cthurman21
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We took a calf to the sale barn about 2 weeks or so ago. He came back to us because the vet said he had swelling. A hernia or something is what they called it and said it could be treated with penicillin.
He was a bottle baby because his mother died while giving birth to him (he was a 200lb calf that we had to pull). Well he had never had grain before but when they sent him back from the sale barn they said after 4 months he was still 200lbs. Which means hes not gaining weight from the bottle (which he is no longer on) nor from the grass he has been eating from the pasture. Well when he came back we showed him what grain is and he now eats it once a day (about a coffee can full) and today we gave him his first shot of penicillin and we put it in the muscle where his back leg is. My grandmother said it was his hip or something like that (not 100% sure). Anyway, he started walking funny after a bit and losing alot of fluid from the area where the hernia is. I walked out to the pasture and walked him around and his walk started getting back to normal and we fed him his grain for the day.
Anyway, I would like to know what your experiences with this type of situation is. Are we doing the right thing? He's he going to be okay? How can we get him to gain the weight that he should be gaining? Is the loss of fluid okay?
I want to thank you ahead of time for your input. I'm fairly new to all of this and since my grandfather died I've tried to step in and help more than before so I'm learning all kinds of things. lol. ((I'm a 22 year old female by the way so I'm completely clueless for the most part - hahahahaha))
He was a bottle baby because his mother died while giving birth to him (he was a 200lb calf that we had to pull). Well he had never had grain before but when they sent him back from the sale barn they said after 4 months he was still 200lbs. Which means hes not gaining weight from the bottle (which he is no longer on) nor from the grass he has been eating from the pasture. Well when he came back we showed him what grain is and he now eats it once a day (about a coffee can full) and today we gave him his first shot of penicillin and we put it in the muscle where his back leg is. My grandmother said it was his hip or something like that (not 100% sure). Anyway, he started walking funny after a bit and losing alot of fluid from the area where the hernia is. I walked out to the pasture and walked him around and his walk started getting back to normal and we fed him his grain for the day.
Anyway, I would like to know what your experiences with this type of situation is. Are we doing the right thing? He's he going to be okay? How can we get him to gain the weight that he should be gaining? Is the loss of fluid okay?
I want to thank you ahead of time for your input. I'm fairly new to all of this and since my grandfather died I've tried to step in and help more than before so I'm learning all kinds of things. lol. ((I'm a 22 year old female by the way so I'm completely clueless for the most part - hahahahaha))