Broken Leg or Torn Tendon

[Bucking Adoeable Fainters]

Southern, what did you do for your little Nigie?!!!! Did you wrap him, banamine, asprine, rest.....im all ears, errr eyes. No one will return my darn phone calls. I understand there are more significant emergencies, but AHHHHHH!

This was the only clean pic i could get if him. Anytime i would squat down to take a pic, he came hopping over so all pics blurry...sorry for the peeing lol.

 

[Southern by choice]

I am guessing you have already run your hand down the front leg because you mentioned swelling and heat... feel at the foot and see if the foot moves easily. Also do you think there is a possible break?
You can get banamine from the vet, you can also use aspirin... harder to do than say. For our boy we just let it heal up on it's own. Of course our one vet lives next door so he would check it first make sure nothing was broken... I know, not much help. Sorry.
But as long as there is no break it should heal up ok.

 

[Bucking Adoeable Fainters]

Nonono any advice at this point helps. Thank you.
Yes I've examine him multiple times. Last night, the swelling in his knee went down, but as i moved down, his fetlock/pasturn area, he squeaked and showed extreme discomfort. Again swelling, but no loose, crunch or break feeling. I will of course torture the poor baby this a.m. to triple check. Poor buddy.

Luckily we did shots, and banding, so everyone is pretty much down and calm. So i have kept them quiet in the barn.

 

[Southern by choice]

That is were our boy's injury always was too.
Truthfully though it has been so so so many times that is why we separated him.... he has a kind of permanant limp now it isn't too bad but seems to flare up here and there.

 

[Bucking Adoeable Fainters]

Oh okay. Bucks love to do the darndest things dont they?! All 5 of ours are together, and anytime i hear a doe in season, i Know I'll have someone hurt that day. But they love eachother so much, i couldn't separate them. Been together their whole lives.

I think this guy tried to mount one of the yearlings, and the older wethers did not like it (or even a doe) tried to put him in his place, and ended up hurting him. Rawr. Just going to pray pray pray he is okay. I just know slow recovery when soft tissue involved

 

[Bucking Adoeable Fainters]

I wrapped him just like i wanted to...and guess what?! He started to put some weight on it! Yesssss! It didn't have heat this a.m thank the Lord, but it's also rather cold out this a.m. still encouraged regardless!!!!!!
I even let them out in the big pen to enjoy the sun and some play time. He attempted to mount, i think he'll live! Hahahhaa!

 

[Southern by choice]

YAY! We cannot keep our boy's wrapped and vet said didn't matter but now I see your boy and think hmmm. Our boy would chew it off in a second. Grrr

 

[Bucking Adoeable Fainters]

I thought the exact same....i reeeeeally stretched it to the point if where is starts to fall apart and its suuuuper sticky, and heated it up by rubbing and rubbing until it kind of melted into itself. No edges or looseness of any kind. I monitored him for over 2hrs, the other kids looked at it like, what is that?!!!! Lol. Nothing yet.

Of course i will go back down to check on him, and he will be sitting there with half knawed off. Lmao!!!!

We'll see!!!!! Just the fact that he got up and was engaged with others was very very very good news!

 

[Southern by choice]

I am glad, and he is so gorgeous! I loved the stroller pic in your thread! The boys! Gotta love the boys!

although I am a little "boyed" out right now

 

[Bucking Adoeable Fainters]

Thank you SOOOOO much Southern. I think he is pretty amazing too! Is he so sweet? He knows exactly how to get up and push. So intelligent!

We are two peas in a pod my dear. 5 bucks, 1 senior wether, 2yearlings, 1weanling, and now a weanling buck....geesh! But thats okay, after our move we are bringing home 6-8 more does LMAO! I have an addiction problem, yes, yes i do!