I "took in" a boer doe this past summer. She's a sweet girl, but has some very big problems. When I got her, she was extremely malnourished and could barely walk. When I took a look at her hooves I realized that they had probably never been trimmed in her life (she looks to be older, probably at least 5) and she had hoof rot in all 4 of her hooves. Through the summer I worked on trimming her hooves down a little at a time, treating the hoof rot with hoof-n-heal and getting her weight up. She's filling out quite nicely and I've gotten all but 1 hoof under control. She can walk now, but she has a bad limp. The problem, I've figured out, isn't her misshapen hoof, it's the joint on that one hoof. It's stiff and can't bend at all. I don't think she broke it...it's more like the hoof rot traveled up INTO her leg. I don't even know if that's possible.
What I want to know is if there is anything I, personally, can do for her? I know it sounds mean, but if I can't do anything for her personally, I'm going to have to take her to market in the Spring. :-/
What I want to know is if there is anything I, personally, can do for her? I know it sounds mean, but if I can't do anything for her personally, I'm going to have to take her to market in the Spring. :-/