Post by donnaclyde47 on Dec 2, 2011 20:45:43 GMT -5
Had a horrific day. Too many details to give, but the semi-short of it...
Stella's amniotic sack broke last night around 5:00 p.m. She still wasn't in labor this morning, so my vet friend, Sonya, came over to check her. She said one foot was bent down, so she got the equipment to pull the calf out, and it just would NOT budge. She tried for over an hour, then called in two more vets, one a very strong 6'4" man. They spent five hours trying to get that calf out, trying all sorts of things. Luckily she had an epidural.
Sonya said that the hoof of the calf was bigger than her beef cattle when they're born - she said it was huge.
Anyway, after five hours and the calf not budging, we decided she had had enough and put her to sleep. We have only had her seven weeks, but I was madly in love with her. I went out every night around 9:00 p.m. when all my kids were in bed, and that was "our time," where I'd give her a snack and we'd talk while I brushed her.
The lady I got her from told me originally that the four Jerseys she had for sale, they were all at different points in their pregnancies, but that she breeds them so they give birth at around two to two and a half years. When she delivered Stella with the disease-free papers, her DOB on the papers put her at being bred at 11 months. She was apparently bred to a Jersey, but the feet were huge, so who knows.... My husband thinks she was trying to pull the wool over my eyes and off-load her onto me. I've been "burned" a few times already with cow owners, so not sure what to think. I try to see the best in people. And, you never know, the healthiest cows in the world can die tragically.
Babbling....
Stella's amniotic sack broke last night around 5:00 p.m. She still wasn't in labor this morning, so my vet friend, Sonya, came over to check her. She said one foot was bent down, so she got the equipment to pull the calf out, and it just would NOT budge. She tried for over an hour, then called in two more vets, one a very strong 6'4" man. They spent five hours trying to get that calf out, trying all sorts of things. Luckily she had an epidural.
Sonya said that the hoof of the calf was bigger than her beef cattle when they're born - she said it was huge.
Anyway, after five hours and the calf not budging, we decided she had had enough and put her to sleep. We have only had her seven weeks, but I was madly in love with her. I went out every night around 9:00 p.m. when all my kids were in bed, and that was "our time," where I'd give her a snack and we'd talk while I brushed her.
The lady I got her from told me originally that the four Jerseys she had for sale, they were all at different points in their pregnancies, but that she breeds them so they give birth at around two to two and a half years. When she delivered Stella with the disease-free papers, her DOB on the papers put her at being bred at 11 months. She was apparently bred to a Jersey, but the feet were huge, so who knows.... My husband thinks she was trying to pull the wool over my eyes and off-load her onto me. I've been "burned" a few times already with cow owners, so not sure what to think. I try to see the best in people. And, you never know, the healthiest cows in the world can die tragically.
Babbling....