Post by raerae on Aug 25, 2019 21:56:34 GMT -5
I don't know what I don't knew ands I figured there's gotta be someone else who does, or who has the same issues...
First, my set up is not ideal for dealing with milking. Double that for dealing with mastitis.
(Quick recap: first time Holstein heifer, due end of October, fly mastitis, one quarter. Vet catheterized Monday and swore it wasn't infection. Gave systemic antibiotics just in case. Fly treatment daily, firmness went to solid rock between Friday and Saturday. First real stripping and infusion of Today Saturday evening. No heat, no redness, I think no fever, although my thermometer only worked once then gives Err message so it's trash. She's behaving normally, the other day she was a bit off, but it was unreal hot that day. And yes, I'm am idiot.)
Charlotte was much better behaved today, but still needed dh to push her into the headgate cage and hold tight a belly rope to pull her to the side so I can reach.
I'm stripping onto the ground/floor of cage and flushing it with bleach.
I'm bleaching everything I'm using. I'm using iodine on her before and after. I'm wearing gloves.
She's still hard tonight, but has softened around the edges. Like the skin had loosened. Like massaging a package of frozen beef inside a rubber bag.
It was a putrid smelling yellow mess of string.
It smells less now, went from yellow string to yellow pudding to pink pudding to blood to bloody serum and still hard but nothing more coming.
Infusion of today didn't want to stay put or be pushed up into the quarter, lost a little of it before I got it to stop running out.
I've never dealt with mastitis. Especially in a dry heifer. I've no idea what to expect, how to tell if there's improvement, what else I could be doing. What I'm doing wrong.
I have DMSO, but it's the cream, not the liquid. I have banamine. I have LA 200, but someone said something about it causing abortion? I can get penicillin.... I can take her back to the vet....
I've scoured the TOK and it's all about wet cows or veteran cows or drying off cows...... and nothing prepared me for the funk and gunk. Nothing like the little bits and flecks on filters.
I'm freaked.
First, my set up is not ideal for dealing with milking. Double that for dealing with mastitis.
(Quick recap: first time Holstein heifer, due end of October, fly mastitis, one quarter. Vet catheterized Monday and swore it wasn't infection. Gave systemic antibiotics just in case. Fly treatment daily, firmness went to solid rock between Friday and Saturday. First real stripping and infusion of Today Saturday evening. No heat, no redness, I think no fever, although my thermometer only worked once then gives Err message so it's trash. She's behaving normally, the other day she was a bit off, but it was unreal hot that day. And yes, I'm am idiot.)
Charlotte was much better behaved today, but still needed dh to push her into the headgate cage and hold tight a belly rope to pull her to the side so I can reach.
I'm stripping onto the ground/floor of cage and flushing it with bleach.
I'm bleaching everything I'm using. I'm using iodine on her before and after. I'm wearing gloves.
She's still hard tonight, but has softened around the edges. Like the skin had loosened. Like massaging a package of frozen beef inside a rubber bag.
It was a putrid smelling yellow mess of string.
It smells less now, went from yellow string to yellow pudding to pink pudding to blood to bloody serum and still hard but nothing more coming.
Infusion of today didn't want to stay put or be pushed up into the quarter, lost a little of it before I got it to stop running out.
I've never dealt with mastitis. Especially in a dry heifer. I've no idea what to expect, how to tell if there's improvement, what else I could be doing. What I'm doing wrong.
I have DMSO, but it's the cream, not the liquid. I have banamine. I have LA 200, but someone said something about it causing abortion? I can get penicillin.... I can take her back to the vet....
I've scoured the TOK and it's all about wet cows or veteran cows or drying off cows...... and nothing prepared me for the funk and gunk. Nothing like the little bits and flecks on filters.
I'm freaked.