Teddy is my 19 month old pygmy/nigi buck and well....he is really in an aggressive rutt. Besides being nasty to the other 2 guys, he is CONSTANTLY beating his head on anything he can as well as having a continuos "stream" to his face. He has areas of his nose and cheek...on the left, that is literally bald and raw looking. Of course I make sure they always have fresh water, bucket scrubbed and changed 3x a day due to the icky beards hitting the water, they do have ammonium chloride in their minerals for acidity in the urine, which made me think it was the culprit for the spots on his face but Hank and Chief don't have these and they always have wet faces. I have used bag balm as a repellent on gaulded front legs, would it work on his face or is he destined to be bald til after rutt( or neutering whichever comes first!) Teddy is destined to be neutered after a repeat breeding with Angel next month....their previous kids were gorgeous and had beautiful colors, but they were bucks, I don't know if he could improve Angels udder with daughters and at this point as aggressive as he is, I don't want a worse rutt next year with fear that he will do injury to the other boys and he HAS to stay as he is my Bootsies last kid.
having a similar problem...mine is clean still, well odin is...but he is really beating on the fences, really doing some damage
I had a buck that started getting a bald spot on his lip because of all the urine, it did end up healing on it's own, but sometimes those bucks just don't know when to stop. :doh:
:ROFL: I have to say. I hope you do not have to many people come over. I bet they would think (That goat , there is something wrong with it). Boy aren't we glad that is not how OUR men try to get out attention? :ROFL: :ROFL: My big boy beat the heck out of all other males around while he is in rut, so during this time poor Mickey is in a pen by himself, I hate to do ti but I have to or he might kill another goat. I don't think he minds because he has a girl in there at different times. Plus he can see the girls all the time. Mickey use to loose all the hair on the back of his front legs and oh man did it look like it hurt. So what I did was wash him down and caked his legs with Vaseline. It seemed to help. I would try that on your boys face also. Hopefully it will help him.
Or desitin - baby butt rash cream or A &D that way it will repel the urine but give him some relief on the scalding
Do a good scrub with some batadine and warm water to get the nasty off his sking, then desitin or some other baby rash cream. It works really well. beth
I haven't had ours get sores or raw spots before, I wonder if it has something to do with the pH of the urine??
I was wondering the same thing...they do have ammonium chloride in their minerals, but the other 2 don't have the issue going on? Unless their aim is off This was before I washed his face and applied a thick layer of Desitin...didn't last long though because he rubbed his face on Hank. He's also the only buck to have a light colored face..the other 2 have black faces.
When I got Blue last November - his nose was raw - not as bad as teddy - but pretty raw. I wonder if he is peeing more trying to compete more aggressively for the girls.
He is VERY aggressive...not toward me but definately with Hank and Chief, he has HIS spot by the fence and neither of them are allowed near it.
that is bizarre....all the years... that I have had bucks....I never had that problem.....very unusual.....maybe have a scrape sample done to see if it may be mites of some sort ... :scratch:
I don't think that this is parasite caused, if it was, wouldn't he be bald in other areas? And he shares the pen with 2 others....if it was a bug wouldn't they be affected? I dust them 3x a year with sevin, would that control any possible bug?
I am almost thinking ...Sarcoptic mange.... I just never seen something like that.. on a buck from peeing.....I could be all wrong...about it... but.... it is something to look into.....maybe? http://www.springerlink.com/content/a1086vv424088g8r/
Thanks for the link.....after reading it though...Teddy isn't scabby or oozing, and the article said that others with the affected animal would be infected as well. I guess that once he's neutered and stops making his face wet, it will be back to normal.
your welcome... :greengrin: Your probably right Liz.. :wink: ..I hope it clears up soon....doesn't look comfortable at all... :shocked: :help:
