Hello Everyone, A few weeks ago, we heard a scream and ran into the barn to find our 9 month wether on his side, legs straight out head back, screaming in pain. He continued to have these episodes throughout the day (and has now for three weeks) and seems to be in discomfort for the remainder...

Hello I am worried about my 13 day old kid. She was recently debudded and besides a bit of liquid leakage on the left side (which we cleaned with iodine) everything seemed to be ok but now she has a 104.6 temp. She is shaking from the fever and acting in pain. Also she is due for her CDT shot...

Update on my bottle baby: (born with hazy grey eyes, but they've completely cleared) He was slow at getting up and walking and still hasn't started jumping and playing. Born Feb 10, so he's 16 days old today. He IS getting around now and I see what the hold up is- his left front leg. He uses...

Hi, My 16 year old goat has some degree of arthritis. Sometimes he holds up his left front leg. I don't know how to gauge his pain. But if a goat had really bad arthritis would you think he would be lying down a lot? Mine stands around most of the time. Thank you, Spice14

Please help!! We have a 7-week old male... Please help!! We have a 7-week old male goat (mother was a Saanen and father a Nigerian Dwarf). The mother would not dilate during labor so her twins had to be delivered by c-section (mom was put down, very sad). The other twin, a female, is totally...

Hello all! I'm new to goats, I took my 11 week old nigerian dwarf to the vet to be castrated today. They did the cutting method but the doc said I didn't need any pain meds or antibiotics for it. I wouldn't bother, but he seems very painful. He just stands in the same spot and doesn't move at...

My 8 year old male Nubian goat has not been eating and is barely drinking for the last two weeks. He is rapidly losing weight. I have had two different vets out three different times. They wormed him, gave him Banimine, antibiotics, and did blood work that show nothing wrong with him. I gave...

I have a year old doe, of whom I've noticed to have a bad limp on her front left leg. I went out into the pasture to look her over, and bent and pressed on every inch of her leg and she hardly ever winced once. But, one tender spot I found was a swollen bump just below her knee joint, the rest...

A week ago My 4 yr old wether started limping,walking but limping.three days later he was down and I stalled him.vet came,did x Ray pain seems to be in shoulder. No break and it's not out of place. Some swelling and it's warm but his leg is ice cold. We're supposed to do PT but it seems like it...

I have a pretty old Angora goat who has nerve damage and chronic pain in her bad leg. I would guess she is about 70 lbs? I had a horse who took Previcox daily... can a goat take that? What is the safest long term/effective pain medication for a goat? Thanks!

My 1 year old buck, Billie, was accidentally kicked in the temple by my 2 year old colt horse... It happened so fast that I had a hard time figuring out just where exactly he had gotten hit, but I am sure that it was near his right eye... After the hit, he fell and struggled to get up, letting...