Originally posted by moosmom
You still had an appetite after that???
What Lizbud said is what I don't understand. Why didn't this farmer have a veterinarian on hand??? I know farming seems very difficult and different to us city folks, but to leave a poor defenseless sheep bleeding to death while they go out for lunch is despicable.She should've been euthanized and put out of her misery.
I sat outside for 2 1/2 hours in a field stairing 500-1000 yards away. Yes I was hungry after that.
There r no sheep veterinarian's around there. its in the middle of nowhere. The farmer is the vet, thas how family farms work.
We had no idea she was bleeding internally. She wasn't bleeding when we checked on her throughout the day. & the last time we checked on her, there was blood on the ground & she was dead.
You don't euthanize (neds) an animal that u don't think is gonna die & that u can use for food & other things, its also a natural farm, meaning no to little interfearing with the stock, it produces healthier & better animals.
The farmer said it'll take hours for her to recover from her ordeal. SHe was lifting her head & looking around, she just wouldn't get up yet, but she had 24hrs to get up so there was no worry. She was the first sheep to die on that farm from giving birth.
The point of this thread was sharing my day & things not everyone gets to see, including the farmers.
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