Jumping the Moon Dairy - the next chapter

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I did not catch his name but I believe that he is probably the owner of the clinic. They are the only vet in the entire county that will see large animals on an emergency basis and the only one that makes farm calls. Fortunately I can usually take my goats in when I need to and my long time vet sees them in her office. She does not do farm calls anymore as she is a one man office so hard to get out. I have not said anything yet, I was waiting until I wasn't so mad.

Now the good news, Jumanji seems to be doing better. I took him to my vet and she did not change his drugs, but she is upping the dose and having me do it daily. She was a little miffed that they hadn't cultured the joint.

I gave him Banamine last night, but 20 hours later his temp was normal. Was it the drug still...I doubt it. He had been running a temp even with Banamine. He seems in good spirits, eats like a pig... he does have an upper respiratory something but his lungs are clear. She looked at his x-ray and said that not only was the Talus bone in his hock broken but it was dislocated but that there isn't much to be done but let it heal. He will probably limp forever but the joint should be sound. She says that he is young and a Caprine and it will heal. She is recasting his leg tomorrow. She does not like the height of his current cast and thinks it will give him sores on his stifle, and she is putting a walking bar on the cast so he doesn't drag his toes.

I just spent a fortune on drugs...hoping he gives me a whole bunch of doelings next year. This puts me about a month behind on breeding my Alpines this year. But if he alive and well I'll take it.
 

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Really glad and happy for you that things seem to be working out, but what an unneeded expense! I hope he gives you all doelings, like 2-3 per goat.
 

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I hope he gives you all doelings, like 2-3 per goat.
That might depend just a bit on the does, no??

Glad your "real" vet is more thorough. Did the "e-vet" expect his cast to be temporary??

I think in the future you'll have to have your animals agree to get injured ONLY when your regular vet is at work ;)
 

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I wouldn't have a problem with a vet telling me an animal should be put down or better off dead and just because you over heard it I won't say a thing. It's time for thicker skin and not to take offense to every little thing out of someone's mouth. You did what u thought best and he said what he thought best two different ideas but they both can be right.

I could be wrong on this but I do believe that the male determines what the offspring will be.
 

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What they are, gender wise, but quantity? Not being a goat person I don't know which side influences that.
BTW, in chickens it is the HEN that determines gender.
 

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I agree that a vet should voice his honest opinion, but it was his tone. And the fact that he was looking at a slide of joint fluid that they just collected and it was possible that the fluid was contaminated by the bottle of stain, they told me that. There was no way to know if the joint was truly infected or not. He wasn't even the attending vet and probably never even saw the goat. I can bet no comment would have been made about a horse or cow. This is "just a goat" and I can just get another one. The goat was not in obvious pain, (any broken joint obviously hurts some), he had a good appetite, he was alert and inquisitive. A few more days of my money wouldn't do any harm.

@Bruce the cast was going to be replaced as he grew, it was really a cast cut in half being used a splint.

Right now the goat is getting a new cast, his temp was normal last night, he still have a good appetite and he is trying to get to the ladies already. He may have dodged the bullet.

Yes, the buck determines the sex and the doe determines the quantity.
 

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Man you and this poor boy have been through the wringer! I wouldn't blame you if you put him in a padded cell! :lol: So glad that he is improving. :thumbsup
 

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