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     Maggie Leman Moderator Username: maggieleman Post Number: 449 Registered: 07-2005 Posted From: 71.111.216.141  Rating: N/A |
Sorry for your loss Amber. Maggie Leman Goat 911 Capri Medic | ||
| (Unregistered Guest) Unregistered guest Posted From: 69.72.57.237 Rating: N/A |
Thanks for all of the help Maggie, we did find lice on Buddy last night, and my neighbor is going to stop by the farm store and buy some delicer. However Buddy is no longer with us, he was put down a few hours ago. I found him tangled in the electric wire that runs along the inside of the fence, to keep the goats from climbing on it (not badly entangled, just one legs and his horn) but he was still unable to stand up on his own. We thought he was just in shock, and had possibly pulled something (he also would thrash wildly if he was aloud to fall agene). However he only got worse as the night progressed so we called the vet… He had gotten tetanus through the crakes in his heals. I think I might sell my other goat soon (since he is a pain in the but buck) once we give him a tetanus shot and ride him of any lice he might have. Agene, thank you for all your help. | ||
| Sandi Scott New member Username: sarasotasandi Post Number: 33 Registered: 07-2005 Posted From: 71.50.233.24 Rating: N/A |
It's hard to tell why one goat is affected by something like this, and another is not. I had a buck with what sounds like exactly the same thing. Nothing I did worked for him. He eventually lost all his hair and had to be put down. Later, two of his kids had a bad case of skin fungus. Both did eventually recover. I never did skin scrapings on the buck, so I don't know if it was the same thing. Get some skin scrapings and ask for a KOH prep for fungi. If they find any, you could try treating with miconazole rinse, although in the winter that may be more problematic. Miconazole is found in women's vaginal yeast treatment cream, which you can get over the counter. | ||
| (Unregistered Guest) Unregistered guest Posted From: 69.72.58.97 Rating: N/A |
My step dad or my neighbor are going to help me scrub Buddy’s legs tomorrow like we did sunday. But Buddy is a lot more agitated today then iv even seen him. Usually he comes running to the back gate with the other goat waiting for food when I come outside, but now he hesitates, standing in the building instead. And once he comes out he starts stomping and kicking his back legs furiously. When he stops doing that he simply stands completely shaking. He hardly comes out of the building at all. Also he doesn’t move away from the other goat like he usually does, when he starts pushing him around. He just sort of braces himself as if saying “Please, please just don’t make me move” I will definitely go buy some delicer but if this is something else could the delicer cause further irritation (He has cracks on his heal)? Also why might my other goat be still unaffected by whatever is ailing his brother? | ||
| Maggie Leman Moderator Username: maggieleman Post Number: 441 Registered: 07-2005 Posted From: 71.111.216.141 Rating: N/A |
This could be lice or mites. I would treat with a pour on delicer such as Synergized Delice for Cattle. You will need to treat for 3 weeks. You may want to treat all of your goats. Winter time usually means lice or mites in goats. The betadine and diaper rash ointment will help heal the skin but they don't really kill the bugs. Maggie Leman Goat 911 Capri Medic | ||
| Amber (Unregistered Guest) Unregistered guest Posted From: 69.72.57.253 Rating: N/A |
Yesterday morning I noticed that my 1 1/2 year old whether (Buddy) was kicking his back right foot like he had a fly, but it was 20 degrees out so I watched him for a little bit and saw that his back legs dint look quit right, and the one he was kicking seemed to have a small cut on the heal. When I got a closer look I found that he was loosing hair on both of this legs (about hock high), the back right being the worst, and that his skin was white and crusty. It looked like something I had seem on TV before, only it was on a horse, not a goat, and had only infected the heal of the horse. Buddy however has it all the way up to his hock, on both back feet, and it seems to be starting on his fronts as well. My neighbor told me to wash it with Betadine, and put dipper rash cream on it, which she helped me do yesterday afternoon. However Buddy is kicking a lot more today then he was yesterday. What EXACTLY could this be, and what could have caused it? Will the Betadine and dipper rash cream help, or should I be doing something else? Also, do I need to find a way to separate him from my other goat? P.S. Buddy and the other goat are housed along with 8 chickens, and I have straw in their house right now for bedding, since it is winter. In the summer however they usually just have sand. |