Post by Lannie on Dec 3, 2021 13:36:01 GMT -5
Is this an emergency? I found Cricket straining this morning with several inches of ugly red flower poking out of her. She'd pooped on it, naturally. I threw a glove on, wiped off most of the poop, and pushed (really hard!) until it went back in, then stood there with my hand in her vulva until she stopped pushing against me. For about 5 minutes, she kept her tail raised, but didn't push it back out.
Finally, she relaxed a bit more and her tail dropped to normal, so I went ahead and milked her (her udder was quite full), then as soon as she left the stanchion she peed out about 5 gallons of pee. It was a gushing waterfall! I assume she'd been prolapsed for a while and it was interfering with her being able to pee?
I was going to call the vet, but the vet will say bring her in, and when we get there, she'll say nothing's wrong with her. But I don't know if this is likely to happen again or not. I've heard of them doing this shortly after calving and it's like a one-off thing, but it's been 6 weeks now since she calved, and this just came out of nowhere. Not really nowhere, about 5 or 6 years ago (I can't remember), she had a slight protrusion while she was birthing one of her calves. It was nothing, it went back in, and I haven't seen anything like it since, until this morning.
This is another new thing I've never had happen, so I'm just looking for advice on what's the best thing to do. Mind you, the vet is NOT good, and if I can avoid taking her there, I'd rather not. Unless she's likely to need a couple of stitches to keep it from coming out again, then I guess I have to take her. If I had the lidocaine, needle, and cord needed to do it, I'd do it myself. But I don't.
Compounding THIS problem is Rich is feeling "funny" in the heart area today, so I made him stay in the house this morning while I did chores myself. I'm trying to decide it HE needs to go to the doctor, too, and with both of them possibly needing doctor care on the same day, I'm a bit frazzled. Since it's Friday, if I have to take Cricket in, it would have to be today, but what if Rich gets worse on the way? Our "vet" doesn't have emergency services, no farm calls, and your cow had better get sick during normal business hours or else.
Some days I wish I was on another planet, believe me.
Finally, she relaxed a bit more and her tail dropped to normal, so I went ahead and milked her (her udder was quite full), then as soon as she left the stanchion she peed out about 5 gallons of pee. It was a gushing waterfall! I assume she'd been prolapsed for a while and it was interfering with her being able to pee?
I was going to call the vet, but the vet will say bring her in, and when we get there, she'll say nothing's wrong with her. But I don't know if this is likely to happen again or not. I've heard of them doing this shortly after calving and it's like a one-off thing, but it's been 6 weeks now since she calved, and this just came out of nowhere. Not really nowhere, about 5 or 6 years ago (I can't remember), she had a slight protrusion while she was birthing one of her calves. It was nothing, it went back in, and I haven't seen anything like it since, until this morning.
This is another new thing I've never had happen, so I'm just looking for advice on what's the best thing to do. Mind you, the vet is NOT good, and if I can avoid taking her there, I'd rather not. Unless she's likely to need a couple of stitches to keep it from coming out again, then I guess I have to take her. If I had the lidocaine, needle, and cord needed to do it, I'd do it myself. But I don't.
Compounding THIS problem is Rich is feeling "funny" in the heart area today, so I made him stay in the house this morning while I did chores myself. I'm trying to decide it HE needs to go to the doctor, too, and with both of them possibly needing doctor care on the same day, I'm a bit frazzled. Since it's Friday, if I have to take Cricket in, it would have to be today, but what if Rich gets worse on the way? Our "vet" doesn't have emergency services, no farm calls, and your cow had better get sick during normal business hours or else.
Some days I wish I was on another planet, believe me.