- Mar 10, 2013
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Currently housing a Nigerian dwarf buck for a friend of mine who found him dumped in the barn on his cow farm. Know nothing about its history, our guess would be as we live in the sticks with only hobby goat farms with usually closed herds, that someone bought it as a pet and decided it was too much work, escape artist that he is. Problem is he's got some medical issues hoping I can get some ideas of what it might be as no one thing matches his symptoms with my research, First thing I noticed was him blatting and pushing like he needed to poop but couldn't, he'll push couple of buttons out with stringy diarrhea attached thought might have had upset tummy due to whatever trauma he'd been thru or change of feed or worms (treated him for worms), Next thing I noticed a week later was he dribbles urine when he walks and never takes a full blown pee (thought urinary calculi), 3rd his thyroid glands are swollen. He's alert and extremely active, he eats and drinks normally like my other two goats, so his activity level throws me off. I've thought worms, bloat, urinary calculi, and possibly the worst I know of, CL. Any other thoughts?