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08-22-2023, 03:03 PM
Hello and welcome to Packgoat Central!
What a strange problem! I've never heard of such a thing. Do they get terribly cold during the rainstorm? I mean, I don't know that cold would make their back ends not work, but maybe if they were shivering violently that could have something to do with it? I don't know... cold and wet shouldn't make their back ends stop working. I know that goats get very hunchy when they are wet though, so I wonder if they scrunch up in such a way that their saddles start pinching the nerves in their spines? You didn't mention whether they were saddled or not during the storms. I'd love to hear more details about this such as, at what point during/after the storm did you notice the problem begin? Were they actually out in the storm or under a tarp? Were they saddled or unsaddled? Did the problem appear to originate in their backs, hips, or hind legs?
What a strange problem! I've never heard of such a thing. Do they get terribly cold during the rainstorm? I mean, I don't know that cold would make their back ends not work, but maybe if they were shivering violently that could have something to do with it? I don't know... cold and wet shouldn't make their back ends stop working. I know that goats get very hunchy when they are wet though, so I wonder if they scrunch up in such a way that their saddles start pinching the nerves in their spines? You didn't mention whether they were saddled or not during the storms. I'd love to hear more details about this such as, at what point during/after the storm did you notice the problem begin? Were they actually out in the storm or under a tarp? Were they saddled or unsaddled? Did the problem appear to originate in their backs, hips, or hind legs?