calf "Quiet in himself"

Dickie10

Sorry but i dont mean to go looking for problems but i have a calf about 1 month old. he seems ok but just very quiet in himself like slow to get up noticed he dosent stretch really either when hes put up. bit of watery discharge from eyes. breathing seems well regulated and when i checked his temp last week it was 39 celscius. i got a shot of draxin and some other shot from the vet who said it be a chill. he was shivering a bit last week but improved from that. nothing really to report only like the title says "quiet " to quiet for my liking. no scour and vaccinated with rotavec corona and i gave hime the first feed of beastings. very warm dry creep area well beded and good ventilation but without draughts at thier head height. anything it could be? or any shot to give him to cover like alamycin la or anything?

Donnielighto

What breed?

Dickie10

limousion out of a black whitehead bucket reared cow, second calver

patsy_mccabe

I had a calf "not herself" the last few days. You'd see her lying down straight away after drinking the cow. Had a scour but not that bad. The cow is bulling tonight. Hormones for ya!!!

Dickie10

grand hopefullybnothing to worry about

_Brian

If you could give access to a heat lamp for the next few cold nights it might be a good idea. They use huge reserves keeping warm which can be hard on a poorly calf.

memorystick

Is he constipated?

Dickie10

problem was he was actually not getting enough milk. there were other calves and cow drinking her and she wasnt a huge milker anyway. have her and calf on their own now in a pen and giving her 2 kg of dairy nuts a day