Post by aatx on Jan 31, 2019 8:45:38 GMT -5
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We had our first mini zebu heifer born here on Jan. 8th. Her mom, Ellie, is a favorite, so she's really special. The weekend after she was born, we moved Ellie and Bella over to the normal maternity pen. She did good out there, enjoying the sun and exploring. Monday, Jan 14th, was a holiday for us, so I was out at noon watching them. Bella was nibbling at the dirt along the fence-line - normal calf behavior. Suddenly she tripped and went head first into the ground. But she popped back up quickly. I could tell there was some blood coming from her mouth, though. I assumed she busted her lip. Seemed to act okay otherwise. I went back an hour or so later and could tell something was up with a tooth - it was sticking out much too far.
A quick google yielded results varying from permanent damage and not being able to eat right as an adult, to no big deal. But I saw the most occurrences of them needing the tooth pulled and tissue sewn up. Called my parents and they thought she needed to get into the vet. My parents use a different vet than I do, but my vet is really close, so I called my vet and they told me I could bring her up there for a look. Thankfully my parents arrived home as I was about to load her up into my car. We ended up going in their truck with me holding her/sitting beside her in the backseat.
It was a bit hard to tell what was going on with the mud and blood in her mouth. Vet (I think, could have been a vet tech as I've never met any of the large animal staff) came out, had a look, and plucked the tooth out! Bled some, but not too much. No need for stitches or antibiotics. We were told to go home and flush it out with a syringe and water and to make sure she kept nursing. The other tooth was loose, but he thought it would tighten back up.
We were able to flush out a lot of the mud and blood and got her back in with mom. Did not see her nurse that evening, but did see her nurse the next day. Seems to be doing fine now, we just call her our little snaggletooth!
What I came out to:
How it looked waiting for vet.
After vet pulled tooth and we wiped off some blood and mud.
Content in the truck.
She had no desire to get out when we got back home. She was warm and out of the wind.
We had our first mini zebu heifer born here on Jan. 8th. Her mom, Ellie, is a favorite, so she's really special. The weekend after she was born, we moved Ellie and Bella over to the normal maternity pen. She did good out there, enjoying the sun and exploring. Monday, Jan 14th, was a holiday for us, so I was out at noon watching them. Bella was nibbling at the dirt along the fence-line - normal calf behavior. Suddenly she tripped and went head first into the ground. But she popped back up quickly. I could tell there was some blood coming from her mouth, though. I assumed she busted her lip. Seemed to act okay otherwise. I went back an hour or so later and could tell something was up with a tooth - it was sticking out much too far.
A quick google yielded results varying from permanent damage and not being able to eat right as an adult, to no big deal. But I saw the most occurrences of them needing the tooth pulled and tissue sewn up. Called my parents and they thought she needed to get into the vet. My parents use a different vet than I do, but my vet is really close, so I called my vet and they told me I could bring her up there for a look. Thankfully my parents arrived home as I was about to load her up into my car. We ended up going in their truck with me holding her/sitting beside her in the backseat.
It was a bit hard to tell what was going on with the mud and blood in her mouth. Vet (I think, could have been a vet tech as I've never met any of the large animal staff) came out, had a look, and plucked the tooth out! Bled some, but not too much. No need for stitches or antibiotics. We were told to go home and flush it out with a syringe and water and to make sure she kept nursing. The other tooth was loose, but he thought it would tighten back up.
We were able to flush out a lot of the mud and blood and got her back in with mom. Did not see her nurse that evening, but did see her nurse the next day. Seems to be doing fine now, we just call her our little snaggletooth!
What I came out to:
How it looked waiting for vet.
After vet pulled tooth and we wiped off some blood and mud.
Content in the truck.
She had no desire to get out when we got back home. She was warm and out of the wind.