lame heifer from the mart

clonagh

Hi all, an agent bought me some heifers at a mart a few days ago, one of them is slightly lame. What's the story if she doesn't improve and I don't want to keep her. I haven't paid for them yet.

Thanks

I said

clonagh wrote: »

Hi all, an agent bought me some heifers at a mart a few days ago, one of them is slightly lame. What's the story if she doesn't improve and I don't want to keep her. I haven't paid for them yet.

Thanks

She might have got a hurt getting up on or of the truck or trailer that she was transported on.
That would be most likely explanation

Kovu

Was she definitely lame going through the ring, can you ask the agent? She might have been hurt on the way home in the lorry. It'd be hard to prove anything unless the clerk wrote down 'lame' or 'bad leg' on the sale sheets- they should do that in those cases.

Sam Kade

The mart don't take responsibility for injuries.

clonagh

I haven't spoken to the agent yet so I don't know if she was lame in the ring. I'm hoping she'll be fine in a day or so but I'm worried it might be laminitus and if it is she had it before the sales. If that turns out to be the case what are my options? Thanks again.

Kovu

It's hard to say, have you looked at her foot in the crush or anything? Any time I seen an animal go through the ring lame it was written down by the clerk. Or else was announced and would have been recorded on the tape iykwim.

Unless you can prove that she was hurt before being sold/old injury, you won't get very far.

Good loser

Once you got her home from the mart I'd say your chances of any comeback are limited. Forget it.

White Clover

Get your local hoofcare guy to look at her. She won't put on any weight while lame

agriman27

Good loser wrote: »

Once you got her home from the mart I'd say your chances of any comeback are limited. Forget it.

Yeah I agree, I don't think you will have any case to go back to the mart at all. Best thing you can do is inject the heifer and try your best to cure her.

Sacrolyte

Good loser wrote: »

Once you got her home from the mart I'd say your chances of any comeback are limited. Forget it.

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williemakeit

Give her a few days. Is it possible she is lame/tender from standing on concrete all day at mart???

Sam Kade

I bought 30 bullocks at the mart one time and the man delivering them kept the second load at his place overnight. He delivered them next day and I put them in the shed, when I put them out on grass that evening I noticed one with a deep cut in his front leg and by that evening his leg swelled badly. I had to call the vet and he said it would by 50 50 if he survived or not. Luckily enough he pulled through and made a full recovery. I didn't bother going after the mart or the dealer as I knew it would be impossible to prove where he got hurt my guess would be at the dealers yard I could have claimed off his insurance but it you'd want proof.

clonagh

Thanks fellas, I let ye know how she gets on!

simonhm

its hard to fight merchants marts and dealers. farmers normally loose. best of luck