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Anyone w/ experience w/ frozen hooves on valuable calves?
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<blockquote data-quote="Ozhorse" data-source="post: 1133745" data-attributes="member: 18575"><p>I have always been impressed by Dr Jollys theory, and also practice, and also the cheapness of dressings and practicability in his approach toward wound healing. He is also a nice guy and very accessible. Hence why I referred him. I am glad it has worked out so well.</p><p></p><p> <em>"He says the place that most people miss the mark is by not doing this simple step very religiously."</em></p><p></p><p>I think Dr Jolly is so right here. </p><p></p><p>Our sheep's feet dressings were only changed once a week. This was probably not enough particularly in the early days.</p><p>I had a lot of backup from a friend in treating my sheep feet. She came up almost every weekend for 9 months to treat and photograph the sheep. I was overwhelmed at the time and on the few occasions when she didnt come, and I didnt get dressings changed for a fortnight, the result was not nice. While that was not ideal it is what we could provide. </p><p></p><p>I found we were always juggling between keeping the feet padded with neoprene, and therefore softer for them and lessening the insults to the new soft tissue, but also wetter and less air and stinkier and more infection on the one hand; and leaving off the padding and getting more air and a drier healing site on the other. This was made worse by keeping them inside on the shearing shed floor which is wooden slats and extremely hard and unforgiving, but dry and clean. If it rained outside would have been in the mud so they had to be inside for long times. I dont have a stable or barn to keep animals in.</p><p></p><p>If one is not set up to give the right environment and regular care (even if that care does not take long in theory) then it is much better to have the animal at a place like Stepahead farms.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Ozhorse, post: 1133745, member: 18575"] I have always been impressed by Dr Jollys theory, and also practice, and also the cheapness of dressings and practicability in his approach toward wound healing. He is also a nice guy and very accessible. Hence why I referred him. I am glad it has worked out so well. [i]"He says the place that most people miss the mark is by not doing this simple step very religiously."[/i] I think Dr Jolly is so right here. Our sheep's feet dressings were only changed once a week. This was probably not enough particularly in the early days. I had a lot of backup from a friend in treating my sheep feet. She came up almost every weekend for 9 months to treat and photograph the sheep. I was overwhelmed at the time and on the few occasions when she didnt come, and I didnt get dressings changed for a fortnight, the result was not nice. While that was not ideal it is what we could provide. I found we were always juggling between keeping the feet padded with neoprene, and therefore softer for them and lessening the insults to the new soft tissue, but also wetter and less air and stinkier and more infection on the one hand; and leaving off the padding and getting more air and a drier healing site on the other. This was made worse by keeping them inside on the shearing shed floor which is wooden slats and extremely hard and unforgiving, but dry and clean. If it rained outside would have been in the mud so they had to be inside for long times. I dont have a stable or barn to keep animals in. If one is not set up to give the right environment and regular care (even if that care does not take long in theory) then it is much better to have the animal at a place like Stepahead farms. [/QUOTE]
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