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01-17-2014, 10:58 PM
He's doing ok, thanks for asking. You know goats, they are so tuff! He's getting around really good with his splints, we go in to the vet tomorrow to have them changed.
I've been going crazy researching this and a possible cause and treatment. I really am very attached to my goats and hate when they aren't well. At this point I don't care about him packing, I just want to try and resolve this issue so he can walk normal again. I have to lean toward a mineral deficiency since he developed this all of the sudden. I've been looking back at pictures of him and he really didn't show any signs until it was an issue. The goats have always had free choice minerals, but maybe he wasn't getting enough? I don't know. We took the suggestion of filling the mineral feeder with just a little each night so they are fresh and they seem to be lapping them up with this method. I'm giving him some extra vitamin/mineral gels and pastes and will give him the copper bolus as soon as it arrives. Praying this combined with the splinting will help.
I've been going crazy researching this and a possible cause and treatment. I really am very attached to my goats and hate when they aren't well. At this point I don't care about him packing, I just want to try and resolve this issue so he can walk normal again. I have to lean toward a mineral deficiency since he developed this all of the sudden. I've been looking back at pictures of him and he really didn't show any signs until it was an issue. The goats have always had free choice minerals, but maybe he wasn't getting enough? I don't know. We took the suggestion of filling the mineral feeder with just a little each night so they are fresh and they seem to be lapping them up with this method. I'm giving him some extra vitamin/mineral gels and pastes and will give him the copper bolus as soon as it arrives. Praying this combined with the splinting will help.