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Probably did it all wrong...need advice
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<blockquote data-quote="milkmaid" data-source="post: 196464" data-attributes="member: 852"><p>Been there done that. I'll tell you quite honestly...<em>put the calf down</em>. Sorry things turned out the way they did, and I know it's hard with a calf that wants to live, but it'll save you time and money and effort. I don't even mean due to the fact that he won't be "useful" - I mean a 3 legged animal with the other hind leg broken down (tendons/joints/etc damaged) due to stress <em>will </em>eventually reach a point where they do not want to live and will not get up. A 300lb "downer" bottle calf. I had my vet come out about 2, maybe 3 weeks ago and put one down for me. Not that I'm incapable of doing such a thing, but after working with the calf for literally months, I didn't have it in me to do the deed if I didn't have to. I can learn from the past...it isn't going to happen again.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="milkmaid, post: 196464, member: 852"] Been there done that. I'll tell you quite honestly...[i]put the calf down[/i]. Sorry things turned out the way they did, and I know it's hard with a calf that wants to live, but it'll save you time and money and effort. I don't even mean due to the fact that he won't be "useful" - I mean a 3 legged animal with the other hind leg broken down (tendons/joints/etc damaged) due to stress [i]will [/i]eventually reach a point where they do not want to live and will not get up. A 300lb "downer" bottle calf. I had my vet come out about 2, maybe 3 weeks ago and put one down for me. Not that I'm incapable of doing such a thing, but after working with the calf for literally months, I didn't have it in me to do the deed if I didn't have to. I can learn from the past...it isn't going to happen again. [/QUOTE]
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