Keren
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Ah, lost another doe. Something completely different, I think a bad case of preg tox, with a twist. Found her weak unable to stand so brought her in, put her on caesarian watch (sit there waiting with the knife till she dies then to the emergency caesar.
Anyway.
Aboout 10 o clock last night she died, I was there with the knives and towels, she was lying with her left side up. Cut into her - now if any of you have seen/done a caesar you'll know that the shear size of the pregnant uterus shoves all the guts and everything up the front of the animal, it almost all fits up under the ribs. So normally when you cut just in front of the hip you get to the uterus straight away.
So I opened her ... no uterus sitting there. Lots of guts. I dug around a bit ... no uterus. By this stage I'm thinking was it actually pregnant, I grab its back leg yes it has an udder. Bit more digging, I feel the curl of a uterine horn. Pull it out ... its a non pregnant uterine horn.
Looked again, yes she has an udder. Well, maybe she only has one kid and its in the other horn, so dig round to the other side, yes, there's a kid there. Pulled it out, gave it to the helper to towel and swing. I thought, hmm I'll just check to make sure there's not a second kid in that horn, well there was. Gave that one to the helper, and I'll be dammmed, went in a third time and there was another one.
Now, not sure if having triplets in the one horn was what made her crook, I dont know. I'm not sure how common an occurence this is, but I wouldnt think it would be normal??
Anyway, they were three doe kids but they didnt live. They came out kicking really strong with good hearts, but their lungs just didnt get there. They tried to breathe but didnt quite get there and after about half an hour (with us rubbing and stimulating the whole time) they gave up.
Anyway.
Aboout 10 o clock last night she died, I was there with the knives and towels, she was lying with her left side up. Cut into her - now if any of you have seen/done a caesar you'll know that the shear size of the pregnant uterus shoves all the guts and everything up the front of the animal, it almost all fits up under the ribs. So normally when you cut just in front of the hip you get to the uterus straight away.
So I opened her ... no uterus sitting there. Lots of guts. I dug around a bit ... no uterus. By this stage I'm thinking was it actually pregnant, I grab its back leg yes it has an udder. Bit more digging, I feel the curl of a uterine horn. Pull it out ... its a non pregnant uterine horn.
Looked again, yes she has an udder. Well, maybe she only has one kid and its in the other horn, so dig round to the other side, yes, there's a kid there. Pulled it out, gave it to the helper to towel and swing. I thought, hmm I'll just check to make sure there's not a second kid in that horn, well there was. Gave that one to the helper, and I'll be dammmed, went in a third time and there was another one.
Now, not sure if having triplets in the one horn was what made her crook, I dont know. I'm not sure how common an occurence this is, but I wouldnt think it would be normal??
Anyway, they were three doe kids but they didnt live. They came out kicking really strong with good hearts, but their lungs just didnt get there. They tried to breathe but didnt quite get there and after about half an hour (with us rubbing and stimulating the whole time) they gave up.