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Yesterday she was fine. Last night I heard no screaming and I sleep with windows open (plus my Catahoula would have let me know in a flash if something was out there). Today I went to teach classes and returned early. My mother is visiting to help us paint the interior of the house. She heard nothing all day. I went to feed my zoo and when I got to the sow pen, my yearling, Achoo, wouldn't eat. A closer look showed that her jaw was broken. Her skin was separated from her gums to the hinge. She couldn't move her jaw- couldn't eat- couldn't move her tongue. My neighbors pit bulls were loose, but in his yard. My Catahoula is in a crate when I'm not home but my mother says the dogs didn't act up. Could Achoo have gotten stuck in the hog panel? There's nothing else for her to have injured herself on. Could one of the older sows have done this? I know dogs will reach in and grab what they can but it seems like she would have screamed bloody murder had that happened.
Can anyone help me to figure out what happened. I put her down this afternoon.