Q&A for How to Get a Cow With Nerve Damage to Her Hind Legs from a Long Birth or Hard Pull to Stand Up

You need to talk to your veterinarian. Please do so as soon as possible.

Call your veterinarian ASAP. There's a possibility that she has a pinched nerve, but it could be something much more serious so you don't want to wait. A call to the vet will diagnose what's wrong and help determine the best course of action to take.

Please read this article: How to Get a Downer Cow Back up After She Naturally Delivered a Very Large Calf , and also call the vet.

One word: Veterinarian. Heels bent over could also be a sign of a nutritional deficiency (calcium, copper, magnesium, etc.) that needs to be addressed in your cow herd.

Talk to a veterinarian. Keep her standing up, or at least have her standing for a few hours a day just to let her to get her strength back in her legs. She could have a damaged tendon for some reason, but a veterinarian is the best resource to contact for this sort of thing.

No, if the vets are all saying it's nerve damage then calcium isn't going to help any. Calcium is only good if she's been diagnosed with milk fever, not nerve damage to her hind legs. Listen to the veterinarians, they know what they're talking about.

Consult with your veterinarian, first of all. She may need to be induced into labor if it's not too late to save the calf. She may also be too far gone to be able to recover fully and get her muscles back, so euthanasia may be an option to seriously consider, especially if she's been down this long. But please consult your veterinarian before making any further decisions.

Read through the article above, talk to your veterinarian, invest in some hip lifters, and be prepared for a lot of work to get her up and standing, and bring feed and water to her. Also prepare for the potential for euthanasia. But please, make the very first priority a call to your bovine vet.

You really need to talk to your veterinarian about this, and immediately. She may have milk fever or something else that has caused her to go downhill considerably.

There isn't much else you can do for her, other than possibly consider euthanasia. She may be in pain and not showing it, as most cows are pretty good at hiding their pain. She could've broken her hip or pinched a nerve in her back or even slipped a disc. If you have plenty of money to spare you could take her to an advanced veterinary clinic where they could work on her to make her better, but if not, euthanasia may be the best and only option to end her suffering.

It's possible that she has nerve damage in her tail. It's highly recommended to talk to your veterinarian about this, and prepare for the possibility of euthanasia or sending her to slaughter.

Once a cow has been caught by the neck, the pulling should only to keep her in place, not to drag her. Just like holding a cow to help her give birth with a rope attached to the pole in the barn, or a lariat holds a cow stationary via horse.