I was gifted 2 boer bucklings today and both of them are in awful shape. The same folks gave me 2 bucklings about 10 days ago that I thought were in bad shape, but by comparison they were great.
These 2 were born last night and got to suck a couple of times off momma while she was held down. They are doing OK on the bottle. They are peeing so clearly they are getting something down. ONe buckling walks one his hind pasterns. If you help him he can support himself normally and do a little better, so in a few days I am sure things will tighten up and he will be fine.
His brother, however, really freaks me out. When he tries to walk on one of his hind legs, the hock joint flexes the wrong way....forward. It turns my stomach since it is totally unnatural. I splinted it up so it couldn't do that anymore, and then he started walking on his fetlock on that leg too, so I splinted it all the way down.
I am hoping this is just an extreme situation of the same issue his brother has and it will clear up, but watching that joint turn itself inside out really freaked me out. Is there hope for him?
I know about the Bo-Se, but I have no access to it at the moment.
These 2 were born last night and got to suck a couple of times off momma while she was held down. They are doing OK on the bottle. They are peeing so clearly they are getting something down. ONe buckling walks one his hind pasterns. If you help him he can support himself normally and do a little better, so in a few days I am sure things will tighten up and he will be fine.
His brother, however, really freaks me out. When he tries to walk on one of his hind legs, the hock joint flexes the wrong way....forward. It turns my stomach since it is totally unnatural. I splinted it up so it couldn't do that anymore, and then he started walking on his fetlock on that leg too, so I splinted it all the way down.
I am hoping this is just an extreme situation of the same issue his brother has and it will clear up, but watching that joint turn itself inside out really freaked me out. Is there hope for him?
I know about the Bo-Se, but I have no access to it at the moment.