Cow spitting up the cud

cacs

I have a cow spitting out the cud.
She is on good quality first cut silage .
Any suggestions

Kovu

cathal irwin wrote: »

I have a cow spitting out the cud.
She is on good quality first cut silage .
Any suggestions

Old/young cow? Have you opened her gob and looked at her tongue/teeth?

cacs

Kovu wrote: »

Old/young cow? Have you opened her gob and looked at her tongue/teeth?

No I haven't checked her mouth. She is just gone 3. she had a hard calfing lost the calf . She did retain the cleanings. Put her on a course of antibiotics

Kovu

cathal irwin wrote: »

No I haven't checked her mouth. She is just gone 3. she had a hard calfing lost the calf . She did retain the cleanings. Put her on a course of antibiotics

She's still getting her teeth so. I dunno, numerous things can cause it like eating things that get stuck in the rumen or timber tongue. But I'd still be looking at the easiest thing to access first and have a glance in her mouth.

Is she still passing ok, so just spitting out the cud on occasion? It's definitely cud as well, not just dropping out as she chews?

cacs

Kovu wrote: »

She's still getting her teeth so. I dunno, numerous things can cause it like eating things that get stuck in the rumen or timber tongue. But I'd still be looking at the easiest thing to access first and have a glance in her mouth.

Is she still passing ok, so just spitting out the cud on occasion? It's definitely cud as well, not just dropping out as she chews?

It's definitely cud. I asked the vet he said give her a table spoon of baking soda.

Kovu

cathal irwin wrote: »

It's definitely cud. I asked the vet he said give her a table spoon of baking soda.

Would be no harm for her stomach, be basically like a giant Rennie for her! I'm no real further help I'm afraid, haven't seen it too often.

cacs

Kovu wrote: »

Would be no harm for her stomach, be basically like a giant Rennie for her! I'm no real further help I'm afraid, haven't seen it too often.

Thanks for that

Base price

I would suggest giving her pro-rumen http://www.prorumen.co.uk/index.html
or stimulex https://www.agridirect.ie/product/stimulex-powder-100g-sachet

cacs

Base price wrote: »

I would suggest giving her pro-rumen http://www.prorumen.co.uk/index.html
or stimulex https://www.agridirect.ie/product/stimulex-powder-100g-sachet

Perfect thanks

mahoney_j

Had same problem here earlier in winter ,some of that Himalayan rock salt solved it fairly quick

Brown Podzol

mahoney_j wrote: »

Had same problem here earlier in winter ,some of that Himalayan rock salt solved it fairly quick

Never heard of that cure,good to know. Always bread soda, sprinkled on the silage.