Nana

Hello! I'm Nana! 

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Pet Pleasures:  Looking into the sky night for shooting stars. 

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Pet Peeves:  Golfing - It's so boring!

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Arrived at FARRM:  2024

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Sex:  Female

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Age:  2017 

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About:  We were contacted by the family of an elderly man who was quite mentally unwell. The elderly man had multiple animals on the property, both working animals and dogs. The family had come to know, during one of the coldest weeks of the winter, that the elderly man was no longer looking after the animals. They had no access to food, water, or shelter. The temperatures were as low as -50°C with the windchill for weeks. It was evident that the man had been neglecting his animals for a while, as the dogs had started to attack the working animals to prevent themselves from starving to death. We were initially contacted to take seven goats from this situation, but the family had let us know that they had sent the "healthier" goats to auction to recuperate costs instead. Since Nana and her friend Tot were in horrible condition they could not take them to auction.

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Nana and Tot had both been attacked and torn apart by dogs and left for what the vet said looked like at least a month without medical intervention. Nana had been attacked by dogs on both sides of her body near and on her front legs, neck and shoulders. One of her sides had a wound so horrific that you could fit your entire fist through the front of her shoulder to the back. The wound was horribly infected, eroded, and was exposing muscle tissue, tendons, and bone. Nana's other side had an attack to her leg affecting her knee so badly that she was unable to walk from swelling and abscesses inside the joint. The attack infected the joint, destroying a lot of her bone and muscle mass surrounding her knee. As a reaction to this trauma, Nana's body shot out unhealthy bone shards to help heal the joint. Along with the plethora of injuries, Nana had also arrived at FARRM pregnant. Due to the state of her body, Nana unfortunately miscarried a few weeks later. Confused, hurt, and distraught, she mourned the loss of her baby for days. Nana had a very long and labor intensive recovery. Nana was completely immobile when she arrived at FARRM and did not have a good prognosis after her initial vet visit. Her body was so neglected that it was shutting down on itself and had no resources to properly heal. Months were spent injecting Nana with antibiotics, flushing out her wounds, and doing hours of physiotherapy a day in a sling to help her rebuild the muscles in her legs. Nana spent most of her days in her sling, re-learning how to walk again.  

                                         

After months of hard work, we are thrilled to report that Nana is completely healthy, healed and mobile. Nana and Tot have integrated wonderfully into our main herd where they spend their days eating hay, drinking as much water as they want, and living free from harm. Due to Nana's knee injury, she may always walk with a slight limp and may suffer from arthritis in the years to come. But for now, she boogies around the barnyard like nobody's business! She is brave, charismatic, and admirable. She loves affection, cuddles, and kisses. Nana can be found lounging in the sun, running with the herd with her newfound legs, and snuggling up with her old pal Tot. Although Nana and Tot have a heartbreaking background, we are eternally grateful they found their way home.