wobbly calves

[kato]

Oh yea, if she's really not sucking much, it might be time to tube feed her. It's not hard if you use one of those feeder bags. That big knob on the end makes it pretty hard to go wrong. Just make sure you have it all the way in. Halfway in and you'll drown the calf.

[nerves]

We used to calve about 500 head of cows in January and we would see alot of navel infection in steer calves, we figured because they were peeing on the navel cords and it took many days to dry up because it was freezing and thawing alot. We now calve in april and very rarely see it any more. The best treatment when they were bad was 10cc of synergistin and 10cc of borgal given separatly at the same time in differnt muscle locations. If she is really sick you might have to do it again in a couple of days. Like the last repondant said the infection pocket could break and go inside and be very nasty.

[nerves]

Also forgot to mention feel the navel and squeeze the cord to make sure it is infected. If it is infected the cord will feel like a stick and have an odor to it. If it is soft examine it closer you may also have a hernia. Good luck with her.

[bunny]

Thanks for all the info!! You guys are terrific.
She definitely has an infected navel, and I sure hope she doesn't have an abscess! I gave her the 4th shot of Nuflor yesterday, still kinda droopy. Doesn't have any interest in forage like the other calves either.
I sure don't want to get another one with a navel infection, how about some advice on not having that happen again??? We make sure we have clean bedding for the cow to calve on, clean it up and put down new straw as soon as the calf is out. Any more suggestions??

[dguignio]

If I recall in the fine print of the nuflor info it says it may cause loss of apetite.