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Very minimally. He'll occasionally stand on it partly and take a step or two and he uses it when he jumps on the fence but still puts no weight on it the vast majority of the time. It feels like he has no strength in the foot past the ankle and relies on his the upper leg.

UPDATE: So I took off his cast this week. It has been just under 7 weeks since his initial injury. I attached a picture of the cast I made for him. It seemed to help very quickly. Within a couple days he was walking on it like a peg leg without issue. He would even run on it a little when he...

This is super helpful, thank you. Being inexperienced, detailed tips like this go a very long way for me. It does seem like an ankle so it'll be unfortunate if he does end up with a limp but fortunately he isn't for a fair or breeding or anything like that. Just a pet. He is still less than 2...

Hi there, I'm relatively new at taking care of larger animals and am having my first experiences with major injuries and emergencies. Right now, I'm dealing with a younger boer goat of mine with a likely broken ankle. Unfortunately, I have no experience with such an injury and a vet is both a...