Tootles
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Hello We are in north central Fla and slowly building our herd. Up until now we have had no problems with a bonded pair of donkeys approx 5-6 years old. About 3 months ago we brought in a bull and heifer that were bottle babies and all has been well. Yesterday we brought in another bottle baby approx one month old that is a little spitfire. Set her off in the pasture and was on a immediate run. At that point one of the donkeys became very aggressive chasing her down and pinning the calf to ground. He was grabbing at her neck and shaking as a pitbull. We managed to get him off and calf into stall to protect.
We put up a temporary fence enclosure to create a nursery hoping a couple of weeks would diffuse the situation. Overnight the donkey broke down the fence to attack the newest calf. Also evidence of the older heifer being attacked as well. Was missing the bull calf and was walking the pasture in search for him with the donkeys following behind. Found the bull calf and as soon as the donkey saw it was full attack mode once again.
We are in desperate need of advice and feel our options are to rehome the donkey asap or worse case to have him put down. It is only the one donkey that is displaying this aggressive behavior and he has gotten along with the original calves up until we brought in new calf. I hope this post is in the right forum and wonder if others have experienced this.
We put up a temporary fence enclosure to create a nursery hoping a couple of weeks would diffuse the situation. Overnight the donkey broke down the fence to attack the newest calf. Also evidence of the older heifer being attacked as well. Was missing the bull calf and was walking the pasture in search for him with the donkeys following behind. Found the bull calf and as soon as the donkey saw it was full attack mode once again.
We are in desperate need of advice and feel our options are to rehome the donkey asap or worse case to have him put down. It is only the one donkey that is displaying this aggressive behavior and he has gotten along with the original calves up until we brought in new calf. I hope this post is in the right forum and wonder if others have experienced this.