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If he's not bleeding and he doesn't have a fever or a weak pulse my guess would be he's just reacting to the stress. I would say the behavior and appetite loss are normal. If your worried call Dave, he's probably still up delivering kids!
Wow! Scary! I did a ton of research before I bought and used mine and I didn't read about any goats dying, that's crazy, Wonder what he did? Maybe it had something to do with some type of medication or painkiller he gave them?? Maybe he did the scrotum all the way across instead of one side at a time. Don't know exactly what that would do but that is the big no no you are not supposed to do. The worst I read about was that it was unsuccessful and had to be re-done or surgically done.
Hopefully your guy will feel better tomorrow.
(03-04-2014, 09:16 PM)Nanno Wrote:(03-04-2014, 09:06 PM)SMaxwell Wrote: Glad it went well, although I also am a fan of the Burdizzo...
That sounds ideal, but I don't have one myself and no one at the vet clinic I use is competent with it. The vet who started the clinic used a burdizzo on two of his own goats. One of them died the next day and the other one was going downhill fast, so he ended up doing surgery anyway. I don't know what went wrong, whether he used the wrong size tool or what, but he never visited that option again and didn't encourage any of the other vets at his office to try. Seeing how things went for him, I don't think I'd want him near any of my goats with a burdizzo either!
Wow! Scary! I did a ton of research before I bought and used mine and I didn't read about any goats dying, that's crazy, Wonder what he did? Maybe it had something to do with some type of medication or painkiller he gave them?? Maybe he did the scrotum all the way across instead of one side at a time. Don't know exactly what that would do but that is the big no no you are not supposed to do. The worst I read about was that it was unsuccessful and had to be re-done or surgically done.
Hopefully your guy will feel better tomorrow.