6.5 wk old doeling with swollen pastern

[phoenixmama]

My 6.5 week old Nubian doeling seemed to be favoring her left front leg yesterday, and upon further inspection has a slightly swollen pastern. She's eating/drinking just fine. She's still perky.

How should I handle this? Does this warrant a visit from our veterinarian?

 

[glenolam]

I think a vet trip would be a good decision, just to make sure nothing is broken. If you don't want to do that, take her temp to make sure she doesn't have a fever; you don't want to risk infection...

 

[aggieterpkatie]

If you don't think it's broken, I'd cold hose it for 15 min at least twice per day. Perhaps banamine if you think she's really in pain.

 

[ksalvagno]

I would at least give her some Banamine. I would do once a day for 3 days and see if the swelling goes down.