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If you
came to visit us in our office, you'd meet Big Jerry. He was
listed on Craig's List, a real "favorite" of ours. Almost daily you can
find listings of pets who people want to give up.
In this case, a rooster
couldn't walk any longer and was no longer wanted. Our fear was he'd
become dinner, so to Pasado's he came. |
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When an
animal can't walk, whether due to disease, injury, abuse, or neglect,
they'll never get better just sitting down. Their muscles will atrophy
and even their digestive system won't operate properly.
So what do we do? We build
our own inventions. Creative "slings" that help animals stay upright. In
Big Jerry's case, it was a sling that Mark, Pasado's Co-Founder,
fashioned from PVC plastic and a dish towel (with adequate holes for
legs and a back opening for pooping!). |
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Little
Jerry, is seen left.
Nope, it's not the same
rooster. Little Jerry came first. He suffers from a
neurological problem in his spine that wouldn't allow him to walk. He
was offered for "eating" on Craig's List.
When he came to
Pasado's, he'd sit in his sling in our offices and then at night, we'd
"work" his legs. We'd do physical therapy on him just like any human
would go through to walk again. The key was to keep his brain
remembering the connection to his legs. And it worked! |
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This is Little Jerry
today! Walking tall, upright, and crowing like any healthy rooster does!
By the way, Little
Jerry was named for a Seinfeld episode where Kramer gets a hen so he can
have free-range eggs. The hens ends up cock-a-doodle-dooing in the
morning, "Hence the lack of egg production," Kramer says. So he re-names
his hen "Little Jerry Seinfeld". Our Little Jerry started out as Prissy,
because we thought she was a girl. His first morning crow led to his
name change! |
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One of the first times
we ever placed a rescued animal in a sling was Tommy, our beloved cow
who was rescued when he was shot as a calf. Teens used cows for target
practice, shooting Tommy, his mom (between the eyes) and several other
cows. Tommy was crippled for life.
Surgeons broke his leg
and re-set it. Tommy recovered in a sling (and enjoyed boxes of fresh
produce, left) until he was rehabilitated.
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Our reward! Tommy was
able to finally walk, with the help of a special orthopedic brace that
was created by a human orthopedic company. Making a leg brace for a 1400
lb. steer takes a lot of engineering! This photo was taken the first day
Tommy tried on his new "leg". He took to it like he'd worn it forever.
He knew we were trying to help him. Read about Tommy, the cow who
changed everything we thought about cows.,
here. |
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Slings help turkeys,
too. Like Bubba, left. Ahmad and Mark made this one for a turkey rescued
from a turkey farm. A set of raised dog dishes, placed in front of him,
was the perfect height from which to feed. |
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This is why Bubba
needed help. Turkeys raised for slaughter have their beaks and toes cut
off so they don't scratch each other by accident and "flaw" the precious
skin that will soon be seen in a local grocery store (doesn't appeal to
shoppers we guess). The problem is, these turkeys can't walk after a
while. |
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It truly amazes us how
animals "take" to whatever we do to try and help them. They truly seem
to understand that we're there to make them better. To lessen their
discomfort. |
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Now, when it comes to
"slinging" a goat, PVC plastic just doesn't cut it. So a hammock one of
us had came in real handy! Lenny was an old goat rescued from a home
where they couldn't afford to feed their animals any longer. He suffered
from long-time hoof problems (due to standing in mud for years). He
seems to take to his new swing just fine until he got better. |
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