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The most horrible thing happened yesterday.
When i was at work my goat somehow got it's leg caught in the picnic table and flipped upside down off the table and broke its leg.
If must have been stuck there for at least two hours before anyone came home from work. My neighbour had to help me saw apart the picnic table to get its leg free.
It was the most grotesque thing i've ever seen it's leg was completely twisted and broken. It's actually undescrible.
We figured we were going to have to put the goat down. None of the vets i called at first would help us, others said they would call us back and never did.
I finally got a hold of a doctor who said he could help but it would have to wait until morning. I felt so horrible that the poor goat had to suffer all night. It's a good thing that i found this vet because he would bnot put the goat to sleep, but fixed the leg.
I watched him pull the leg back together and splint the leg (which was the most painful part).
The poor thing is in a lot of pain now but im sure it will be alright, it will never have full use of its leg, but at least it didn't have to be put down.
I just can't believe how many vets in may area won't even go out of their way to help an injured animal.

I'm so sorry to hear that! How horrible, but at least he's now on the mend.

It is hard to find many vets who treat goats. And as sad as it is, the main reason a vet won't treat one that is injured when they don't normally treat goats is that if they agree to take on the case, they then become liable. Unfortunately, there's just enough bad folks in the world to ruin it for the good ones and you just can't be a good samaritan anymore without getting sued.

Hopefully he'll be recovered and bouncing about soon enough! And perhaps he'll stay off the picnic table for a bit
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PH Cody
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Well my goat seeems to be getting better now, she's not in as much pain.

Now im just worried about her getting her cast wet. I've tried everything and she keeps ripping the plastic off. If not her than her sister.

I'm also trying to make sure she gets enough to eat because she doesn't go out much to graze.

Othe than that everything's fine!

Well the poor goat didn't make it.
We took off the cast and the leg was still broken, and severly infected from bone slpinters coming out of the leg.
The leg was practically rotten and we put her down within the hour...poor thing.
Her twin sister can't understand where she's gone to and continues to look around for her
SO we are going to try to get her some new pen mates within a couple of days.