Put them on full.
They were on green feed.
Late in the day.
Dry hay free choice.
ALL the above is good.
Bloatguard breaks big bubbles into little ones.
Laundry soap mixed with salt will do the same.
1/2 cup to 50# is recommended--so I use a full cup. If a little is good,......
Any bloat prevention product has to be in their system before they hit the possible bloat source.
I use powdered soap w/o bleach---mix it with loose 'mineral' salt----not that there's enuf mineral in it to bless yourself with, but it's colored so you can see what kinda blend you're getting. I've used soap on 3rd cutting that i debated whether or not to cut---had some get 'full' but you could always see hip.
ps---on bloated cattle, i'll stick 'em faster than you can say ''well,bob's my uncle'----kinda a little triangle between hip, rib---you know where it's at, it sticks out like sore thumb on empty cow. well, actually it sticks in like one. anyway, center of that, might have to stick something in to keep it open---if they got one last gasp left, it'll save them---bloat kills by putting pressure on diaphram and suffocating them.
Shoot, i even bloated myself one time---woke up with horrible sour stomach, fished the arm and hammer outa the fridge, evidently a bunch came out as it was kinda coagulated----deperate times, i stirred it into a slurry of oatmeal consistency and down the hatch---in about 2 min I'M bloated---and wondering where to stick and what to use for trocar----on the floor, can't get my breath---finally got pressure moving towards rear of the bus----shortly after, wife came out, shutting winders and talking about thunder and wasn't sposed to rain....
