Heiferlover
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We have a small hobby farm which we welcomed a donkey to about a month ago. We we're told at the time we acquired the donkey that he was coming from a rescue where he had been surrendered due to his owners inability to take care of him any longer. He was not malnourished he was not known to have been abused he just had very little socialization because he had been in the pasture with cattle 24/7 365.
Since arriving he has done extremely well and warmed up to everybody in the family as well as all the animals on the farm. However suddenly last night he chased down one of our Nigerian dwarf goats pinned her to the ground and was biting and stomping her. We did not witness the beginning of the attack rather coming into it as it was taking place so precipitating factors were unknown we separated them last night and throughout the day today and everything was normal as it would be. However then this evening, we went down to the pastor to find he had one of our calves pinned to the ground was stomping her biting her neck and dragging her by the neck. Initially our teenage daughter hit him and yelled at him and he persisted in his attack at which point she ran up to grab an adult and it took two adults to separate the two.
I am at a loss as to what would cause the sudden change in behavior with him. No new animals have been introduced since his arrival nothing has changed he was fed today had plenty of water and it was actually a very cool day. Any thoughts from the more experienced in the group ?
Since arriving he has done extremely well and warmed up to everybody in the family as well as all the animals on the farm. However suddenly last night he chased down one of our Nigerian dwarf goats pinned her to the ground and was biting and stomping her. We did not witness the beginning of the attack rather coming into it as it was taking place so precipitating factors were unknown we separated them last night and throughout the day today and everything was normal as it would be. However then this evening, we went down to the pastor to find he had one of our calves pinned to the ground was stomping her biting her neck and dragging her by the neck. Initially our teenage daughter hit him and yelled at him and he persisted in his attack at which point she ran up to grab an adult and it took two adults to separate the two.
I am at a loss as to what would cause the sudden change in behavior with him. No new animals have been introduced since his arrival nothing has changed he was fed today had plenty of water and it was actually a very cool day. Any thoughts from the more experienced in the group ?