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     Maggie Leman Moderator Username: maggieleman Post Number: 1284 Registered: 07-2005 Posted From: 71.111.230.109  Rating: N/A |
That's good to hear. Maggie Leman Goat 911 Capri Medic | ||
| Jeffery Allen Brumfield New member Username: jeffro518 Post Number: 61 Registered: 01-2006 Posted From: 24.154.219.239 Rating: N/A |
she walks on it a little now so im happy | ||
| Maggie Leman Moderator Username: maggieleman Post Number: 1282 Registered: 07-2005 Posted From: 71.111.230.109 Rating: N/A |
Could she have been pushed off a platform and landed wrong? Caught her leg in the fence, hay feeder or feed bunk? Been stepped on by a much larger goat or animal? Butted very hard by a much larger animal? You can go to these 2 websites for a list of goat vets by state: http://cybergoat.com/goat_vet.htm http://www.aasrp.org/Practitioners/USSmallRuminantPractitioners.htm Maggie Leman Goat 911 Capri Medic | ||
| Jeffery Allen Brumfield New member Username: jeffro518 Post Number: 60 Registered: 01-2006 Posted From: 24.154.219.239 Rating: N/A |
I wonder how that could have happened. Thanks | ||
| Jeffery Allen Brumfield New member Username: jeffro518 Post Number: 59 Registered: 01-2006 Posted From: 24.154.219.239 Rating: N/A |
I don't know any vets at all she eats and everything I will try to find someone. | ||
| Maggie Leman Moderator Username: maggieleman Post Number: 1278 Registered: 07-2005 Posted From: 71.111.230.109 Rating: N/A |
If she isn't walking on it at all it is probably broken or dislocated. If it is a rear leg it could be a broken hip joint, pelvis or femur (the upper bone in the leg above the stifle joint). Have this checked by your vet. An unset fracture will not heal and a goat needs all 4 legs. Maggie Leman Goat 911 Capri Medic | ||
| Jeffery Allen Brumfield New member Username: jeffro518 Post Number: 58 Registered: 01-2006 Posted From: 170.215.177.85 Rating: N/A |
no she don't walk on it at all | ||
| Cindy Hance New member Username: chance Post Number: 119 Registered: 10-2005 Posted From: 65.255.132.151 Rating: N/A |
So she is walking on it - just limping? If so it is probably just sprained. I've had one other doe who limped for 2 weeks. And then all was well. I'd just keep an eye on her as long as she is applying pressure to it. Best Wishes Cindy Cindy | ||
| Jeffery Allen Brumfield New member Username: jeffro518 Post Number: 57 Registered: 01-2006 Posted From: 170.215.177.55 Rating: N/A |
it is still not swollen but if you put pressure on it she hurts a little she kinda nudges away she ate this evening on the pasture just did not go as far as the other goats. Hope she does better, thanks for the in put very appreciated | ||
| Cindy Hance New member Username: chance Post Number: 118 Registered: 10-2005 Posted From: 69.27.218.92 Rating: N/A |
Does she have anything stuck it the bottom of her hoof, or between her toes? She could have sprained it I guess My little doe just broken her leg a few days ago and it took some time to swell-not long but some time anyway. Take another look later on if you don't find anything in the hoof. I squeezed my doe leg all the down too and she did nothing. The vet wiggled the leg left to right from the bottom up and you could see her leg move back and forth (left to right) right below her knee. apparently pressure is not always a good factor in coming to a conclusion about a break. She suffered for 3 days. I FELT TERRIBLE! Cindy | ||
| Jeffery Allen Brumfield New member Username: jeffro518 Post Number: 56 Registered: 01-2006 Posted From: 170.215.177.39 Rating: N/A |
I got back from the feed store this morning and look up at my goats all of them were grazing but one she was up there laying down so i yelled at them( because they all run to me when I do that) and she tried to get up and did but had a hard time doing that so I went up there and she was not walking on it doesn't look swollen I went down and was feeling it and she just look at me like whats wrong with it doc. she hopped along to her feeding place as i fed them and she ate normaly then after she got done eating she stood there for a minute or 2 then just layed back down. Thanks |