Raising a jersey bull, born 6/23 had him on mild for 10 weeks. Since then he's lost weight even though eating well, and I've started him back on milk which is helping. He has a magnet in him and I gave him pepto-bismol last night and can give him sulfa boluses, but his temp is 101,4. Anybody have any suggestions.
How do you know the bull is losing weight? Worming him in my opinion is just wasting money because of his age, but for piece of mind worm him. Maybe he's just beginning to grow out and is not losing weight at all. If he' eating well why the pepto? Put him on a human scale while holding him, jot down the weight and recheck periodically. I find it unlikely a calf that age is losing weight...Topside
Good luck with holding a 3 month old bull calf while trying to weigh yourself and it on a bathroom scale... Sounds like he's been off milk for 2 weeks - what are you noticing that makes you think he's losing weight? Bones showing? Stunted growth? Is this your first calf/bull calf?
Would it be possible to see a photo? You may be doing everything right. He may just be building structure. I couldn't tell that for sure without seeing the calf.
Calves go through cycles as they grow.
Thanks for the posts, he doesn't look to bad from the front, but doesn't look good from behind it shows. He doesn't look healthy, and I've been raising cattle for years and this is the first time I've seen this. Magnet with bolus gun may help with hardware and pepto because it's the cheapest first line of defense against digestive issues and it turns out this one likes the stuff. He's eating almost 2 lbs of calf (16%) daily, and hay.
2 pounds ain't much. And hay is about worthless at that age, fills the belly but isn't digested as easily as the grain.
I would cut out the hay and up the grain.
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