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glenolam
Lovin' The Homestead
Well, the vet visit wasn't as bad as it could have gone, I guess.
We tested for CL and April, poor thing, is now in seclusion. However, "seclusion" means a beautiful pasture that we had fenced in last year for Meatball's (a calf) birth. We had to pen his mother because of birthing issues and never took down the makeshift fence we made, which actaully works out great. So she's got green grass, leaves and browse, which she does not have in the goat pen since they eat any leaves that pop up before getting a chance to grow. She's also got a whole bale of hay to herself, a 5 gal water bucket of ice cold water (usually has the stream) and I gave her some grain before I left. She can see and talk to the other goats, but can't get to them unless she jumps a 4ft fence, walks across the dirt road/path and jumps the other 4 ft fence.
Anyhoo - my vet said she really doesn't think it's CL because her lymphnodes aren't large like they could/should be if it is CL. Yes, the lumps in/around her udder are suspicious, but it's odd that they're just there and not in any other CL areas. She suggested mycoplasma (k - I think you've mentioned that to me before) so we treated for that. One shot and that's it. I guess mycoplasma is really complicated bacteria that is hard to kill and they came out with a drug labeled for treating goats - Draxxin. So she got a dose of it and we wait and see (I'm not sure of the dose, though). Part of the reason she was thinking mycloplasma was because April had started loosing her hair in clumps in her rump area and I'm still having problems getting weight on her.
So, if she comes back CL- I can breathe, if she clears up because of the Draxxin shot, I can take another breath, but if she comes back CL- and does not clear up because of the shot, it most likely means cancer.
AL- I must say that she's the only goat I've ever had (and I've had several) that has given me issues like this. All 8 other girls I currenlty have are in picture perfect health, only requiring that one session with DiMethox/Safeguard becuase of bad fecals. Other than that it's easy peasy with them. Don't get discouraged!
We tested for CL and April, poor thing, is now in seclusion. However, "seclusion" means a beautiful pasture that we had fenced in last year for Meatball's (a calf) birth. We had to pen his mother because of birthing issues and never took down the makeshift fence we made, which actaully works out great. So she's got green grass, leaves and browse, which she does not have in the goat pen since they eat any leaves that pop up before getting a chance to grow. She's also got a whole bale of hay to herself, a 5 gal water bucket of ice cold water (usually has the stream) and I gave her some grain before I left. She can see and talk to the other goats, but can't get to them unless she jumps a 4ft fence, walks across the dirt road/path and jumps the other 4 ft fence.
Anyhoo - my vet said she really doesn't think it's CL because her lymphnodes aren't large like they could/should be if it is CL. Yes, the lumps in/around her udder are suspicious, but it's odd that they're just there and not in any other CL areas. She suggested mycoplasma (k - I think you've mentioned that to me before) so we treated for that. One shot and that's it. I guess mycoplasma is really complicated bacteria that is hard to kill and they came out with a drug labeled for treating goats - Draxxin. So she got a dose of it and we wait and see (I'm not sure of the dose, though). Part of the reason she was thinking mycloplasma was because April had started loosing her hair in clumps in her rump area and I'm still having problems getting weight on her.
So, if she comes back CL- I can breathe, if she clears up because of the Draxxin shot, I can take another breath, but if she comes back CL- and does not clear up because of the shot, it most likely means cancer.
AL- I must say that she's the only goat I've ever had (and I've had several) that has given me issues like this. All 8 other girls I currenlty have are in picture perfect health, only requiring that one session with DiMethox/Safeguard becuase of bad fecals. Other than that it's easy peasy with them. Don't get discouraged!
Always something to learn about goats...
