Calcium flutter valve alternative

[cowgirl95]

do a proper transition diet, and prevent the milk fever in the first place

Everybody loves a clever clogs !!!!

 

[cowgirl95]

I hate flutter valves with a passion . Any imaginative ways of administering calcium under the skin fast ?

Why whats wrong with flutter valves ? Can anybody think of any invention that has saved more cattle lives than the good old flutter valve ?

 

[jerseycowsman]

We use one of these

https://www.farmacy.co.uk/products/6799-neo-injector-kit

Looks quite good, but won't you need both hands to operate it?

 

[Stonewall]

Went to give a cow a bottle last year and bloody valve wouldn't work at all. Could get no flow going. The cow needed calcium so I stuck a syringe needle in it. Still using it today. I'd say it emptys in half the time letting air in through the needle rather than the flutter valve.

 

[Whitewalker]

Went to give a cow a bottle last year and bloody valve wouldn't work at all. Could get no flow going. The cow needed calcium so I stuck a syringe needle in it. Still using it today. I'd say it emptys in half the time letting air in through the needle rather than the flutter valve.

I will try this first although a 100ml syringe full sounds appealing

 

[bigw]

Looks quite good, but won't you need both hands to operate it?

Yes bottle in one hand and pump in the other, its very quick to administer a bottle of Ca.

 

[pappuller]

Went to give a cow a bottle last year and bloody valve wouldn't work at all. Could get no flow going. The cow needed calcium so I stuck a syringe needle in it. Still using it today. I'd say it emptys in half the time letting air in through the needle rather than the flutter valve.

where did you put the needle ?

 

[Stonewall]

Anywhere around the rubber that's slips onto the bottle once it doesn't interfere with putting the bottle on. Don't use a real fine one or a used one that's half blocked.

 

[pappuller]

Anywhere around the rubber that's slips onto the bottle once it doesn't interfere with putting the bottle on. Don't use a real fine one or a used one that's half blocked.

Ours has a bung that goes into the bottle

 

[The Ruminant]

I’ve always found the secret to using a flutter valve lies in how well it’s washed out the previous time it was used.

There is nothing worse than a poorly cleaned flutter valve that doesn’t work. Grrrr.

 

[jimmer]

 

[The Agrarian]

I still do it the old fashioned way.

Cow chained behind a gate.

Bottle of 400 no.5 calciject

Proper flutter valve (clean!), not the cheap free one that they gave with the boxes the time they changed over from glass to plastic bottles.

Big bore needle specially for the job.

A hanging point above the cow for the bottle.

See it's running. Walk away and clean some beds and come back in 5 or 10 minutes and it's done.

Release cow and wash out valve, tube and needle. Hang up to drain out.