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I’m stumped as to what could possible have caused this injury on my goats back. It looks like she got bit but I have no idea. Does anyone have ideas on what this could be and what I can do for it? Thank you!

MY 3-year-old wether was diagnosed with a pelvic fracture via x-ray about two and half months ago. The vet provided pain medication and told me to separate him from the other goats in a small area so he could heal. We did that and when he was still not getting better we got a second xray - vet...

We have 3 Nigerian dwarfs - and 3 weeks ago, one of our goats ...Phillip (wether) started limping badly. He clearly has something going on but vet isn't sure what. It's NOT broken. We've had lots of x rays done any have had him on meloxicam for the last three weeks. He eats OK but it's pretty...

Hi, I am new to the forum. We have two 1-year old pet goats, both female, a cross of Nigerian Dwarf and Pygmy. They have been nice family pets until now. My sister was visiting yesterday (for the first time), and one of the goats (the alpha) without provocation ran up from behind and (with her...

Charlotte by Abigail Fin posted Oct 18, 2017 at 12:52 PMI'm new here! I got my first three goats this summer! All ND. Two doelings and a wether. The smallest, my little runt doeling is 8 months old and only weighs 27 lbs. and just the other day I noticed that her face is starting to look...

Hi folks, I have a 2nd freshener who always gets a little thickening and lumpy during her heat. Her milk production drops a considerable amount during heat. She just finished a heat and one side of her udder is still thick and her milk has serum in it. There are no clots, blood or smelly...

We're new to goats (6 weeks since we bought our first 4 goats), and this seems like a potentially bad problem. One of the boys, 12 weeks old now (born April 21) has torn the sac of his testicles away from his body. Pictures are on Google Drive at https://goo.gl/VKnYu9 . An elastrator band was...

Hello. We moved across the state a month ago and one of our does got injured during transport. In the close quarters in the trailer, she got hooked in the udder by the herd queen's horn. Her udder became swollen and rock hard on one side and the milk was off color- I believe there was blood in...

I have a 5 month Nubian buck - Elvis. I came home other day and his head was stuck outside fence ( due to horns) he looked lifeless :( we got him up his neck was flimsy and he couldn't stand I knew it wasn't good.. He made it thru the night but when I seen him next morning he was up and walking...

My pigmy doe was playing on a hard plastic lawn Chair about a month ago & somehow got her leg at the ankle wedged in the back of the chair where the decorative spaces are about as wide as a pencils. When I found her -her ankle was grossly swollen and you could see it was cut into but could tell...

I have a 6 month old wether who I noticed limping slightly about a week ago, but I couldn't identify any source I reason. My husband trimmed his feet to be sure they were not the cause and we waited to see if he got worse. When I fed yesterday, I noticed that he won't put any weight whatsoever...

Okay, so I just got back from a local fair for my 4-H club and i took both my goats, Claire (2 year old Alpine), and Rosie (yearling %75 nubian, %25 alpine). We were there for a week, and a friend of mine has a huge heard of Toggenburgs and i bought a 4 month old tog who has already won a leg...