ljenkins73
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Any help is greatly appreciated!
My son's Limousin steer has gradually reduced his feed intake over the last 3 weeks to where he is no longer eating much at all. We have run the gamut of trying different things to get this guy eating and have reached the end of our rope. He weighed 1132 yesterday morning prior to feeding, and will go in the lightweight class at Houston in March, but still needs about 100 more pounds to get him there. He had been eating:
16.5# Producer's steer finisher
5# of heifer grower per day
Feed scoop of cooked corn
6 oz. of P1 from Priority IAC (we began this after we tried adding cooked corn to this ration and he started going off feed)
2 weeks ago we dropped the corn and replaced it with another 2.5 # of finisher, and was still leaving feed.
A week ago he received a Revalor G implant, but intake has continued to drop.
Yesterday we pulled him off the heifer feed (thinking he may not be fond of the molasses), split his feed into 3 feedings, and gave him only 5# of finisher last night to let him get hungry. We also added 1# of rice bran pellets. He did eat last night's ration, but so far today has touched nothing.
He's also become very picky about his hay...he would usually get either tifton or bermuda coastal hay, but we've since had to go to cheap roll grass hay. He still only eats about 1/2 a flake a day, even though we've been offering him a flake per feeding.
The one thing I haven't considered is it's been about 2 months since he's been dewormed. Could this possibly make him go off feed this much?
We've never raised a limi before, so we're not sure if this typical of the breed. Also, there are no other signs of illness.
Thanks again for your input!
My son's Limousin steer has gradually reduced his feed intake over the last 3 weeks to where he is no longer eating much at all. We have run the gamut of trying different things to get this guy eating and have reached the end of our rope. He weighed 1132 yesterday morning prior to feeding, and will go in the lightweight class at Houston in March, but still needs about 100 more pounds to get him there. He had been eating:
16.5# Producer's steer finisher
5# of heifer grower per day
Feed scoop of cooked corn
6 oz. of P1 from Priority IAC (we began this after we tried adding cooked corn to this ration and he started going off feed)
2 weeks ago we dropped the corn and replaced it with another 2.5 # of finisher, and was still leaving feed.
A week ago he received a Revalor G implant, but intake has continued to drop.
Yesterday we pulled him off the heifer feed (thinking he may not be fond of the molasses), split his feed into 3 feedings, and gave him only 5# of finisher last night to let him get hungry. We also added 1# of rice bran pellets. He did eat last night's ration, but so far today has touched nothing.
He's also become very picky about his hay...he would usually get either tifton or bermuda coastal hay, but we've since had to go to cheap roll grass hay. He still only eats about 1/2 a flake a day, even though we've been offering him a flake per feeding.
The one thing I haven't considered is it's been about 2 months since he's been dewormed. Could this possibly make him go off feed this much?
We've never raised a limi before, so we're not sure if this typical of the breed. Also, there are no other signs of illness.
Thanks again for your input!