stano40
Overrun with beasties
Since the day we bought 3 saanen X boer doelings even taking the little doeling with the injured leg & brought them all home we fought that injury to make her whole again.
This was then 7/20/10 - Home & the beginning
This is today 8/3/10 - Swelling is gone but we are still fighting the worst of the lacerations on the leg and between the hoof. We did a lot of Epsom salt soakings even hydrogen peroxide soaks. Wrappings with antibiotics both injected and ointments. A lot of puss was drawn out but not until we started doing wet wraps with saline solution which did a big jump in her healing became evident.
You can still see some of the dead skin which hasn't shed off yet.
Between her hoof was a bad spot. During a soak my wife Michelle spotted a big chunk of old scab had come off and was oozing a lot of puss. A few more soaks and packing's cleared it out and the saline soak started it healing some.
This wound was from the wire fence that she hung from and will most likely take some time to heal properly.
What'dya think? Looks better?
Now to work on the wounds itself to close them up.
3 days into the wet wraps and she is trying to put more pressure on the hoof and straightening her leg downward in a more natural position.
I know this still hurts her and she is such a good girl during the wrappings by just lying there while we bathe, clean and re-wrap her leg.
All 3 of these doeling weren't social at all when we got them, but now they come to us to see if we have treats or for a hug.
What a change in them with just TLC and patience.
bob
This was then 7/20/10 - Home & the beginning
This is today 8/3/10 - Swelling is gone but we are still fighting the worst of the lacerations on the leg and between the hoof. We did a lot of Epsom salt soakings even hydrogen peroxide soaks. Wrappings with antibiotics both injected and ointments. A lot of puss was drawn out but not until we started doing wet wraps with saline solution which did a big jump in her healing became evident.
You can still see some of the dead skin which hasn't shed off yet.
Between her hoof was a bad spot. During a soak my wife Michelle spotted a big chunk of old scab had come off and was oozing a lot of puss. A few more soaks and packing's cleared it out and the saline soak started it healing some.
This wound was from the wire fence that she hung from and will most likely take some time to heal properly.
What'dya think? Looks better?
Now to work on the wounds itself to close them up.
3 days into the wet wraps and she is trying to put more pressure on the hoof and straightening her leg downward in a more natural position.
I know this still hurts her and she is such a good girl during the wrappings by just lying there while we bathe, clean and re-wrap her leg.
All 3 of these doeling weren't social at all when we got them, but now they come to us to see if we have treats or for a hug.
What a change in them with just TLC and patience.
bob
That looks like it hurts....Very sweet to put the time into her..Im sure she will reward you with love for a long time....
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I don't mind their breath unless it's coming from the rumen. Then 
