We had a doe that aborted a set of twins, was loosing weight, and was generally "not herself." We were battling with this for the past 3 months and spent well over $100 on medications alone trying to cure her.
Well, we have some sad news. Friday we made the decision to put her down. She was in her house and was not moving and I actually thought she had died during the night. I went out and prepared her grave and went out to get her. When I got closer, she was still breathing and would lift her head a little bit and just look at me with the saddest eyes I've ever seen. It broke my heart. I went in the house and got the pistol because I knew what I had to do. When I went back out, I had to talk to her for an hour. My husband came out and saw what I was doing and went ahead and ended her suffering for me. What bothered me was that he didn't shoot her the correct way (head) but through her heart. When I looked and saw that, I broke down.
That was the hardest thing I've ever had to do. She was my first goat and a very, very sweet bottle fed doe.
I did have some cultures and fecal samples sent to the vet a little over a week ago and they came back for ketosis, cocci, and lung worms. We had started treatment, but I think she was just too weak.
It's so quiet out in the pasture now she's gone. But, I know we did the right thing and ended her suffering.
Well, we have some sad news. Friday we made the decision to put her down. She was in her house and was not moving and I actually thought she had died during the night. I went out and prepared her grave and went out to get her. When I got closer, she was still breathing and would lift her head a little bit and just look at me with the saddest eyes I've ever seen. It broke my heart. I went in the house and got the pistol because I knew what I had to do. When I went back out, I had to talk to her for an hour. My husband came out and saw what I was doing and went ahead and ended her suffering for me. What bothered me was that he didn't shoot her the correct way (head) but through her heart. When I looked and saw that, I broke down.
That was the hardest thing I've ever had to do. She was my first goat and a very, very sweet bottle fed doe.
I did have some cultures and fecal samples sent to the vet a little over a week ago and they came back for ketosis, cocci, and lung worms. We had started treatment, but I think she was just too weak.
It's so quiet out in the pasture now she's gone. But, I know we did the right thing and ended her suffering.
