Bottle calf help

FarmD · #1 09/18/14, 09:39 PM

Got calf from a guy that buys from a dairy.
I got her the last Saturday in August so I've had her about 3 weeks.
3 days after I got her she started having explosive yellow green scours that stunk bad.
She wouldn't eat or stand up unless I made her. I was feeding her by syringe.
Took her to the vet who gave her banamine and micotil.
The next morning she took her bottle again and stools firmed up to pudding consistency. Another shot of micotil and she got better. Stools firmed up and were the right color, she ate good, she had energy, etc. for several days. I took fecal sample to vet to check for parasites and got the all clear.
Tonight when I got home and fed her, she ate good then immediately had diarrhea . It was dark green watery stool.

Since she didn't have parasites a couple days ago, is this likely due to over feeding? I'm only feeding twice a day and increased her from 3/4 bottle per time to a whole bottle a couple days ago.

Should I go back down to 3/4 and feed electrolytes midday or take back to vet?

Btw, she is being raised on goat milk.

francismilker · #2 09/18/14, 10:05 PM

There's a million different scenarios for advice here but if she were mine I'd add some electrolytes into her diet and break her feedings down to more frequent smaller feedings. I usually give baytril at 3ccs per hundred lbs and make sure I keep them hydrated.

Did your vet check for coccidiosis when you took in the sample?

FarmD · #3 09/18/14, 10:12 PM

I'm not sure what all he checked for. Her stools had hardened up but I saw a couple small blood streaks so he said bring a same and he'd do a fecal flotation to check for parasites. It was all clear and her stools have looked normal since (even this morning before work) until today.

The diarrhea tonight wasn't the same color and didn't stink like the first time she got sick.

topside1 · #4 09/19/14, 05:39 AM

What breed of calf?

FarmD · #5 09/19/14, 07:23 AM

This is Ruby. The guy I got her from said he had jersey, Holstein, crosses, and swedish red. They were wet with rain when I went but he said he thought she was swedish red but couldn't tell for sure when wet.

FarmD · #6 09/19/14, 07:27 AM

Overnight her poop went from liquid to this pudding consistency.

myheaven · #7 09/19/14, 07:48 AM

Goat milk is richer then cow. Only give her 3\4 a bottle of goat milk. I would back her back down on the milk.

Allen W · #8 09/19/14, 08:40 AM

Green grass, green poop I would say she ate too much grass and got her system a little out of balance.

I'm guessing you have some kind of cool season grass that is growing good right now.

SpaceCadet12364 · #9 09/19/14, 12:51 PM

If milk is too rich mix 1/4 water and that will bring protein level down and keep her hydrated too.