One last "Hillary eye" update / pic pg 3

[Roll farms]

I was at work when this happened....My husband says he notices Hillary standing off to the side behind the barn while everyone else was eating...hmmm.

Goes up to her and she's got an S hook stuck through her eyelid, the S hook is attatched to a chain on the old chicken pen that we used to fasten the door.

This S hook is NOT sharp, it's about 1/8" blunt-edged metal.

How in the heck did she manage to poke it completely through her eyelid? And not just the lid, into the meat above her eye....and then BACK OUT AGAIN??? It's not even SHARP....acres of thorn trees and wire fence in the pasture, and she manages to pierce her eyebrow on a dull object....TWICE!!!!!!

The poor girl looks like she went 10 rounds w/ Mike Tyson and lost every one of them. I'll get a pic tomorrow, but I warn you, it's NASTY. I can barely see the eyeball behind all the swollen tissue but I *think* it's ok...

I have 2 dogs going in to be neutered on Weds, and a kid getting a health check so I can sell him out of state....what's one more vet bill, right???

*sigh*

For tonight she got the wound cleaned out, a shot of Banamine and a double dose of pen G, and put on her own since she's 'blind' on that side.
She's UTD on CDT so I'm not worried about that aspect.
I'll call the vet tomorrow if I think she needs it (fever or in major pain).

I'm hoping since it's not fly season and she's current on vaccinations, it'll heal up easy and quickly w/ no infection and her eyesight won't be damaged.

 

[freemotion]

Yikes! I thought only horses could manage such stunts!

 

[Lil Chickie Mama]

 

[SDGsoap&dairy]

It's almost as if it was planned.... "hmmm.....I'm a little bored. How can I totally freak mommy out today?"

 

[ksalvagno]

I had an alpaca that managed to get a bungee cord end through her lip. She had a bungee cord hanging from her face. That was also a blunt end. How they manage is beyond me. Who knows what is going through their mind when stuff like that happens.

 

[aggieterpkatie]

"Ooh, look, a nice place to scratch my eye! I'll just scratch for a minute or two---OOOWWW!!!"


Poor girl. Hope she's feeling better soon. <------bum eye

 

[greenfamilyfarms]

Holy cow! That had to be scary. Good thing you noticed it when you did.

 

[ohiofarmgirl]

goaties = crazy!

wow and double wow! hope she is ok

i came home one day to find my little mini hanging upside down FROM HER HOCK - she tried to clear the gate and got caught on the hook that we close the gate with! it wasnt sharp either but went between the ligament and the bone directly thru her hock. she must have been there a while (of course we werent home)....

 

[Roll farms]

The stupid hook was just hanging on a chain. The only thing we can figure is she put her head down fast, and it got caught on her eyelid...one of those "Couldn't do that again if you were trying to" things...and she got freaked out and pulled until it ripped through.

OR....she got butted hard up against it, and it got stuck, and she tried to pull away and it went through.

I'm still just shaking my head about the whole situation.

Sure hasn't affected her appetite or milking. She's acting fine this morning...

Goats. Ugh.

 

[Roll farms]

The S hook she got hung up on....

Her wound...I 'drew' an S hook to show where it was stuck.

eta...the white stuff dried on her face is drainage from when I flushed the wound with Pen G.