Post by Deleted on Apr 23, 2006 22:25:20 GMT -5
I haven't heard of any news on nimue, or haven't seen any atleast. Either way, Sassy calved Sunday @ 4:30AM. It wasn't natural, had to pull due to the calf size, and to make it easier on her, vs pushing and pushing. Well after we came back down at 7:00, she didn't get up yet, what happened was she pinched a nerve, so it wasn't easy for her to get up. I had the vet come down, and he diagnosed her with Milk Fever. He sees it mostly in 4-5 year olds, not 2yr olds, but he has seen it before. She received half bottle of calcium IV, and 1/2 bottle subputaneously. She did get up after it took hold, and is doing much better than Sunday morning. We did milk her out some, got 3 gallons out of her. Taking it slow atleast for the next 3 milkings, then will start milking her out more. Hopefully we can get her back into a tie stall by Thursday, or maybe Wednesday depending how she does. The hobbles will be removed hopefully Tuesday (vet put them on because of her size, and because of that pinched nerve, didn't want her to split/dislocate her hips). Now the key is getting her through this week, and put some condition on her.
How about the calf? The calf was a bull calf . He is 100lbs, and is 33" tall. A BIG calf for a first calf heifer, and I used a calving ease bull as well. Bulls are big, and when he was coming hard, I knew he was a bull, looked like one too. Bulls have big hips, they are bigger boned, and do calve harder. I do wish that calf was a heifer, would be a nice heifer too. But hey, I got something, and she got through the first day. The next one due is this one.
She is due the 22nd of May..
Jeff
How about the calf? The calf was a bull calf . He is 100lbs, and is 33" tall. A BIG calf for a first calf heifer, and I used a calving ease bull as well. Bulls are big, and when he was coming hard, I knew he was a bull, looked like one too. Bulls have big hips, they are bigger boned, and do calve harder. I do wish that calf was a heifer, would be a nice heifer too. But hey, I got something, and she got through the first day. The next one due is this one.
She is due the 22nd of May..
Jeff