Goat castration going badly

[msrma7670]

I FEEL FOR THE GOAT!!!

OUCH!!!!

 

[WriterofWords]

I've NEVER had a vet refuse to talk to me that was a good, honest, vet. If this moron is refusing your calls he did something wrong. Stop payment immediately and force his hand into talking to you. Even if nothing wrong was done, he does not have the right to refuse the calls of recent patient.

 

[bbRedMom]

Jack is doing much better-eating, drinking, and quite ticked off he is away from his ladies!

The vet who did his operation called me today-it was not the a-hole who wouldn't talk to me. This was a nice older lady who has been sick and come in just to do the operation. She then left directions for her assistant and the other vet, but apparently they didn't pass on the message.

She said the double tied his "wires", but because of his age (6-7 years, not the 3-4 I was told) he should have alot of drainage and swelling. She said to left him out of the re-coop room and into an outdoor pen so he will "walk it off" and drain out more.

She was also apologetic about her clinics behavior and said she would talk to them. She also let me know what the signs of infection were, and to call her immediately if Jack starts acting poorly.

I feel kinda bad now for getting my feathers so ruffled. But dang it, this is my Jack boy! And I know so little about goat castration!

So, the situation turned out ok. I'm still gonna keep cleaning the area twice a day, just in case. What should I do to keep the flies off? Thanks!

 

[helmstead]

Swat Ointment...coat it down the insides of those rear legs, too, to help avoid drainage scald. For his own emotional healing, try to find the clear Swat instead of the pink,

 

[Skyesrocket]

They really should have told you what to expect after the surgery and should have given you WRITTEN after care instructions.
I hope you buddy is feeling better real soon!

 

[Nupine]

Poor goat. I have goats, but what in the world is an Afhgan goat?? Do you mean Alpine???

 

[chickbea]

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Hey - I've never seen pink SWAT!

What's the difference?
bbRedMom - I'm glad Jack is doing better, and that you had a better response from the surgeon. That was terrible of them to send you home with no info, and I'm glad the woman is going to speak to her colleagues about it. They were lucky they didn't have a hysterical loon like me on their hands! I would have been on their porch in the middle of the night yelling up at their window that my goat was bleeding to death!

 

[bbRedMom]

Thanks, I'm glad I'm not just overreacting.

And I mean to say AngoraX

I'm such a horrible typist as it is, even worse when I'm upset. I think he is an Angora/Pygmy Cross. I'm gonna post pics tonite If I can find the camera....

Thanks everyone! He does seem to like the baby wipe (ewwww) but not the H2O2. Tingly.

 

[farmgirlie1031]

That happened to one of my colts. The vet charged extra and claimed it was my horses fault that he had a clotting issue. I knew it was balony as this colt had cut his leg to the bone and did not bleed to death as the vet claimed the clotting issue would cause. I would take your goat to another vet. What happened with my colt was he had to be laid back down and packed with gauze and clamped down to stop the bleeding. After 24 hours the vet came out and removed the packing material. There was tons of swelling but he was okay afterwards. I would think they would probably do the same thing for the goat? i hope it is ok and I would not use that vet again if he would not talk to you about your animal and what the problem was.

oops. I did not read the entire post. Glad he is doing better. And yes he needs to move around and drain that gunk out of there to prevent infection.

 

[normajean]

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I just did this method (ala testicle bander and bands) and my little boys are doing GREAT!. I really recommend this method for young billys.
My first goat I have castrated by the vet and he was a bloody mess.....within 3 days he was acting normal.
Good luck with you little goaty man...
PS I would suggest giving him electolytes + probios, and possibly some spinach or kale (iron)....