Boy do I feel silly!

[tailwagging]

The other day I had a calf born.

I went out to feed after taking hubby to work (thinking I might have to take a PG dog to the vet) and there was Bell (mom) licking off a wet calf. So I went down with towels, dried and tried to get the calf to stand. All seemed well so off to get a bottle, tube feeder and bounce back at the feed store, just in case.
when I came back there was afterbirth on the stall floor. I was happy that she had cleaned. A little later I saw a BIG flashy octopus like arm slip out of the cow and hang almost to her hock! OMG It looked JUST like pixs of a prolapsed uterus!!!
I called the vet and left a message. I ran inside got some water (the hoes was frozen) ran back washed "the arm" and rapped it in a chit (large wee wee pad like thing)to keep it clean and waited for the vet to call.

And hour later the vet came and told me it was just some more afterbirth!!! LOL
you can see "buttons" on cow's afterbirth just like you can on a prolapsed uterus. And very unlike dogs'!


Boy do I fell dumb!!! lol I was washing, rapping and worrying over afterbirth!!

I'll never stop learning and blushing lol

[G. Seddon]

No need to blush. Better safe than sorry, and great to see someone call the vet to make sure there isn't a problem.

I've never seen a prolapsed uterus, but I've been told "think of something that would fit in a 5 gal. bucket." And that IS an emergency!

[Christina R.]

I think this is part of first time calving... years ago I kept pushing it back in until the vet could make it out "because my gal was having a prolasped uterus". It was the buttons that threw me off too. Yea, the beginning of a lot to learn.

[ozark_jewels]

Our Brown Swiss prolapsed years ago. Now I know that a true prolapsed uterus cannot be mistaken for anything else. It is truly huge and looks just like something that belongs *inside* the cow, not out.

[Rockytopsis]

The first time I saw the same thing in one of my goats I thought the same thing.
Nancy

[pookshollow]

Don't feel stupid! It's much better to make that mistake and call the vet. If it had been a prolapse and you assumed it was just placenta, now that would be a bad mistake! And you'll know better for next time.

[tailwagging]

What gave the vet a chuckle was, I have worked at dairies, I have raised a small herd of goats, I have been to school for this (over 20 years ago) I should know this.
It was those dang buttons!! lol