LizStreithorst
07-17-2019, 05:30 PM
First off, I love my veterinarian. He knows so much about all different animals that it amazes me. I've been trying to get an appointment for my pet hen since Friday. I was more than willing to take her to the clinic and charge me for his the diagnosis. But he an I have a soft spot for one another and he hates to have to charge me so he called instead.
I explained what was wrong with Sweetie. I told that I thought that she had a broken knee, and now that it was healing enough for her to kind of walk, her right foot turned inward so the toes of her right foot some times touched the toes or the good left toes. He asked how I thought it happened. The only thing I was thinking was that the rooster jumped on her. I can't blame the rooster. They're born to rape. They can't help it. But when he jumped on her when she wasn't expecting it this time, her knee broke.
He said that she had a ruptured her cruchiate I know what it is but I don't know how to spell it) ligament. He said that cows get the same thing sometimes when a big bull jumps on her. He said that he can fix it dogs and cats. He once fixed it on my favorite dairy goat. But he said that the surgery doesn't work on cows and he can't figure out how he might make it work on a hen even if I had buckets of money.
He is so kind. He asked if I knew how to euthanize her humanly. I know how. It's not a fun job, but the way I learned to do it there is no apparent stress to the animal. And that was basically the end of the conversation.
I'll give Sweetie a couple more weeks just in case she manages to overcome it. Two weeks. No more. I can do the hard thing when it is the best choice.
I explained what was wrong with Sweetie. I told that I thought that she had a broken knee, and now that it was healing enough for her to kind of walk, her right foot turned inward so the toes of her right foot some times touched the toes or the good left toes. He asked how I thought it happened. The only thing I was thinking was that the rooster jumped on her. I can't blame the rooster. They're born to rape. They can't help it. But when he jumped on her when she wasn't expecting it this time, her knee broke.
He said that she had a ruptured her cruchiate I know what it is but I don't know how to spell it) ligament. He said that cows get the same thing sometimes when a big bull jumps on her. He said that he can fix it dogs and cats. He once fixed it on my favorite dairy goat. But he said that the surgery doesn't work on cows and he can't figure out how he might make it work on a hen even if I had buckets of money.
He is so kind. He asked if I knew how to euthanize her humanly. I know how. It's not a fun job, but the way I learned to do it there is no apparent stress to the animal. And that was basically the end of the conversation.
I'll give Sweetie a couple more weeks just in case she manages to overcome it. Two weeks. No more. I can do the hard thing when it is the best choice.