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Leg injury question

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Circle M

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I bought a cow calf pair at the sale barn last thursday, i looked her and her calf over well before the auction and seemed to be in good shape , walked around fine, she came into the ring with her calf and walked back and forth just fine, i bought her, then when i went to pick her up she was limping real bad and favouring her back right leg, i ask the yard staff about it, and get the " who knows what happened response" so i bring her home put her and her calf in a seprate pen where she does not have to walk far for feed and water, still limping this morning so i called the vet , can't come out to busy, but says just give her time... I ran her through the chute and gave her a shot of LA 200 , My question is what can i do for her In the mean time ? ..Thankyou
 
Like the vet says..."wait"...

Or, you could get her back in the chute and check the bottom of
her foot to see if she has something stuck in it or between her
toes.

You could take her temperature to see if she is running a temerature.
I sure wouldn't give her anymore antibiotic til I was certain she
needed it. We had a cow limping here and now she's fine. and we
did nothing to her.
 
Could she have slipped on icy or muddy salebarn alleys or pens? We see a bunch of that during the winter. A week or two later they are as good as new! We had a cow get cut bad between her toes on the left front. And she was in a meadow where it never got dried out. We took here home and gave her treatment and she wouldnt even put weight on it for most of the summer. Almost sent her down the trail, but really liked her makeup so she stuck around. She raised a dandy steer calf last year while limping around the mountain. If you saw her today you'd never know how bad she once was! Not a trace of limp and has a pretty smaller version of herself following her around! :D
 
Few years back I had a neighbor bull get into our pasture and fought with my bull. Injured his front leg. Vet said from the sound of it (he wouldn't come out either) that the leg was broke. He walked like it was broke.....

It was in the knee area. He wouldn't do much more than put it on the ground and hop. Was really swollen when we found him, and he was down. Got him up and it took forever to get him walked to the corrals. Since the vet wouldn't come out, and I could see no way that he could possibly ride the 30 mile trip to the vets office. I just got me some of those bolus asprins and beat two of them up and put them in a lil sweet feed mornin and night. I done that for about 3 weeks. It was still a little swollen....but when I went out to feed one evenin, he'd jumped the gate and was out with the cows. I figured, ok, if he can do that, he's well enuff to stay out. Used him for 2 more years after that with no problems. Other than his leg was a bit knock kneed on that side. It didn't seem to phase him none.

So if nothing else....try the bolus asprin...relatively cheap.....for pain and swelling.
 
Thanks guys i appreciate your advice, gives me hope, I took an old fall calver and her calf to sell the same day , i wanted to trade up, then since i got her home i have been kickin myself , but your past experiences give me hope , i just hate to see her hobble around like that.
 
My vet sold me a product called Tetrdura its suppoze to be a high powered LA200 for feet and foot rot.
I think we all agree give her sometime. I wonder if the seller gave her some bute befroe he sold her and thats why she was sold. I take all my probelms to the sale barn.
 
the_jersey_lilly_2000 said:
Few years back I had a neighbor bull get into our pasture and fought with my bull. Injured his front leg. Vet said from the sound of it (he wouldn't come out either) that the leg was broke. He walked like it was broke.....

It was in the knee area. He wouldn't do much more than put it on the ground and hop. Was really swollen when we found him, and he was down. Got him up and it took forever to get him walked to the corrals. Since the vet wouldn't come out, and I could see no way that he could possibly ride the 30 mile trip to the vets office. I just got me some of those bolus asprins and beat two of them up and put them in a lil sweet feed mornin and night. I done that for about 3 weeks. It was still a little swollen....but when I went out to feed one evenin, he'd jumped the gate and was out with the cows. I figured, ok, if he can do that, he's well enuff to stay out. Used him for 2 more years after that with no problems. Other than his leg was a bit knock kneed on that side. It didn't seem to phase him none.

So if nothing else....try the bolus asprin...relatively cheap.....for pain and swelling.
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To even cover up the bitter taste/smell of aspirin, POUR some cheap pancake syrup over it the feed and med's. They'll love you forever and be hooked !!! :lol:
 
I bought a small herd of cows from a farmer who was quitting last summer. 3 of which were a bit lame. The herd was from 3yrs. to 9 yrs old. It turns out the youngest lame one responded to a shot of antibiotic but the older 2 both had a hip problem that couldn't be helped and I ended up shooting both of them. All because I didn't look closely enough to see the difference between foot rot/cracked hoof and bad joints. Bad deal for me, but a good lesson.
 
The video at Valley would show if the cow was lame when she went through the ring, they take one of every sale. If she crippled herself after you bought her their insurance should pay.

All auctions are buyer beware.
 
I would agree with greekrch, if she was fine going through the ring and crippled herself later, the barn's insurance should compensate the buyer. That's why the consignor gets charged for it. If the auction balks it might be time to look for a new auction barn.
 

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