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11-13-2020, 04:24 PM
So my goat shelters and pen are about 50 feet outside my back door. At 3:30 in the morning my lab barked and I got up to let him out. He did his business and we went back to bed. Not two minutes later I know my lab herd something and I thought I did too. I went back and opened the door and heard a goat cry out as if it was hurt. At first I thought it was bloat because he was down and looked big I got him to stand and he layer right back down. So, I left a message for the emergency vet and dialed my good friend from afar, Dwite Sharp. Of course its 2 hours later where Dwite lives but not everyone will answer the phone at 6 am and not be the least bit grumpy. I prepared to drench my boy on Dwite's advice but didn't get far before he stood and stayed standing. After awhile it started to become clear that he was only able to dribble a little urine out at a time. Another call to a new vet contact I made a month ago also answered my call (even though she is visiting family in Arizona and I'm not really a client of hers).
Long story short the one local vet I really trust to treat my goats was tied up at a particular farm for the whole day. When I found that out I immediately decided I was making the 3 1/2 hour drive to WSU. His bladder was slightly enlarged and oblong but he was still dribbling a bit of urine. Nevertheless he's in surgery now and should be out within the next hour.
I have been thinking I need to test our water as it clearly has a lot of mineral content. I think this has played a major part in the UC issue but we will be finding out soon as soon as I get home and can get the water tested.
I'll have to leave my boy here for 5 days or so to see how things go, let him recover and make sure he can per on his own. Positive and healing thoughts are appreciated. Thank you Dwite, Dr. Lauren Christensen, Dr. Matt Fullwell, for taking my middle of the night calls and to the entire WSU staff for taking care of Journey.
Long story short the one local vet I really trust to treat my goats was tied up at a particular farm for the whole day. When I found that out I immediately decided I was making the 3 1/2 hour drive to WSU. His bladder was slightly enlarged and oblong but he was still dribbling a bit of urine. Nevertheless he's in surgery now and should be out within the next hour.
I have been thinking I need to test our water as it clearly has a lot of mineral content. I think this has played a major part in the UC issue but we will be finding out soon as soon as I get home and can get the water tested.
I'll have to leave my boy here for 5 days or so to see how things go, let him recover and make sure he can per on his own. Positive and healing thoughts are appreciated. Thank you Dwite, Dr. Lauren Christensen, Dr. Matt Fullwell, for taking my middle of the night calls and to the entire WSU staff for taking care of Journey.