When our goat took several hours to deliver the vet told us to call her next time as it is better to prevent problems. We were lucky enough to have lost just one kid then all of them and the momma.
We found a vet . She called and because we are newbies she's coming to us and not charging us the house call out. She's coming tomorrow morning to educate us.
Thank you for your condolences. It truly is a sad day on the Harrison farm. I wish it were $35 here. Where we live vets are very expensive and they start at like $100 and go over for housecalls it's terrible. Weekend emergencies are triple. When we can we're going to find a good vet and get...
I was just researching that today and I found a couple of goat vets in our area but they are all closed until tomorrow. I hope he makes it until then. It is all in God's hands now
We're going to try and find a vet that does goats over the weekend. He is doing better but still not out of the woods. He is standing and now on his own and tries to walk but falls down after a few steps
He stopped peeing and pooping about three hours ago. No diarrhea. Temp is normal. He tries to stand but is too tired. He gets a violent shake then starts chewing like he's chewing his cud but just drools. He almost acts like he's recovering from a stroke
Came home last night and my two month old goat was laying on the ground lifeless. I don't know how long he had been there but it is only 1degrees outside. We brought him in and got his body temp back to normal but now he goes between cycles of shaking his head, tensing and trying to stand but he...
Came home last night and my two month old goat was laying on the ground lifeless. I don't know how long he had been there but it is only 1degrees outside. We brought him in and got his body temp back to normal but now he goes between cycles of shaking his head, tensing and trying to stand but he...