So we had a really scary night here saturday night. I was doing the last milk feeding for the kids and was down in the barn about eleven or so. was planning on going to bed after that sinse i had to work at ten this morning. Anyways i was the only one here. my parents were over at a friends house. So i was putting kids back in the stall after they ate. Juno and little bucky were already back in there. I was chasing down tilly and big bucky when i hear hooves slamming against the stall door (a cattle panel) and then a kid screaming. I turn around to see juno hanging upside down by her rear leg, she had tried to jump over and gotten her rear legs through rather then over. Her front end managed to get over. So i grab her to support her and she starts sqirming so bad i cant keep holding her. i heard her leg snap. i get her untangled and the leg is clearly broken and bent at a weird angle. i dont dare put her down in fear of her hurting herself more but moving and putting the bones through the skin. I race her up to the house in tears. The other three kids following me of course i couldnt get the door shut before they came in. So i have them bouncing all over the house and on the coffee table. I find the phone and call my moms friend to tell them i need someone to take me and juno to the vet now. Luckily they were only about ten minutes away. So then i call my vet of course he is in bed but i tell him ill be there in an hour. i had my dad hold juno until i got the rest of the kids rounded up and put away. Mom cant find her car keys so she finally finds them and were off. Its snowing so it was slow going. I held juno still in the backseat in my lap. Thankfully she was pretty good only moving and screaming a couple of times. So we get her to the vets and warm and get x rays it was a pretty clean break and we were able to set it and cast it quite easily. Took x rays again and it looks good. Its not going to heal perfect, she may end up being just a brood doe and may never make it into the ring. but well see. So now the poor girl has a cast from her foot to above her hock. the bottem portion rapped in bright pink vet wrap to keep it dry. She had a little bit of a tough time coming out of the anasthesia so i was up all night with her. She slept with me in my bed for awhile. I was terrified to go to sleep. so i drifted in and out of a real light sleep. but this morning she was up and alert and wanting her bottle. she is acting as normal as a month old baby can with a cast almost as heavy as she is.
It seems as though she inherited her dads habbit of jumping fences.
beth
It seems as though she inherited her dads habbit of jumping fences.
beth
