Reviving new born calf

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what to you do , lambs can go under a lamp or box next to aga , big calf today found 6.30am cow calved on own ,but calf had got cold , tubed it , rubbed it down really well , covered it in couple towels & straw to try retain body heat , but not looking good
 

Dry Rot

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Livestock Farmer
If you can rig up a box with a blow heater so they are breathing warm air (yeah, I know!) that helps with hypothermia as it gets the warmth inside them where its needed.
 

foxbox

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Location
West Northants
I think you did just about everything you could in the circumstances, about the only difference here would be a calf jacket as they don't absorb moisture like a towel does. Even so you're up against it and it sounds like one of those situations where very little would have helped change the outcome.
 

ladycrofter

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Livestock Farmer
Location
Highland
Sorry to hear that. It has been very chilly overnight. Some good suggestons from others - you can hardly overestimate the amount of heat something that big needs to get back up to temp. Like the idea of @Dry Rot of a blower heater so they're breathing warm air too.
 

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