He is darn lucky he has owners that give a little bit of a shit about putting some money, time and effort into saving him.. We were very skeptical that he could be saved when we first saw his leg just dangling, but Andrea assured us it probably was not as bad as it looked.
Well it was about as bad as it looked, but she felt it was worth giving it a go to fix him up. We valued the effort at about $200 and told her if she could fix him for under that, then our $75 goat was gonna have a second chance at living.
2 clean complete breaks, one just above his hock and the other just above his pastern.
This is a great x-ray showing the breaks..
Because of the breaks, the tendons/ligaments had contracted and made it very difficult to reset the bones, they would not loosen up enough to get the bones back into position so Eric, Derek & Andrea had to pull VERY HARD on that darn leg to stretch it out.. I was glad that Mo was asleep for all that torture..
All that pulling paid off though because we couldnt have asked for anything better than this reset!!
Eric & Derek are holding the leg/bones in position for casting so that they dont move.
I've never seen a cast get put on, so it was cool to see the process.
Almost done.
Casting Completed.. Never did I imagine I would pay to have a cast put on my goat! We are VERY thankful to Andrea for meeting us at her clinic and coming in after work hours to fix up Mo! Had she not been an option to go to, the reality is that Mo would not be around right now.
Once we got him home, we created a hay bale enclosure as he has to be confined in a really small area for the next 6 weeks.. no access to the other goats and minimal walking around.
He can still see his friends but they cant push him around and he cant run or play. I feel bad for him being in such tight quarters, but this has to work and hopefully in 6-8 weeks, he'll get his cast off and be good as new!!
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