Steer calf ate a fabric softener sheet

[TheDunSpunk]

Is this the oddest question you've seen in a while? Probably so.

Well, my mother just came running inside to alert me that "Moo moo just ate a fabric softener sheet!"
Moo moo is a JerseyxHolstein steer, about 3 months old, and I feed him milk twice a day with free choice feed and water, and obviously, softener sheets are a rare delicacy for him.

Should I give him anything to help it pass easier? Are the ingredients of the softener sheet going to kill him? I have no idea why there was a softener sheet in the yard, but my guess is my mother was doing something with clothes and one happened to get blown into the yard (it's a windy day).

[gone-a-milkin]

I am going to guess he will be fine. This was probably a USED sheet, right?
They aren't really big enough to create a blockage, unless it would be a real fluke situation.

If it is any consolation, I once watched a bottle calf eat a whole Walmart sack (the plastic kind).
I was running full out to get it away from him, but failed to make it in time.
Thought for SURE there would be a colicky bloated calf on deaths door by nightfall.

He was perfectly fine! Pooped it out the next day. So yeah.

Good luck.

[Bret]

I'm guessing OK too. Probably will have a little Bounce in its step for a couple days. Makes for softer beef.

I have seen a bright blue plastic bag that I could not get close enough to pull out of a cows mouth, get (regurged) and then pass sometime later. Pasture is near a state road and lots of things get tossed out.

[billinwv]

This too shall pass. Don't worry about it

[MOSSYNUT]

It'll keep the gnats away for awhile.

[Awnry Abe]

Calves eat all sorts of odd things. I watched one devour a shoebox once. Looked to have been enjoying himself, so I didn't stop it. As long as it ain't metal or pokey, I wouldn't worry.

[Lady89]

they eat all sorts of odd things dont they =P

[idigbeets]

Yep seen ours nibbling on a political sign that blew into the field, pulled it away... no issues.

[topside1]

Don't worry he'll sheet it out eventually.....Topside

[mrs whodunit]

My laundry on very windy days sometimes blows over into the neighbors property. Nothing like retrieving chewed up articles. Who knows what they have eaten.