Doe with decent sized cut on teat

[TAH]

Went out to milk this night and found a decent sized cut on my does teat. I separated her from the rest of the herd put down new clean bedding fresh water and hay. We put a oil on it and milked her out completely. I will get pics tomorrow morning when it is light. I hate seeing flesh and cuts.

 

[alsea1]

That happened to one of mine. A three corner tear. The cut was not a deep one so decided to treat myself. I used iodine. The same iodine that I use on umbilical cords. My thought was that I wanted it to dry quickly and scab over without infection. It worked out great. No infection and no lasting damage to her udder. Hope yours goes well.

 

[TAH]

That happened to one of mine. A three corner tear. The cut was not a deep one so decided to treat myself. I used iodine. The same iodine that I use on umbilical cords. My thought was that I wanted it to dry quickly and scab over without infection. It worked out great. No infection and no lasting damage to her udder. Hope yours goes well.

Okay thanks. What about Bedadine?

 

[TAH]

When I was milking her, her udder seemed pretty warm. I have heard a warm udder is not good. Should I be worried about it? And she doesn't seem that intrested in eating.

 

[TAH]

@Southern by choice @Goat Whisperer @babsbag @OneFineAcre @frustratedearthmother got any ideas.

 

[babsbag]

Ouch, that makes me hurt just looking at it and that has to hurt when you milk her, poor girl. I would definitely take her temperature to start with. Honestly I am not sure if a goat could get mastitis from a wound like that or not, but she could get another kind of infection. If she has a fever I would call the vet because of antibiotics and milk withholding time and all that stuff.

 

[OneFineAcre]

Ouch, that makes me hurt just looking at it and that has to hurt when you milk her, poor girl. I would definitely take her temperature to start with. Honestly I am not sure if a goat could get mastitis from a wound like that or not, but she could get another kind of infection. If she has a fever I would call the vet because of antibiotics and milk withholding time and all that stuff.

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[Goat Whisperer]

Poor girl. I agree with Babs. At this point it doesn't look like it could be glued or sown back together. Keep it clean, I would wash it with chlorhexidine, but the iodine should work.

I don't know the relationship you have with your vet, but if it were me I'd at least send a pic and see what the vet thinks.

The only thing is that with those big tests that she has, once she fills that could stretch the wound. I would try and make sure she doesn't get overly full.

If it starts attracting flys spray some screw worm spray on her teat.

 

[TAH]

Poor girl. I agree with Babs. At this point it doesn't look like it could be glued or sown back together. Keep it clean, I would wash it with chlorhexidine, but the iodine should work.

I don't know the relationship you have with your vet, but if it were me I'd at least send a pic and see what the vet thinks.

The only thing is that with those big tests that she has, once she fills that could stretch the wound. I would try and make sure she doesn't get overly full.

If it starts attracting flys spray some screw worm spray on her teat.

I haven't noticed any flies yet. We have no vet so I am not sure what to do on that realm of things. I have been milking her out three times a day.

 

[TAH]

Milked her last night and her udder isn't warm anymore. The cut is healing nicely just in one day but it did a difference. We got some triple antibiotic so this should help a lot.