accident with goat update: I think she is going into labor

[animalgirl2010]

Well she is still basicly the same this morning standing up against one of the walls I think the reason she doesnt want to lay down is because the cut is up under her stomach as well and im sure it is painful... plus she is huge so the pressure causes more pain. She hasnt really eaten much just a handfull of cereal b/c she wouldnt eat the grain and I got about 4 syringes of yogurt down her. I ordered the supplies last night hopefully they will get here by the end of the week.
Oh and thanks for the tip skyesrocket I didnt know that before I ordered but I will know next time.

 

[cmjust0]

Is she eating hay at all?

 

[animalgirl2010]

She wasnt eating hay prior to a couple hours ago I went and bought a fresh bale for her and she is eating that pretty good now. Should I be concerned about her not lying down though? When I go to check on her she is always standing up with her head against the wall

 

[Camelot Farms]

I wouldnt worry too much about that. I would worry more if she laid down and then didnt get up. She is probably doing what feel best for her. We had a little pygmy with a Csect scar in almost the same spot. She leaned alot for about a week. Poor mama. It sounds like you are taking great care of her!

 

[ksalvagno]

Sounds like you are doing a great job taking care of her. Did the vet give you any Banamine for her? That is a pain/anti inflammatory drug. It might help her a bit. You can safely do 3 days in a row of it. Once a day shot. Dosage is 1cc per 100 lbs.

I hope your goat fully recovers for you.

 

[animalgirl2010]

No the vet didnt give any kind of medicine (except for her penicillin and tetanus shot before we left) He just said to give her the penicilin (which I already had) once daily and clean the wound with warm water but I had some phisohex here so I have been using that mixed with warm water to clean it. I should have asked him about the pain medicine he was pretty busy going back and forth trying to take care of her and a horse who had a huge gash in his foot, so maybe he forgot about pain meds.

 

[cmjust0]

Yeah, I'd definitely check about some banamine..

I went to the "urgent care" place once after I tweaked my back by almost* falling on ice the evening before.. By the time I decided I had to go for treatment the next day, it hurt so bad I couldn't get comfortable in any position and it actually hurt to breathe.. They asked if I drove there by myself...yep...asked if I had to work the next day...yep...so basically, narcotic pain meds were out. Instead, she decided to give me a shot that she said was "like super advil." In other words, a really stout NSAID shot.

Pretty much, I got a shot of banamine. I mean, I seriously doubt it was flunixin per se, but pretty much the same thing.

It stung pretty good, and I honestly didn't have much faith that it would work very well.. My thinking was "Hell, I coulda just taken some advil without having to get stuck in the butt...." but lemme tell ya.. By the time I got about halfway home, I was feeling so much better it was just unbelievable. By the time I actually got home, I felt like I was almost 100% again.

So, in a way, I can tell you first hand that a shot of banamine can do a lot of good.. And I say that not only as someone who's used banamine from time to time with his livestock, but also as a recipient of something very akin to banamine. It's good stuff!

See if your vet will get you a couple syringes.. Should be pretty cheap. I think the dosage is 1ml/100 in goats, but someone should double check me.


*I kinda sorta "halfway fell," if you wanna think of it that way.. Falling all the way down probably would have been much better, because when you almost fall, you can pretty much be assured that you've just used all kinds of muscles in weird and unusual ways to catch yourself. Not good!

 

[Laney]

I hope your goat is doing much better tonight. I'll say a little prayer to St. Francis for her. If it helps, I'm in the middle of a farm wide mite infestation here and I had to give injections to 11 goats today. I have to do it again in 1 week, repeating it for 4 weeks... plus dose all my chickens and change all the bedding in the barn and coop and lime underneath. (Mother in law is allergic to Sevin.) So, when I'm injecting I'll think of you.

Ivomectin is thick stuff, I drew it with a 22ga. needle because I can't stand it when the rubber deteriorates, but I injected it with an 18 for the babies (under a year) and a 16 for the adults. My goats are not needle friendly and so it really helps get it in there quick when you have to do an IM, also they have some TOUGH skin (Pygmies), if you use a 22 gauge, you bend the needle trying to get it through the skin.

Also, since I have years of injecting experience in humans, but only a little in goats...my advice is about the bottles etc. Buy a smaller gauge needle for drawing up....because if you repeatedly draw up with a 18gauge, or even a 20 gauge you will cause the rubber to form a hole that doesn't close and it will leak that expensive medicine onto the floor. It's much cheaper to get a few throw away needles in the small gauge and switch them before you inject.

Laney

 

[animalgirl2010]

Thanks I will check on the banamine but I cant get to the vet where we took her for the emergency its about an hour away in ice and snow we got hit with last night. But I will check with my regular vet that I use for the cats and dogs and see if he has some. She has been laying down off and on tonight so thats good I guess. She is eating the new hay pretty good when I check on her I hold some in front of her and she eats about a handfull each time. Ive also givin her more yogurt which she doesnt seem to enjoy to much but maybe it will help untill the probios gets here.

Thanks Laney for the prayer it is much apreciated and sorry about your mite problem I hate giving shots im always so scared im gonna get the penicillin in the vein,tried to do it on her back area and she has virtually no loose skin to get under. I probably am just overreacting with alot of the stuff she does but i've never really had many injuries (with me or the pets) so I dont really know how to expect her to act. Never thought I would say this but I hope she gets back to being the goat that used to annoy me very soon.

 

[Skyesrocket]

It sounds like she is on the mend. That is such good news! Goats are tough animals. You have done a great job with her. I'm sorry you missed out on the promotions on Jeffers. Most of the free samples were under promotions in the pet section. I think I have 6 free samples of different products coming with my order. Plus some mail in rebates on odor removers that will make them free. lol
Wow, Laney, it sounds like you have had your hands full! You can put a small drop of the 1% ivomec on the chickens neck for mites. I don't know if that would be easier than the sevin dusting or not. I used it on my chickens one year. I waited until they were sleeping and took a syringe full and spread their feathers and put one small drop on each ones neck. No more mites! Good Luck!