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Putting down one of my babies tomorrow:(
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<blockquote data-quote="Anonymous" data-source="post: 2939"><p>Jo, I'm so sorry to hear about your foal's injury. That must have been a heartbreaking discovery. I hope the folks at the vet college were able to help.</p><p></p><p>> We had one of our mares foal at</p><p>> the end of June this year.</p><p>> Beautiful foal with great</p><p>> personality. We brought him in</p><p>> from the winter pasture to wean</p><p>> from his mother yesterday. We put</p><p>> him in one of our corrals with our</p><p>> bull calves (he has been around</p><p>> cattle since the day he was born).</p><p>> Sometime during the night he got</p><p>> out of the corral, and now this is</p><p>> beyond us how he got out! Its a 5</p><p>> foot fence! Anyways he got out and</p><p>> we found him this morning across</p><p>> the road by the neighbors pasture</p><p>> tangled up in barbed wire. His leg</p><p>> was ripped right open to the bone.</p><p>> Tendons and muscle were just</p><p>> hanging from him. Poor little</p><p>> fella. We put a makeshift cast on</p><p>> him for right now and tomorrow we</p><p>> are taking him to the vet college</p><p>> to see if they can do anything for</p><p>> him. But we have faced the facts</p><p>> that he will be most likely put</p><p>> down. I feel so horrible! He is in</p><p>> the barn with his mother right</p><p>> now, he seems so happy right now,</p><p>> he's eating great, walking around.</p><p>> I just feel so bad, he was a horse</p><p>> that had such great potential! I</p><p>> think this is one of the hardest</p><p>> things to deal with in life!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Anonymous, post: 2939"] Jo, I'm so sorry to hear about your foal's injury. That must have been a heartbreaking discovery. I hope the folks at the vet college were able to help. > We had one of our mares foal at > the end of June this year. > Beautiful foal with great > personality. We brought him in > from the winter pasture to wean > from his mother yesterday. We put > him in one of our corrals with our > bull calves (he has been around > cattle since the day he was born). > Sometime during the night he got > out of the corral, and now this is > beyond us how he got out! Its a 5 > foot fence! Anyways he got out and > we found him this morning across > the road by the neighbors pasture > tangled up in barbed wire. His leg > was ripped right open to the bone. > Tendons and muscle were just > hanging from him. Poor little > fella. We put a makeshift cast on > him for right now and tomorrow we > are taking him to the vet college > to see if they can do anything for > him. But we have faced the facts > that he will be most likely put > down. I feel so horrible! He is in > the barn with his mother right > now, he seems so happy right now, > he's eating great, walking around. > I just feel so bad, he was a horse > that had such great potential! I > think this is one of the hardest > things to deal with in life! [/QUOTE]
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