steer keeps bloating

CM Livestock · Jul 26, 2011

400 lbs feeder steer keeps bloating he is getting 8 lbs of show feed and allthe grass hay he wants but he is always a little tight any sugestions
the feed he is on is 60% corn,20% cotton seed hulls,10% oats,5% soy meal, and 5% mollasses

LLBUX · Jul 26, 2011

Had a similar steer. I started feeding a little corn or soybean oil and the bloat quit for me.

WBar Farms · Jul 26, 2011

vitaferm

angus214 · Jul 26, 2011

Baking soda works great!

PSC · Jul 26, 2011

put baking soda on feed at every feeding or mineral oil both work great

farmin female · Jul 28, 2011

A 400 lb calf is still a baby. I would back off of some of the corn and put him on some probios to help his tummy out and feed him a starter ration. Purina makes some starter feeds and I am sure there are others out there. That small and they are usually still on creep, grass and mama's milk. Don't push him now, you may end up ruining his stomach.

SlickTxMaine · Jul 28, 2011

I've used a bloat block the last two years. The calves lick on it as needed and it did the trick. Pretty idiot proof. I have also fed vitafirm sure champ the last two years and calves stil bloated.

BovineGirl · Jul 30, 2011

Bloat Block, we had 2 steer that did that and it kept them from bloating...we also stopped them on grain and gave them more hay!

DrJack · Jul 31, 2011

I don't know where you are located, but that is a really high corn ration for a calf that size this time of year. I would back it down to no more than 40% corn and keep the calf cool. High summer heat and high corn makes for serious bloat problems. Get a bloat block or add the baking soda like suggested. Might try to get some probios paste down him too. That always worked for me.

CM Livestock · Jul 31, 2011

DrJack said:
I don't know where you are located, but that is a really high corn ration for a calf that size this time of year. I would back it down to no more than 40% corn and keep the calf cool. High summer heat and high corn makes for serious bloat problems. Get a bloat block or add the baking soda like suggested. Might try to get some probios paste down him too. That always worked for me.

I have been feeding this ration for a couple of years now and have never had a problem with it but this year is different maybe I will add a starter pellet toit like purina precon or something

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