Sheep scanned

[Mike CHS]

Our vet is one of those who trained under an old school vet (his dad) and makes it known that he has always wanted to run his clinic like his dad did. We live about 15 miles from his office and he charges a $45 fee to make a farm call and that includes bringing his Vet Tech with him.

 

[Sheepshape]

When the vet offered it was $30 for the office visit and $20 per scan unless you did more then 10 animals then it was only $15/scan

Cripes.....that's expensive! Our guy did over 70 animals for £50 (that won't be far off $50 with the state of the £!) and charged £50 plus VAT which we can claim back. It took him about 45 minutes. (He brings his own equipment and a helper and we have them lined up one-by-one with help from our neighbours , hurdles and a race.

With regards to broken legs, you can probably manage them yourself if you have a supply of painkiller (I keep Metacam). If the fracture involves the hip or the bone has broken through the skin the animal should be euthanised. If not, give the painkiller, allow it time to take effect, then straighten out the bone (usually easy with a lamb).Then apply splints either side of the break.....wooden tongue depressors are good. Over that wrap wool padding and then that sticky bandage (VetBand or similar) that comes in many colours, the 3-4 inch wide stuff is best.The bandage needs to be firm but not too tight as the site will swell. Give the lamb regular pain killers over the first 10 days or so.Usually you'll find the lamb running around quite well on 3-legs an hour or two after treating them and easily able to go to mum to be fed. Change the bandages about once a week. The fracture takes about 5 weeks to heal. In young animals the bone remodels quite quickly and usually it's impossible to tell who had a problem after a few months.

 

[misfitmorgan]

Our vet is one of those who trained under an old school vet (his dad) and makes it known that he has always wanted to run his clinic like his dad did. We live about 15 miles from his office and he charges a $45 fee to make a farm call and that includes bringing his Vet Tech with him.

No Local vets her bring helpers, your the helper. A normal farm call fee is $30-45 i think thats pretty standard throughout the US.

Cripes.....that's expensive! Our guy did over 70 animals for £50 (that won't be far off $50 with the state of the £!) and charged £50 plus VAT which we can claim back. It took him about 45 minutes. (He brings his own equipment and a helper and we have them lined up one-by-one with help from our neighbours , hurdles and a race.

With regards to broken legs, you can probably manage them yourself if you have a supply of painkiller (I keep Metacam). If the fracture involves the hip or the bone has broken through the skin the animal should be euthanised. If not, give the painkiller, allow it time to take effect, then straighten out the bone (usually easy with a lamb).Then apply splints either side of the break.....wooden tongue depressors are good. Over that wrap wool padding and then that sticky bandage (VetBand or similar) that comes in many colours, the 3-4 inch wide stuff is best.The bandage needs to be firm but not too tight as the site will swell. Give the lamb regular pain killers over the first 10 days or so.Usually you'll find the lamb running around quite well on 3-legs an hour or two after treating them and easily able to go to mum to be fed. Change the bandages about once a week. The fracture takes about 5 weeks to heal. In young animals the bone remodels quite quickly and usually it's impossible to tell who had a problem after a few months.

The lamb we took in for a broken leg had been stepped on by her mother(first time mother) and her leg was broken so far up that DH couldnt set it so off to the vet she went. I talked to the vets office i want to use and with the new vet on staff they said accepting us as patients shouldnt be a problem. So Yay!! And the new vet specializes in small ruminants.

 

[Baymule]

Farm calls here are $75. The vet does lot of farm calls for LGD's because their owners did not socialize them. All our dogs will load up in the truck back seat and go to the vet. We take Parker and Trip (males) and then take Paris (female). Paris is a bitch in more than just being a female dog......

 

[misfitmorgan]

Farm calls here are $75. The vet does lot of farm calls for LGD's because their owners did not socialize them. All our dogs will load up in the truck back seat and go to the vet. We take Parker and Trip (males) and then take Paris (female). Paris is a bitch in more than just being a female dog......

Alright then...apparently farm calls can be a lot more. Luckily Rose did excellent in the car, esp for only being her second time in a car.