Broken Leg Help

Matthew3590

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Don't want to take this too off topic but when it comes to broken bones there can't be too many differences from dogs, horses, goats, humans with bones in arms and legs can there? I know they might be bigger and stronger.
 

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freemotion said:
If it became a legal matter I would simply start calling vets right in front of the authorities, on speaker phone. Homework? I HAD a vet who was treating my goats!

I've also had several large bills of several hundred dollars for the vet to say...hmmm, call me in a few days if she's not better.

No diagnosis. No treatment. I live in a suburban area and there are small animal vets and horse vets. I no longer have a horse so I am stuck. Be careful not to judge.

My very first experience with re-positioning an impossibly stuck kid was last spring. The vet I finally got to come....never showed up. I called the office staff back after an hour (the doe had given up by then, eyes closed, faint contractions, not even holding her head up anymore) to find out how far out he was cuz the doe was gonna die. Oh, she told me, he's not coming. I thought you didn't want him.

:barnie

I insisted that he call me and gave my cell number. He didn't call. I got on the forum and was talked through successfully delivering the goat. I called the office back. The receptionist told me she'd given the vet my HOUSE number. Like I was in the house with the goat in labor. I didn't even give her that number. She had to have looked it up in my records for my dog. Oh, the dog they gave corn-based food to after a surgery when I said he was allergic to corn and he could wait a few hours until he came home to eat. Another gal there said, "It's ok, we gave him flagil. He won't get sick."

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Call the vet is not always useful advice. Do your vet homework is not always useful advice. That is where this forum is useful.
What you are talking about has nothing to do with a broken leg (the question posted by the op). I did not tell you or anyone else to "call a vet" about the issues you are talking about.
I commend livingwright for her dedication to find a vet that may be needed in the future. I have developed relationships with three vets one of which will not see my goats but is willing to give me meds. the other two are 1 hr away and 2 hrs away each have knowledge and equipment to handle different situations. Don't tell me you can't find a vet. I don't buy it. I have been around too long and have been through too many vets. You can always find a vet it is a matter of how far you are willing to travel and how much money you are willing to spend. I spend several thousands of dollars on vets each year I do not sympathize with you about having to spend a few hundred on a vet.
 

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I will say, that NH & Maine are severely lacking in knowledgable vets, let alone any vets willing to work with goats. Most of them think that for what it would cost to help the animal you can just,"afford to buy a replacement". They don't even stop to think that these animals mean just as much to a farmer as a cat or dog does to the typical domestic.
 

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Don't tell me you can't find a vet. I don't buy it. I have been around too long and have been through too many vets. You can always find a vet it is a matter of how far you are willing to travel and how much money you are willing to spend. I spend several thousands of dollars on vets each year I do not sympathize with you about having to spend a few hundred on a vet.
are you kidding? where do you live, the city?

a lot of us live WAY out and many vets will not come this far and its hard to find someone who will treat goats.

one of the rules of this forum is not to criticize how others treat their animals. you are out of line.
 

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ohiofarmgirl said:
Don't tell me you can't find a vet. I don't buy it. I have been around too long and have been through too many vets. You can always find a vet it is a matter of how far you are willing to travel and how much money you are willing to spend. I spend several thousands of dollars on vets each year I do not sympathize with you about having to spend a few hundred on a vet.
are you kidding? where do you live, the city?

a lot of us live WAY out and many vets will not come this far and its hard to find someone who will treat goats.

one of the rules of this forum is not to criticize how others treat their animals. you are out of line.
Exactly what she said...It really is VERY VERY hard to find a good vet up here. I lucked out and hit on my first try, but if it weren't for that clinic, I would be screwed. Don't judge/criticize because you have it easy when it comes to finding a good vet. Some of us can't afford to spend thousands on vets either. Just because we can't, doesn't mean we aren't good owners. Luckily, my vet is very reasonable with their prices. I spent $200 on cut leg, surgery on said leg, a c-section, and sewing her up, just to lose her that night anyway (this was also my only major vet bill for the year). Again, I was lucky to find them.
 

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chubbydog811 said:
ohiofarmgirl said:
Don't tell me you can't find a vet. I don't buy it. I have been around too long and have been through too many vets. You can always find a vet it is a matter of how far you are willing to travel and how much money you are willing to spend. I spend several thousands of dollars on vets each year I do not sympathize with you about having to spend a few hundred on a vet.
are you kidding? where do you live, the city?

a lot of us live WAY out and many vets will not come this far and its hard to find someone who will treat goats.

one of the rules of this forum is not to criticize how others treat their animals. you are out of line.
Exactly what she said...It really is VERY VERY hard to find a good vet up here. I lucked out and hit on my first try, but if it weren't for that clinic, I would be screwed. Don't judge/criticize because you have it easy when it comes to finding a good vet. Some of us can't afford to spend thousands on vets either. Just because we can't, doesn't mean we aren't good owners. Luckily, my vet is very reasonable with their prices. I spent $200 on cut leg, surgery on said leg, a c-section, and sewing her up, just to lose her that night anyway (this was also my only major vet bill for the year). Again, I was lucky to find them.
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no you are being reported for being unhelpful, snarky, and critical.

people come here for help not to be judged. you can like it or not but not everyone is going to run to the vet - for lots of reasons. having a forum- like this - to get help saves a lot of livestock.

starting the "you should call the vet" argument is not helpful. obviously the OP could have called a vet. but she needed help - OUR help - which was given.

new people should not be scared off or jumped for not doing what you think is best.

as for Freemotion - she's way more farm than you. she gets it done and is a good resource on many things.
 

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You are not being attacked, but rather we are defending freemotion and ourselves against your biting remark about us not being able to find a vet.
Like Chubbydog said, some of us can't afford to drive over an hour away to a vet that will cost us $90 just for the office visit. I would actually wager that most of us can't afford it in this economy. If we have an emergency that requires FAST action, we will lose our goat before we can get to an agreeable vet or get an agreeable vet to us, let alone, a knowledgeable one.

Example: My doeling, Cali, went into labor at 6:30pm, it took us until 11:45pm calling EVERYWHERE to find 1 vet willing to try to retrieve the, by then, dead buckling. Even at that, we had to drive roughly an hour away, and wait until 2:25am for the buckling to finally be removed. If there had been a vet near by that was willing, perhaps Cali & her buckling would be alive right now.
So, please, do not say that you can always find a vet, because sometimes, you can't.
 

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Having a large livestock vet on call isn't always a guarantee that you will get help from them. I have a great livestock vet. BUT, when I bought a couple of sale calves that went downhill and I didn't have the thousands of dollars needed to put them in the hospital for round the clock treatment...the vet said I should just put them down. I turned to the forum and was able to save one of the calves (the vet did supply me with the meds that were suggested by forum members).

I think that this thread has taken a wrong turn.

I'm glad the OP's goat is making progress :)
 
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