help with a weird goat problem.

valsey · #21 01/30/11, 10:54 PM

Jon - I started a new thread here that may be of interest

Meningeal Worm - Itching and meds question
pics on post #6

valsey · #22 01/31/11, 09:34 AM

Links to pics of Lucy's curved spine. This is not just 'how she was standing'. Look familiar? (this was last year's episode)

https://docs.google.com/leaf?id=0Bwe...Yjg3ZTA3&hl=en

https://docs.google.com/leaf?id=0Bwe...NDBhNjk4&hl=en

https://docs.google.com/leaf?id=0Bwe...ZDhiYTQ0&hl=en

valsey · #23 02/02/11, 10:02 AM

How's your goat doing?

Birch Hill Farm · #24 02/02/11, 02:18 PM

She is about the same. No worse but really not much improvement. How is your goat doing?

valsey · #25 02/02/11, 02:40 PM

My goat is scratching the holy hell out of himself, but luckily - no sign of anything neurological. Are you treating with Ivermectin? Anything else?

It can take weeks, even months to see improvement when it's in their legs or hind end, I understand. And possibly never improve. You still see no signs of scratching?

Laverne · #26 02/02/11, 08:40 PM

What a freakin nightmare worm.

Birch Hill Farm · #27 02/04/11, 10:25 AM

Thats the weird thing, no obvious itching. We are just treating with ivomec injectable.

valsey · #28 02/04/11, 10:48 AM

It is a nightmare worm!

I guess each goat presents differently. Or maybe that's not what you have going on.

valsey · #29 02/08/11, 08:48 PM

Wondering how your goat is doing. It's been a while since you first posted - anything new? I think my boy is on the road...

Fill us in

chamoisee · #30 02/08/11, 09:21 PM

Have any children been trying to ride her like a pony? That can cause spinal damage. We had a doe that had been ridden by children once, and her back was so bad that her rear legs could hardly support her.

Birch Hill Farm · #31 02/10/11, 08:03 AM

I think our goat might be slightly better. She still stands and walks weird but when she is standing still her back end does not seem to twist around to the side like it did. No one has been trying to ride her but, I guess she could have been butted.
How is your goat doing, still itching?

valsey · #32 02/10/11, 09:07 AM

Yes - injury is a possibility. That's the first thing I thought with Lucy, last year. Glad to hear she's not twisted. Maybe some PT is in order?

I'm happy to say the itching has pretty much stopped. But that may be because he's been getting Dexamethazole daily. Yesterday was his last shot, so we'll see how it goes. Thank goodness - at least the large sores have already healed, scabbed over and scabs fallen off. It wasn't nearly as resistant this time around.

Certainly will be thinking preventatively next year. To start - ducks come tomorrow