Wire wrapped around neck...

[mpete]

of my neighbors doe when I went to go milk her!!! When we got to her she had froth around her mouth like she couldn't swallow. Her eyes were big... the poor thing... she's ok now, but she has a few marks around her neck. It was an old electric fence that has not been in use but left on the top of her fencing... She stayed so calm, good thing too, if she hadn't I'm positive she'd had choked. I held the wire away from her wind pipe while hubby ran for a knife. Her new name should be lucky....

[pookshollow]

Oh my goodness! The poor goat - good thing you found her before it was too late. We're still trying to get all the old electric fence wire down on our place. The horses like to yank it off and drag it halfway across the field. It's pretty heavy gauge though, so unlikely to get wrapped around much. What worries me more is the baler twine from round bales that never got picked up by the previous owner. Get that wrapped around a horse's leg when it's muddy and you'd never know until their hoof fell off. We've got most of it up now.

On the other hand, I left a spool of picture hanging wire on the shelf outside the goat pen. Little beggars managed to grab the end and pull it through the mesh into their pen. Looked like a giant spider had gone mad! I'm sure if I'd come out a half hour later, the goats would have wound themselves into a great big knot and would be completely immobile!

[Minelson]

Whew! Sounds like a really close call. Thank goodness you found her in time