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bloating

  • 20-05-2012 5:33pm
    #1
    whymeagain
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 64 ✭✭


    i`ve a weanling about 10 months old he seems a little bloated what would ye recommend, the vet or a shot of liquid parraffin


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  • #2
    bbam
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,410 ✭✭✭bbam


    Bring him in and try some hay first, start simple, sometimes it's enough to sort it out.
    There was a thread on bloat recently, maybe try the search to see if you can find it.


  • #3
    Muckit
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,173 ✭✭✭✭Muckit


    http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?p=78503208

    Liquid paraffin is good. No harm to give a dose of it to help them pass gas. Yes inside on hay/straw for a while should sort it.

    Vet only really needed in an emergency if they are the size of a house and their breathing is laboured/tongue out.

    My heifer is back on track again, but to air on the side of caution I'm keeping her off paddocks with clover


  • #4
    whymeagain
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 64 ✭✭whymeagain


    thanks for that i gave him a shot liquid parrafin he seems to have gone down a bit


  • #5
    Muckit
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,173 ✭✭✭✭Muckit


    That's good to hear ;)


  • #6
    cj maxx
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15,997 ✭✭✭✭cj maxx


    whymeagain wrote: »
    thanks for that i gave him a shot liquid parrafin he seems to have gone down a bit

    when you say give him a shot of parrafin do you mean bottle actual parrafin into him . how much ?


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  • #7
    whymeagain
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 64 ✭✭whymeagain


    i gave him about 120mls he about 300kgs + , he sound now back to normal i put him with a few cows that were eating silage outside


  • #8
    Farmer Pudsey
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,326 ✭✭✭Farmer Pudsey


    cjmc wrote: »
    when you say give him a shot of parrafin do you mean bottle actual parrafin into him . how much ?

    Liquid parrafin it is a laxitive not parrafin oil just in case you are getting mixed up


  • #9
    cj maxx
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15,997 ✭✭✭✭cj maxx


    Farmer Pudsey wrote: »
    Liquid parrafin it is a laxitive not parrafin oil just in case you are getting mixed up

    i was:D would giving them ivy to eat do the trick. it seems to get them ''moving'' like a laxative


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