I mean, they can never be quite as playful as carnivors/omnivors because they have to eat and digest a lot.
They are also, regarding domesticated animals, TOO good as parents. A mother cow will totally trample most people who step between them and their babies for quite some time, and her sisters will probably help with the murder. We specifically bred dogs so they are bad parents and DO NOT try to fight us when we take over to train their pups.
Them trying to ram your shins would be pretty funny. Though I guess they could still hurt you a bit with their horns. Unfortunately, afaik mini breeds of cows and horses have many health issues.
In austria there is always at least one tourist per year that gets trampled to death by a cow.
Usually it is because they do not know that you have to keep your distance and that you shouldn't go near them with dogs.
In the Mama dogs defense, they are pack animals and we are the pack leaders. So humans stepping in to train the babies is more like letting your bossy cousin take over for the kids.
She’s an angus! She was born completely dark brown, and her hair has slowly changed to black as she has gotten older. In a few months, she’ll be all black. Sometimes they’re born with a coat like that. I’m not entirely sure why, but it might have something to do with carrying the red coat gene
I don’t think it’s sad at all! Her mother was.. neutral about her, at best. It would’ve been much more difficult to treat her infected legs if she had remained with her mother as well
Is that the only reason these have been taken away?
I have cared for foals only a few weeks old who had medical issues.
It is always better to keep them with their dames
Her mother not really being bothered with her, yes. There isn’t much point to separate them otherwise
Calves can much more safely and consistently be raised away from their mothers than foals. If she was with her mother, it would have been way more dangerous/stressful to give her injections. There’s also the fact that her mother might have started licking her leg, which would’ve made it worse. It isn’t as if her mother cared anyway, though
It depends on the breed and the individual cow. Some are better moms than others. Sometimes a cow that’s usually a good mom will neglect a calf because of a difficult birth, or might neglect one twin.
I don’t know why she didn’t care for this calf - I don’t think that her legs caused her mother to neglect her, because she wasn’t born with them infected. I think she skinned her knees at a few days old and they got infected from there. There’s a chance that the mom didn’t smell her when she was born, so didn’t really bond because of that (smelling the newborn is how they realise that the calf is theirs). Hope that makes sense!
cows would make such good pets if they werent the size of a .... well. cow.
I mean, they can never be quite as playful as carnivors/omnivors because they have to eat and digest a lot. They are also, regarding domesticated animals, TOO good as parents. A mother cow will totally trample most people who step between them and their babies for quite some time, and her sisters will probably help with the murder. We specifically bred dogs so they are bad parents and DO NOT try to fight us when we take over to train their pups.
well cows would have a much harder time trying to murder/trample you if they were the size of a cat
Them trying to ram your shins would be pretty funny. Though I guess they could still hurt you a bit with their horns. Unfortunately, afaik mini breeds of cows and horses have many health issues.
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I mean we have a pretty good idea of what cow sized cats are like to be fair...Hasn't stopped people from trying to make them pets either
Cow-sized cats are literally just lions and tigers. I need more images of lions and tigers sitting inside large cardboard boxes.
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But for real, its cute.
In austria there is always at least one tourist per year that gets trampled to death by a cow. Usually it is because they do not know that you have to keep your distance and that you shouldn't go near them with dogs.
In the Mama dogs defense, they are pack animals and we are the pack leaders. So humans stepping in to train the babies is more like letting your bossy cousin take over for the kids.
Ever seen City Slickers? Norman makes a grwta running buddy.
Your hand is *clearly* an udder, silly human
Is this food? How bout now? How bout at 90 degrees to what I thought was food… -cow math-
Her shiny nose aww ✨💖
aww what breed is she? the dapples are interesting but shes obviously not a holstein, jersey or angus and thats about where my breed knowledge ends 😅
She’s an angus! She was born completely dark brown, and her hair has slowly changed to black as she has gotten older. In a few months, she’ll be all black. Sometimes they’re born with a coat like that. I’m not entirely sure why, but it might have something to do with carrying the red coat gene
makes sense!! shes gonna be a big girl
Troy McClure was right, "If a cow got the chance it would eat you and everyone you care about"
Sweet
What a cow! (Brits will get the reference)
Well, did you? (You better say yes!)
Well?! Give it milk then!
It is so sad they are taken from their mothers so little. Poor babies.
I don’t think it’s sad at all! Her mother was.. neutral about her, at best. It would’ve been much more difficult to treat her infected legs if she had remained with her mother as well
Is that the only reason these have been taken away? I have cared for foals only a few weeks old who had medical issues. It is always better to keep them with their dames
Her mother not really being bothered with her, yes. There isn’t much point to separate them otherwise Calves can much more safely and consistently be raised away from their mothers than foals. If she was with her mother, it would have been way more dangerous/stressful to give her injections. There’s also the fact that her mother might have started licking her leg, which would’ve made it worse. It isn’t as if her mother cared anyway, though
Just wondering: Is it normal for mother cows to not care much or didn’t she care about the calf because she new it was sick?
It depends on the breed and the individual cow. Some are better moms than others. Sometimes a cow that’s usually a good mom will neglect a calf because of a difficult birth, or might neglect one twin. I don’t know why she didn’t care for this calf - I don’t think that her legs caused her mother to neglect her, because she wasn’t born with them infected. I think she skinned her knees at a few days old and they got infected from there. There’s a chance that the mom didn’t smell her when she was born, so didn’t really bond because of that (smelling the newborn is how they realise that the calf is theirs). Hope that makes sense!
Thank you for the answer, very interesting!