lameness

  1. J

    erysipelas?

    wondering if anyone else has had experience with erysipalas. for the past week or even longer i have noticed our 2 year old sow ginger hasnt been walking that great. i figured it was because she was allowed to get very fat over this month. then yesterday she did not get up to eat. i took temp...
  2. H

    Donkey leg injury

    My 12 month old jack seems to have sustained an injury last week. It looks like he may have fallen and hurt his lower front leg (just before the hoof). Couldn’t walk on it for a while but now he can with a limp and runs too. Can feel down the entire leg without him flinching and he lets me feel...
  3. TurtleCrossingRanch

    Lamb Refusing to Eat, Drink, or Stand

    I have a 4 month old Barbados lamb that refuses to eat, drink, or stand on her own. She is having regular bowel movements and peeing (hard pea-sized pellets, and slightly yellow urine). I think she ate something in the pasture that didn't agree with her, and she bloated. I have been successful...
  4. HairyRedFairy

    Doe with Diarrhea and Lameness — HELP!!

    I just recently purchased an 8 year old pregnant doe. She seemed healthy, stool was fine, she was walking and eating— basically no problems. A couple of days ago she started having “pudding” constancy diarrhea, and laying down often. We thought the kids were just getting heavy. It’s been two or...
  5. promiseacres

    Get Jin trained or find new...

    Soooo. Jin our newest gelding foundered prior us getting him, I foolishly thought it would be a simple matter of keeping him dry lotted,no grain ect and we could maintain him.... we got him about 8, 9 weeks ago and in the last 2 weeks he had a coronary band absess in his right rear and 2 days...
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