My 10 month old Nubian got kicked by one of the horses & ended up with a leg broken in 2 places. I had her leg casted. Nice bright red cast and I was pleasantly surprised that the bill was only $53 for it. Mitzi Oklahoma
On Thu, 16 Dec 2004 12:54:15 -0700, Carol J. Elkins wrote: >Hi John, >You can't be serious! I thought my vet topped the expensive chart. How much >was YOUR cast? (Gads, I might have reason to think less poorly of my vet!) >Your poor ewe--hanging upside down with a broken leg! She must have been in >great pain. Did your vet put the aluminum "walking splint" outside of the cast? >My ewe just drags her leg--even with the aluminum support she will not walk >on it. I've had all of the ewes confined in a small corral ever since that >ewe broke her leg. I don't want her having to keep up with everyone and >thought that once she has her lambs she will probably move more at her own >pace and be content with her babies while the flock moves farther away. >Hopefully the remainder of the ewes will finish lambing in a week and I can >let everyone out of the corral. They are bored. >Carol >At 12:45 PM 12/16/2004 -0600, you wrote: >>My conclusions thus far are that 1) we need to >>beware of trees with low forks, 2) Colorado vets are less expensive that >>Baldwin County Alabama vets, and 3) the price of lamb is going up every day. =============================================== This message is from the Blackbelly Sheep mailing list (http://www.awrittenword.com/listserv/index.html). To respond to this message, send e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe or change your membership options, go to http://lists.coyotenet.net/mailman/listinfo/blackbelly To search the archives, go to http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/
