The Accidental Smallholder Forum
Livestock => Sheep => Topic started by: lachlanandmarcus on February 28, 2012, 06:41:23 pm
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Curly Wurly our aged Shetland ram had always been in good fettle apart from being scared of someone saying boo to him.
But he had developed a chronic problem in both front legs and as he was also losing his teeth and not thriving so well this year, and also not able to be used in future due to being related to our girls, I called in the vet today and he was PTS.
Have never seen an animal PTS before and I have to say it was very very peaceful. Just slumped down, one cough and that was it.
We have saved his lovely horns which was hard to do but OH really appreciated it.
Am very grateful to the fallen stock people who were there within 3 hours of the call :-))
Now I face a summer without beloved Curly and later on in the year I will be looking for a registered white Shetland tup with rock hard feet and legs to entertain our 15-20 ewes. White because I get too fond of all the different coloured ones, and worse, so does the OH who is soppier than me!
RIP Curly Wurly, sleep tight old boy.....
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Oh so sorry - but good he went peacefully. I'll be shopping later in the year for a Shetland ram for my girls (every colour - I love the mix) not sure what to try and get
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Sad. :bouquet:
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Awwww....RIP Curly :bouquet:
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RIP
I have to say what a fantastic name for a ram Curly Wurly is!!!
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so sorry that's really sad but you know you did the best thing for him :bouquet:
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This is why he was called CurlyWurly :-)))
(http://i342.photobucket.com/albums/o405/lachlanandmarcus/008-1.jpg)
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.... wonderful photo of the old boy :) :bouquet:
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Aww, so handsome!
R.I.P Curly Wurly :bouquet:
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i can see why you kept the horns :farmer:
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Glad he went peacefully. Hope mine go that way although not for long, long time.
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sorry to hear about the tup we get atached to some of ours too have a jacob tup i wount sell as i quite like him and would like his horns when hes done with them although my other half would like him sold as he sneeks up behind her :o.
we have some nice shetland tups they will be shearlings this year got 2 for sale not white though got one light brown with very nice horns called boots as he has white boots we may keep him back for breeding as he wasnt used this year and we have a dark brown one also good horns called bogdan after the mearcats hes proven this year as we used him as a lamb on our own also have a black one with a few white patchs but poor horns and i think we are keeping him.
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So sorry you had to lose him but it sounded a peaceful goodbye
Rose
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Aw bless, sorry to hear this but it sounds like he had a good life with you :bouquet:
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Sad day :bouquet: - he was a maginficant beauty.
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A peaceful end - do you know how old he was?
Rigg Freddy Blue, my registered three year old, very gentle tup will be for sale this summer, as he has now been doing his duty for two years with me. He is white, with a very slight brown mottling to his legs. His pedigree is on the Shetland Sheep Society's flock book/website.
But I am very attached to him..., so am also considering splitting the flock and using an unrelated tup lamb on Freddy's daughters....
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Oh, how sad. So sorry for you. At least he had a very good innings and you were able to give him a swift and dignified end. :bouquet:
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Take a pat on the back (and a hug :'() for looking after him right to the end. So much kinder than sending him on. Lovely idea to keep his horns. :bouquet:
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Good to hear he had a peacefull end without the stress many farmers would have put their tups thru for the few pounds they'd get.
well done
But how did he manage to see the girls beyond those wonderful horns? :)
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What a beauty. And a lucky boy to have had such a caring home and dignified end. :bouquet:
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Nice to have an understanding vet too re: the horns.
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A peaceful end - do you know how old he was?
Rigg Freddy Blue, my registered three year old, very gentle tup will be for sale this summer, as he has now been doing his duty for two years with me. He is white, with a very slight brown mottling to his legs. His pedigree is on the Shetland Sheep Society's flock book/website.
But I am very attached to him..., so am also considering splitting the flock and using an unrelated tup lamb on Freddy's daughters....
He was about nine or ten, so not bad really.
Freddy does sound lovely! I reckon you will split your flock ...:-))))
Im having an op in a month which will put me out of action for two or three months, after that Im going to try and find a paragon like Curly or Freddy (great name!)
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Awwww ........sorry about your lad but it sounds as though he has been much loved. I bet there are lots of rams who wished they could have had a life like him!!
He was very cute.
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Good to hear he had a peacefull end without the stress many farmers would have put their tups thru for the few pounds they'd get.
well done
But how did he manage to see the girls beyond those wonderful horns? :)
He was very funny, he never appeared to be remotely interested in the girls at all....yet mysteriously :-)) every April there would be twenty or thirty exact Curly replicas all born within a week of each other! All just like him even when the ewe was a coloured Shetland, he certainly stamped his stock :-))))
I wouldnt have sent him to the abbatoir even if that was an option, although I dont think he could have travelled anyway. I was very happy (if thats the right word) with how he went.
The vet was very good, he actually owned Curly before me so it was actually a bit tough for him too. He offered to do the horns, bless him.
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He was a fine old gentleman by the looks of it and I hope the happy memories stay with you.