[jaykay]

Cali, who is 6 weeks old, has broken her leg. Overnight in the goat byre somehow, jumping on and off things I expect. It's about half way between her hoof and first joint on her back leg.


Just trying to raise the vet now and think how to carry her there in the car without making it worse 

[Mammyshaz]

Oh no, hope she's sorted soon 

[little blue]

poor Cali, best of luck

[plumseverywhere]

Oh noo! Poor thing. Hope it all heals nice and quickly Jaykay x

[sabrina]

Hope vet can help 

[jaykay]

In fact she's dislocated the hock, so thoroughly that there's nothing the vets can do about it. He said even if she were a dog and they were going to go through all the long surgery needed to fix it, it's so complicated he'd have to send her away to a specialist small animal surgeon.


So. He says she'll have a perfectly fine life, just a stiff, out of shape leg 


She's had a metacam injection and in fact is able to get about, though can't put any weight on that leg at the moment. He thought it could improve quite a bit, given how young she is.


Probably means the lady who was going to take her won't now. Oh well. 

[jaykay]

Hard to watch her right now    Hope it mends quickly, even if crookedly, and she's back to playing with the others 

[Mammyshaz]

Ouch! Painful, poor Cali. Hopefully the metacam will kick in quickly   

[SallyintNorth]

Oh, poor Cali  , poor you    - and poor lady who was going to have Cali too

[tizaala]

Sounds like she got it caught and twisted to get it out, poor thing, poor you . what a predicament.

[jaykay]

I think that's what must have happened Tizzala. One place I can see is the high hay racks, which the kids have taken to jumping into! Am just about to try to make solid tops for them. Other than that it's just the stones of the byre itself, which I can't alter.


Poor love isn't having a good day, she managed to get inside the big chicken house and the pophole slid shut    Fortunately I was around so she wasn't in there for long!

[clydesdaleclopper]

Bit of a long shot but I know with the horse we have had a great deal of success with a osteopath who fixed a pelvis that was out very badly. We also used an animal rolfer. It might be worth a try if there is anyone near.

[jaykay]

Was the osteopath a horse one or a human one? There might be a human one about here.....

[clydesdaleclopper]

It was a horse one but a human one might be worth a try.

[jaykay]

Mmmm, just been talking to a friend who's a doctor and he's been showing me how complicated the hock (ankle) joint is and just how impossible manipulating it back into place will be if ligaments are torn and all those little bones are out of place    I think it's just the wrong joint to have dislocated, a simple ball and socket joint could be fixed much more easily 


The plus side is that Janet, the lady who was going to have her has rung and basically said as long as Cali's leg mends enough so she can have a decent life, she's happy to still take her. So fingers crossed her leg does mend for both Cali and Janet.


And me - I am finding it very difficult to watch her hurt and be able to do nothing for her