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8K views 16 replies 10 participants last post by  StaceyRosado 
a friend of mine had a buckling that jumped a wood fence and he caughter is rear leg between the two top rails. They found him hanging there witha severaly broken leg. He was suposed to be their future herd sire. So she spent all this money to fif him. He walked normally after that. but then they flipped him over to do his feet or something and discovered that he had developed multiple teats. That weren't there at birth. Kind of a bust.
But he did heal nicely and walked with no limp after that.
beth
 
Oh no! definatly don't beat yourself up over this. I know its hard to lose one. And you always ask if there is something you could of done different when a young animal dies. But sometimes there just isn't. The horrible thing about an open fracture is once that bone is exposed to the outside you havea terrible very large risk of infection. Even if he had been been a good candidate for splinting you may have had to fight infection with him. Sometimes just putting them down quietly is the best thing for them.

beth
 
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