Big Man is feeling better

[farmgirl6]

Me and the big man - he is back to normal, he gave a a nasty scare a week ago, he went off his hay, wasn't himself, brought him in on the cross ties for a grooming and going over, cocked his tail and passed almost pure blood...scared the living snot out of me - didn't even untie him, ran as fast as I could to the house, grabbed a bottle of the strongest anitbiotic I have on hand, shot him up with a massive does, then put him in a big stall deep with shavings, was in for five days on medicated feed. He was back on his feed by the next day, seems to feel just fine now...

[Cheryl aka JM]

Glad he feels better! Such a pretty boy!

[Farmerjonathan]

Do you use him as an ox?

[agmantoo]

Have you placed a magnet into his stomach? If not, I would suggest you consider doing that.

[gone-a-milkin]

Oh, Norman!! Don't scare us like that.

Glad to hear he perked back up for you.

Thanks for the excellent pics too.

[farmgirl6]

Originally Posted by Farmerjonathan

Do you use him as an ox?

i do not have a collar though have rigged up a rope before to have him help me pull a round bale out out of the bed of my pickup truck, if I had a collar I would probably have him pull stumps and such, he just follows where I lead him and figure anything tied to his giant body is coming along as well

[farmgirl6]

Originally Posted by agmantoo

Have you placed a magnet into his stomach? If not, I would suggest you consider doing that.

how does one put a magnet in a cows stomach? it seemed to be bacterial, cleared up as soon as I put him on medicated feed and antibiotics

[gone-a-milkin]

You shoot the magnet down their throat the same way you give a pill: with a bolusing gun.
This pic is of 2 magnets, they are very strong.

[solsikkefarms]

as kids grampa would have us play hunt for the magnet in the field... ah, good times.

[Cheribelle]

That is a great picture! So glad he's doing OK!

[Allen W]

Thats a big boy