Pygmy goat with injured leg

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You could try penning him for the next two days to try and get him to be less active. From the video, I would still not be worried about that injury as of right now, but if he is showing absolutely no progress by tomorrow or Thurs I would consider calling the vet. I am impressed that he is putting even a little bit of weight on it and will take that as a good sign.

I had a sheep get her back leg stuck in the round bale hay feeder last fall, and she limped pretty badly for the first few days, but by a week you couldn't tell anything had happened. She went on to lamb a few months later.
 
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mysunwolf said:
You could try penning him for the next two days to try and get him to be less active. From the video, I would still not be worried about that injury as of right now, but if he is showing absolutely no progress by tomorrow or Thurs I would consider calling the vet. I am impressed that he is putting even a little bit of weight on it and will take that as a good sign.

I had a sheep get her back leg stuck in the round bale hay feeder last fall, and she limped pretty badly for the first few days, but by a week you couldn't tell anything had happened. She went on to lamb a few months later.
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Thank you very much! I was so afraid that when people saw the video they would think it was really bad, so I am happy hear your feedback. Regarding penning him, he actually doesn't move around a whole lot at the moment. Since the injury, he has stayed inside most of the time but has ventured outside to do some eating every now and then. Since he is still new to us, he is fairly shy yet so when I go near him he tends to keep a safe distance, which is why he was moving away in the video. Thanks again for all the support!
 
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Another update! Last night he was out with his brother munching on weeds and stuff, and when I walked up to the fence, they both came jogging over to me. I noticed that he was using his leg, still limping but using it a lot more. Then this morning when I let them out, he was still limping but using it more than usual. I would say he is healing up pretty well so far. Thanks for all the input from everyone!
 
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I wanted to post a final (hopefully) update on my little guy. All weekend long he was doing great, in fact, Sunday night he was running around and seemed 90% better. Yesterday however he was limping again, still using the leg to walk but starting to favor it again. My guess is, he played a little to hard with his brother and "tweaked" his healing muscle. Not sure if that is common or not, but I hope its just a small set back. Thanks again to every for their input!
 
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Glad to hear the little fellow is doing better. Seems he too thought he was much better and over did it trying to make up for some lost run time. Got to love those boys, can't keep them down!
 
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So glad to hear this, I agree it sounds like he felt a little too good and re-injured it a little! Hope he continues to do well.
 
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Bad news, he was limping more this evening so I examined his leg again and now it looks like he's been biting at it. He has some hair loss around the injured area and it looks like he broke the skin a little. He's still walking on it but I'm going to bring him to the vet tomorrow.
 
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