Post by DanMa on Sept 23, 2014 19:42:26 GMT -5
Well, Camilia's recovery from her 7/31 injury has been extremely slow. Up until last night, she has been hopping around occasionally putting a little weight on her injured rear leg. I'm guessing it was not dislocated since I have seen her a few times using it to scratch her ear so I hope I'm right (Heather?). She has increased her hay intake from 1/3 normal to 1/2 normal sometimes 2/3 normal. Yesterday, it seemed to me that she was up so much and walking about so much that she was overdoing it but I took that as a good sign.
I wish I knew what happened to her last night although I am GUESSING she slipped & (hopefully not!) injured one or both of her front legs. She was not able to stand up today. All she could do today is raise her rear end to normal level, and get up as far as her knees on her front end. She doesn't seem to be able to muster the extra effort to raise her front end up from her kness to standing position which she has been doing throughout her recovery. That being said, she has--over the course of the day--moved a good few yards in her area. So she is able to take a few "steps" (or on her knees) once in a while and shift her weight. She is eating and drinking this evening. She didn't eat all day but that may be because she ate all of the hay I left her last night. She was chewing cud this afternoon.
I am NOT telling my son of this latest development. I do not want to go through another session of being screamed at that I should put her down. The way I look at it, as long as she is eating, drinking, cudding, pooping & looks pretty normal I'm not giving up on her just yet. In the past, people on here have told cow owners that they will know when it is time to put her down and I do not feel that time has come yet...although arguably it might be closer. I sure hope she can stand up in the morning. I know I need to cross this bridge when I come to it but I'm wondering how I will ever get her in the barn if this latest development drags on before it starts to snow. (Well, I've got a couple of ideas how to do it. The question is will they work). Thankfully, that's a couple of months away (I hope).
Here's to a fitful night's sleep (for me).
I wish I knew what happened to her last night although I am GUESSING she slipped & (hopefully not!) injured one or both of her front legs. She was not able to stand up today. All she could do today is raise her rear end to normal level, and get up as far as her knees on her front end. She doesn't seem to be able to muster the extra effort to raise her front end up from her kness to standing position which she has been doing throughout her recovery. That being said, she has--over the course of the day--moved a good few yards in her area. So she is able to take a few "steps" (or on her knees) once in a while and shift her weight. She is eating and drinking this evening. She didn't eat all day but that may be because she ate all of the hay I left her last night. She was chewing cud this afternoon.
I am NOT telling my son of this latest development. I do not want to go through another session of being screamed at that I should put her down. The way I look at it, as long as she is eating, drinking, cudding, pooping & looks pretty normal I'm not giving up on her just yet. In the past, people on here have told cow owners that they will know when it is time to put her down and I do not feel that time has come yet...although arguably it might be closer. I sure hope she can stand up in the morning. I know I need to cross this bridge when I come to it but I'm wondering how I will ever get her in the barn if this latest development drags on before it starts to snow. (Well, I've got a couple of ideas how to do it. The question is will they work). Thankfully, that's a couple of months away (I hope).
Here's to a fitful night's sleep (for me).