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00:00 We'll have to consider the Tanasi for his sake, unfortunately.
00:03 I just think that his prognosis is pretty bad at this point.
00:09 So tell me, what's going on?
00:15 So Calamy hasn't been able to stand on his own for a couple weeks now.
00:19 He had an infection that's swollen his legs to swell up.
00:22 Okay.
00:23 We treated him for that.
00:24 And he seems perfectly healthy now, but his front legs can't like,
00:28 hold their weight, he can't stand his own weight.
00:31 I have five goats that are two pets.
00:33 Calamy and his twin brother, Broderick,
00:36 used to live in the zoo where I worked here,
00:38 and when they needed to come back to the zoo,
00:40 I took them home with me.
00:41 He is my favorite of the herd.
00:43 I heard you're not supposed to have favorites, but I do, and he is.
00:47 He is eight years old.
00:48 Eight years old.
00:49 Yeah, so he is one of the seniors.
00:51 Okay.
00:52 His attitude's fine, but he's not sure what to do first.
00:56 Does he urinate normally?
00:57 Absolutely.
00:58 Very good, that's good.
00:59 Hey, Calamy.
01:00 How are you doing, buddy?
01:02 Yeah.
01:03 He's just a real champion.
01:04 He's the alpha male of the herd.
01:06 My initial thoughts when I saw him,
01:09 I thought that he was having a contracture on his legs.
01:13 And the concern that I have is how well he's been contracted.
01:17 Impressive beard.
01:19 I know, I actually...
01:21 He's a little raspy when he's out of breath.
01:23 I'm beginning to think it might be pneumonia.
01:25 Yeah, he's not ready to breathe.
01:26 Yeah, possibly.
01:27 He's not running a fever.
01:28 At least.
01:29 Is he eating well?
01:30 Yeah.
01:31 Okay, let's get swinging on it and take a look at this.
01:35 Every moment that he's laying on the ground,
01:37 and I'm not able to extend,
01:38 it's only going to cause him to have a contracture.
01:41 Especially with his age.
01:43 Yeah, that's what I was worried about.
01:45 Yeah, that's what I was worried about.
01:48 The concern that I have is that they really, really are contracted.
01:51 I know, and it's not even anything you have necessarily.
01:55 I mean, you could tap that joint, you could culture that,
01:58 but I do think he's sick.
02:00 I mean, I think we've got to look at his quality of life,
02:07 not to be completely rude.
02:09 In my mind, I think we either figure out
02:11 that we were pretty aggressive, right?
02:13 Or we might have to consider the anesthesia
02:16 as a precautionary measure.
02:18 I just think that his prognosis is pretty bad at this point.
02:24 A book that can't stand this.
02:26 It's not a book that's quality.
02:28 I'm really sad right now to imagine that we could lose Calamy
02:36 when his attitude is so good and his feeling is drastically good.
02:41 You know, it's a much easier thing to tanazie an animal
02:45 that is feeling very poorly.
02:47 But like I said, I don't want him to live a life
02:49 where he's losing his manners.
02:51 He needs to have some fun with the herd.
02:53 He needs to be able to run with his brother.
02:55 Exactly.
02:56 If he can't, I think it's really unjust for him.
02:58 You've got to make the decision that you think is the hardest.
03:01 I know it's the hardest.
03:02 Yeah.
03:03 Yeah.
03:07 This is so hard.
03:08 You don't have to decide right now.
03:09 Yeah, I know.
03:10 But if over the next several days it doesn't get better,
03:12 you really need to consider it.
03:14 It is so challenging to have the animal
03:17 that is in your mind, that is bright, friendly, loving,
03:20 and unfortunately when you look at quality of life,
03:23 you need to analyze that because an animal needs to move.
03:26 And for him to not be able to get up and have a different way of living,
03:30 so it's very hard on them as well.
03:32 Well then how about we treat him?
03:35 Yeah.
03:36 First, a little pneumonia, last chance.
03:37 You say you don't have favorites, but it's been my favorite.
03:40 I worked with him.
03:41 I've been a caretaker for five years.
03:43 And I've been here for five years.
03:45 Everything's fine.
03:46 It's over now.
03:47 I'm sorry, my boy.
03:48 It was a quick one.
03:49 It was a quick burn.
03:50 And it didn't hurt him.
03:52 At this point, he needs to get some therapy.
03:54 So in my opinion, I think we ought to force him to straighten out
03:59 and really focus on physical therapy and whatnot.
04:02 So just lay his legs, his shoulders,
04:05 just contract his muscles, pull his legs,
04:07 and it's really helpful.
04:09 If there are things we can do for him,
04:11 I'm definitely ready and I'm willing to do that.
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