’t get mastitis?
I’m including some footage I took.
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