Had the Vet out yesterday?

[airotciv]

He came out to vaccinate the goats,sheep and the dogs. We decided to do Rocky (goat) first. Well, when the Vet gave him his vaccination, he started shaking and fell to the ground. Well, every animal witnessed this and all scattered. What should have taken 1/2 hour was now 2 hours. Once we have caught them, they are not happy and hard to handle. So, How do you handle this? I have no way of seperating them. Last year we had no problems. Thanks

[Alice In TX/MO]

Put them in a trailer or small pen before the vet gets there and take them out one at a time for treatment.

Build a temporary pen from cattle panels.

You've got to do something! Vet time costs too much!

[Cannon_Farms]

I agree, make a catch pen out of cattle panels you can build a nice large pen out of four, pour the feed in there and once they run in close them off. Snaps make it easy to close and open. I use two for my 16 or so goats

[Minelson]

I wonder why the goat started shaking and fell to the ground??

[Alice In TX/MO]

Some goats go into mild shock after injections.

[Laverne]

Was the injection sub-Q?

[Backfourty,MI.]

When they go into shock like that is there something were supposed to do or give them? Thank Goodness I've never had that happen here, I'd freak out for sure!

[Laverne]

Supposed to have Epinephrine ready for anaphylactic shock.

[airotciv]

Sorry, had the grandkids all weekend. The house is so quiet. LOL. Well, Rocky was fine, as soon as the Doc let go of him. But freaked out all the other animals. The Doc saw the look on my face and "He's fine, He's fine". Well if you look at the truck he brings out, Its equiped for anything. So no worry here. The catch pen, is a good Idea. So should I feed in this pen to get them use to it, or just let it sit there? Thanks.

[dustin biery]

I had a doe do that after I trimmed her hooves...which had never been done before and she was an absolute joy..NOT...as soon as I turned her lose, she shuddered, fell over and was back up in 15-20 seconds. Think they are drama queens most of the time..LOL

[nehimama]

Here, the catch pen is actually their eating/sleeping quarters. When there are procedures to take care of, I simply close the gate once everyone is assembled. They're all already familiar with the area, so, no panic. It really makes life easier.

[susieM]

How's the vet doin'?