He loaded the calf on the 4-wheeler and brought him home. Having been through this before, we backed my truck into the garage, put a soft blanket in the bed of the truck, put a heating pad on low down, put an old sheet down, put the baby (boy) down, put another sheet on him, then a nice warm blanket on him. We put an oil heater out in the garage and turned it up high.
Little guy was still shivering uncontrollably. I ran and got my blower dryer with the defuser and dried him off. He has a very thick curly coat! 🥰 He is adorable. 😍
After we dried him, we covered him with the sheet and blanket and went to bed at 1am. I set the alarm to check on him for 3:30. He was dozing and still covered. Checked again at 6:20, got dressed in many layers and drove my truck out to him mom who was pining in a corner for him.
It took her a few minutes, but once she smelled his umbilical cord she started tending to him. He has nursed and is fine❤️
A few years ago, a mom had her calf during a freeze and we found him with his eyes froze open and rigid. Our vet has told us not to consider them dead until they are warm and dead, so we brought a stiff icy calf into the garage and did the exact same thing for him.
It took hours for him to loosen up and unfreeze. We settled in for the long haul and by the time we though he had a chance we went to bed. We checked on him several times, and when we went to check on him in the morning he was standing in the bed of my truck and bellowed the instant the door opened. 🎉
We took him out to his mom who was waiting by the gate and she immediately started tending to him.
Farm life. ❤️
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