Mpickett
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- May 20, 2012
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My market steer has footrot, the fair is in two months and i believe he has had it for about a month...sounds like i havent tried to heal him, but I have.
At first I just noticed him laying around alot because its been raining alot so I just figured he was staying out of the rain, but then it started to dry out and one day I watched him try and stand up and then tried to walk and noticed he was kind of lame, so I called my grandpa and told him and he told me to have him checked out so the next day we put him in the squeeze chute and I was told he did have foot rot in atleast 3 of his feet. So we gave him 45ml of LA 200 and then soaked him in Zinc Sulfate for 30 minutes, two days later we gave him another 45ml of LA 200 but then he got big knots on his neck so I didn't want to keep giving it to him. I've been soaking him in the zinc for about 2 weeks twice a day for 30 mins every time.
I then talked to a older gentlemen and he told me to soak him in bleach with a half cup to 1 gallon ratio.
The point of my topic is to ask you all what you had to say or offer as to get him healed quickly.
I think I am going to be taking him to the vet in a couple days, I hadnt earlier because I thought it would be expensive but I guess it's only $50 here to get him checked out...but then you have to pay for
antibiotics
whew okay, done typing
thanks everyone!
At first I just noticed him laying around alot because its been raining alot so I just figured he was staying out of the rain, but then it started to dry out and one day I watched him try and stand up and then tried to walk and noticed he was kind of lame, so I called my grandpa and told him and he told me to have him checked out so the next day we put him in the squeeze chute and I was told he did have foot rot in atleast 3 of his feet. So we gave him 45ml of LA 200 and then soaked him in Zinc Sulfate for 30 minutes, two days later we gave him another 45ml of LA 200 but then he got big knots on his neck so I didn't want to keep giving it to him. I've been soaking him in the zinc for about 2 weeks twice a day for 30 mins every time.
I then talked to a older gentlemen and he told me to soak him in bleach with a half cup to 1 gallon ratio.
The point of my topic is to ask you all what you had to say or offer as to get him healed quickly.
I think I am going to be taking him to the vet in a couple days, I hadnt earlier because I thought it would be expensive but I guess it's only $50 here to get him checked out...but then you have to pay for
antibiotics
whew okay, done typing
thanks everyone!