new pink eye question

kierababy16 · #1 03/23/09, 05:41 PM

This is my goat that I thought had pink eye. I am thinking that it is not pink eye. Today I noticed that there was a scab above her eye. I took it off and it was pretty fleshy and pussy.It was not there this morning. I took a few pics but what do you think this is?

http://s596.photobucket.com/albums/t...16/Tinkerbell/

Minelson · #2 03/23/09, 09:57 PM

Is it bumply like a bunch of little pimples?...I'm thinking Orf aka Sore mouth (doesn't have to be on the mouth)
What did you find out about her cheek swelling?

kierababy16 · #3 03/23/09, 10:01 PM

It is kinda bumpy, it is just really weird.
We have found anything out about her cheek. My mom will not take her to the vet. She said that she was a $15 goat so she is not spending tons of money on her.
I have her seperated and I am keeping an eye on it. I noticed that it has come to more of a point today and we are thinking it is just an abcess. It isnt on her bone but on her cheek.

Minelson · #4 03/23/09, 10:14 PM

My Frankie got Orf...it is contagious even to humans. Wash your hands good after handling her. I freaked out when Frankie got it because I was teaching him how to give me kisses using raisins that morning and noticed the bump on his lip that night...maybe I gave it to him lol! But anyway, I totally freaked that everyone was going to get it. It turned out to be no big deal at all. It just had to run it's course and nobody else got it. It can be really bad if a nursing baby gets it and transfers it to the mama's udder. Since you are isolating anyway it should be ok...if that is what it is. It is odd though that she would have this AND the cheek thing going on. Have you taken her temp by chance?

kierababy16 · #5 03/24/09, 06:33 PM

I took her temp. today and it was 102.7