[Faye.Lear]

Hello everyone, just looking to see if anyone has experienced similar and has any tips or advice.

We have a 9 day old calf, on a blind cow (this is her fourth calf). It sucked when born but on day 2 started to look weak and lethargic. Started electrolytes tube feeding and milk alternate feeds and gave metacam.  Also had Clamox for 5 days as vet thought it could be E Coli either due to lack of colostrum or poor quality.
Day 3 the eyes got cloudy and bulgy and weepy. Vet didn’t give any indication as to what it could be.

Day 5 managed to get the calf sucking from a bottle ( stripping mums milk). But will only take 3 litres a day, he can be a bit dory on the bottle.

I’m just a bit lost, the eyes are no better and the calf is no better or worse. Anyone any tips or experience? We have 9 calves now and all others are doing great! Never seen this before in our herd 🤷‍♀️

If you’ve got this far, thank you in advance!

[Rosemary]

Can't help with a diagnosis but I hope the calf comes round.

[twizzel]

Do you know the calf’s bvd status?
The vet could have checked IgG levels which would give a clearer picture of if calf received enough colostrum. If it didn’t then you may be fighting a losing battle sadly.