Kaopectate anyone?

Quinny · #21 08/02/14, 10:41 PM

Yeah my neighbor had used kaopectate on his scouring calves and it worked wonders on the stopping diarrhea and preventing dehydration. Apparently I can get it at any drug store on Canada but I haven't added it to my supplies yet cause her diarrhea luckily cleared up on its own! Thanks for your help! I followed my vets advice and used my neighbors tips and tricks and saved myself a thousand dollars lol and we are all pretty relieved that she may live a normal life as a regular cow and now I know what to do for next time if this happens again

purplequeenvt · #22 08/03/14, 04:01 PM

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Originally Posted by Quinny

Okay first of all as I mentioned in my previous post, the problems are coming from being tube fed. I tried pail and she doesn't like the taste of the milk. And another thing, my vet doesn't even want to see her because he knows where the problems are coming from regardless of what he sees. He's not stupid and just tells me to keep doing what I'm doing. I came on here for advice on scours from personal experiences, not to be judged just because pepper hasn't seen a vet. She doesn't need to because she's making huge improvements. I just wanted personal experience advice. Nobody wants to spend more on a vet than a cow will be worth. I love her dearly but sadly she is a cow with a bad start and she will not make a good mother so we will not be keeping her.

She was pulled off her mother at 3 weeks of age because mothers milk went bad and she refused to suck on the bottle and never did like the taste of milk. I'm going to try pail feeding fresh farm milk to her if I accidentally am giving too much milk powder.

I thought this site was about helping each other and giving each other advice without paying a ton of money for a vet, I guess I was wrong. Sorry.

Raw whole cow milk is way better than the best MR.

Try not to take what people are saying as a personal attack. You asked for advice and people are offering their opinions. I completely understand not wanting to spend the money on the vet, but using a forum, while a great tool, is sometimes not enough of a substitute.

None of us can see your calf and so we are making suggestions and drawing conclusions off of what you describe.

What do you mean by her mother's milk went "bad". Did she get mastitis? Given the trouble that you've been having with your calf and her mother's "bad" milk, I wonder if they are both dealing with some kind of bacterial infection.

I had a calf years ago that lost her mother at a month old and she never bonded to people. I had to corner her every time I fed her. She was insane to the point of trying to injure me once she reached 18 months. Those calves that are orphaned - be it by death or by removal - at an older age can be tricky.

mjlitt · #23 08/03/14, 07:15 PM

My mother used to brown plain flour in a fry pan and mix with water to feed calves with scours. It worked bit I don't know why.

tab · #24 08/03/14, 08:09 PM

Forgot to add, probiotics, esp. After giving antibiotics, can help gut flora.

Quinny · #25 08/03/14, 09:57 PM

It's hard to say what happened with her mother, she is 12 years old and her bag was massive when we found poor little 2 week old pepper laying the grass extremely skinny. I know she was sucking for the first week of her life at least and then her mother might have been kicking her off due to pain or pepper stopped sucking because the milk was disgusting. Pepper was sucking off the hair on her mothers neck instead of the teat. She absolutely loves the lamb nipple though!! I'm so surprised at how aggressive she is with that little lamb nipple.

Even after all pepper and I have been through together she still is wary of me when I let her out in the yard and she's running around. I have a halter on her though so she's easy to catch. It's very true that older calves are much harder to gain trust