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Each of the 3 that have issues are on 1-3 feet but not all 4 feet. At least one looks somewhat regular. I am looking up ferriers in my area and will call tomorrow. Already had one ask if they will stand for them and I have no idea. I feel bad because I assumed donkeys were hardy and needed...

Sorry same pic posted twice. Mineral deficiency maybe? Normally they are with my cows and habe a mineral salt block but one mini donkey escapes my property and blunders off down the road so they are separated with just hay/grass and water in their field. Have had them for 4 years and have...

Okay thank you both! I will not worry about this goat and her sore/abcess anymore! It is healing up well.

That is what I first thought based on those picture charts (which is likely why I pushed it out of my mind for a few days) as well as not bringing in any new animals over the past year and I have not seen anything like this in the past. But there is always that key word "common" which to me...

2 year old doe born on my farm. No previous abcesses have ever been noted on my farm. Buckling brought in from "clean" herd in december 2017. Buckling brought in at 2 days old in feb 2018 That was the last one brought onto my farm. The location is not common for a CL abcess, right? It did...

I did. The local one who put down my defective baby was too busy. The other livestock vet was supposed to call me back but did not. The little guy is gone now.

Ok well right this moment he is up, with his head through the fence drinking out of a water trough. I noticed a bit of blood in the little stool i saw him release this morning. Here is the new development. I see drops of fluid slowly coming out of his penis. IF his bladder burst or leaked...

Honestly I thought it was too late a week ago. He just keeps plodding along. He looks sick now, if I hadnt seen him last wednesday looking like he was struggling to pee I would have assumed pneumonia or something. His right eye is ooxing mucous. He has little appetite, is withdrawn. He released...

No mucous from his nose this morning. He tried to eat some grain I was giving to the does but spit it out. I do not know what water belly feels like. His sides look a bit wobbly when I gently tap on them. I kind of wonder if it could be maybe bloat and I just have not seen him pee.....

I was tossing about half a flake of alfalfa morning and evening in with the coastal they do not like to make them eat it better. I have not had this problem in my bucks I have kept in the past 4 years since I started. This is the first wether I have kept. Normally I sell them at 4-5 months old.

It sounds like you all think I have diagnosed him correctly. I have seen the removal of the "pizzle" as a means to help but I have not seen him pee at all. I am also hesitant to try to manipulate his penis out to cut that bit off close to the head without anesthetic. I am afraid it would take...

By AC I mean ammonium chloride btw.

I have a 6 month old wether. I wethered him at 8 weeks. He was eating some allstock, still drinking all the milk he could, grass hay (coastal, they do not like it but it is all that is readily available around here) and some alfalfa hay as well as some forage. I moved them and well, it is no...

Update: Looks like the sores are gone. The last scan fell off yesterday and this guy has shown significant improvement over the last 4-5 days. He is trying to bounce around and runs to me when he sees me. I am Hoping to move him out with my other goats this weekend! He drinks the entire 2...