eye issue

I have a nubian doe that is pregnant through this buck right now and I will be keeping an eye out for this when she has it. The buck is a boer.. Do you think that I have to get rid of all of my off spring from that buck? I have a doe from the nubian doe that is breeding age and just bred her with a nubian. What chances do you think that she can pass that on? Hope this makes sense. All I have are the doeling and that doe that I just told you about.

The only reason that I want to fix it is because she is going to someone else

I've never seen the alligator clips used for this problem. They should work at least if it's minor. Some of mine improved when I rolled the eyelid down with my finger several times a day. My worst ones had to have 3 injections of pennicillin before they improved. I've heard of some using superglue but I never tried it. I was afraid of getting it in the eye. Glad your problem is solved and it's an easy fix.

It looks like something that would work. Seems to be the same idea as what we did with the stitches except without the needle and blood.

I don't think I would use that...I sure wouldn't want that hanging off my lower lid. I think it would hurt...constant pinching. Plus I would be afraid one of the other goats would pull it off.

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I'm not sure it would be more worrisome than having the eyelashes turning in. You don't have to leave it on very long.

Hold on here. Entropion is not necessarily genetics. Or chlamydia. (sp)
We have had one case of it. The vet put a couple sutures in, we gave the usual round of antibiotics & that was that.

eta; If a herd has frequent cases of entropion in kids older than a few weeks you might want to have the buck tested for chlamydia.

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I don't know that it is always genetics. I know when my goats had it, it was. Seller had mentioned the issue in the buck's sire. He threw it to a bunch of his kids. The year I had him was the only time I ever had it in the herd. He was well papered, btw.

this am when I was out in the barn I pulled both of the bottom lids down. It is both eyes and they are rolled under a lot. It is not the top ones. It doesn't seem to hurt when I pull them down but they do not want to stay there. When you say put penicillin in the eye with a needle can I just squirt it in without the needle? I am the only one and no help I do not want to hurt her or inject the eye. I might just have to take her to the vet tonight. My vet does specialize in goats so maybe I should just do that. I am a little leery about putting the alligator clip on to pull it down.

The penicillin is injected into the skin. Best to get an experienced person to do it. It forms a bubble that helps roll the eyelid to the outside. If you have a good vet I would get him to treat her. I think some vets use a staple to pull the lid into place.

I'd just take her to the vet for the stitches.