Posted by LAA on December 16, 2011 at 06:57:00 from (86.51.147.113):
In Reply to: O/T: Heifer down... posted by ChrisinMO on December 16, 2011 at 06:37:46:
Blood in her nostril is just from the horn injury leaking through the sinuses, no big deal. She most likely exhausted herself when her hoof was stuck, it is really best to keep them up after something like that and make sure they eat and give a shot of cortizone if you have it. She needs to get up, I would take her some feed and water where she is and let her be for 15 minutes or so and then get her up, it may sound cruel but this is when you need a hotshot, a cow is no different than you or me, she won't want to stand if it hurts or if she feels weak so you have to make her stand, she will never get well laying on the ground. If you can't make her get up on her own sling her up with a front end loader if you have one or a tractor boom pole, keep her up and gradually let her down and make her support more of her own weight. You have a good chance since it has only been one day and shes a heifer but you need to take action now.
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