gocanes719
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I had a heatwave calf that needed cutting, he is dead sound just getting pretty large so we decided to have him cut today. I normally cut them myself, but with this one being big I decided to take him to the vet. The vet cuts them the same exact way I cut them and everything looks fine. We load him right on the trailer and everything seems okay Very little blood just a drip here and there. I had quite a drive home so I stop to check on him and I have mass quantities of blood. The steer is laying on his side and his head is laying flat on the ground. at this point I am hoping he doesnt bleed to death.I rush home another 40 minutes and get him off the trailer and give him some dex and penicillin and notice that his right rear hock which was fine before is now blown up. The whole hock is swollen up. I for the life of me can't imagine what could have caused this. I hydro'd it tonight but I am really concerned that he fell awkward or if something else caused it related to this castration. I am going to sell the calf for a show steer and I want to make sure he is going to be okay. He seems like he can move on it fine it is just swollen pretty noticeably. Anyone have anything they have doen to alleviate anything like this? I would like to try to get the hock back to its normal size as soon as possible.