simba
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This morning when I did chores I found my Feb. 2013 show heifer bloated. I tied her up and tubed her with no luck. I had about 6 feet of tube in her, so I don't know how I couldn't have hit the blockage. I gave her a bottle of Bloat-Ease and my dad and I ran her in the pasture and got her standing uphill on a really steep dirt pile. My dad pushed in her stomach while I held her and we were able to get her mostly back to normal. I kept her in the barn to watch her for 4 hours, then let her back on pasture because she looked fine. Now she's bloating up again.
She's on pasture, but eating oats with 3 other calves twice a day. I put out one small square timothy hay bale every night for her and 7 other animals to pick through. I've been doing this routine with her since May with no problems.
Any ideas on what's causing her to bloat?
Why didn't tubing her work?
What else should I try?
I really hate to see my little girl in distress, thanks in advance.
She's on pasture, but eating oats with 3 other calves twice a day. I put out one small square timothy hay bale every night for her and 7 other animals to pick through. I've been doing this routine with her since May with no problems.
Any ideas on what's causing her to bloat?
Why didn't tubing her work?
What else should I try?
I really hate to see my little girl in distress, thanks in advance.