Blossom: A Nubian’s Story

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Today is just a Red Cell day for Blossom. We plan to do Red Cell and ProBios tomorrow with that being the last ProBios until after her next fecal.

I noticed as she went to stand on the gate this afternoon that she is going to need more work on her hooves sooner than later. It’ll be Friday before DH can hold her for me since he hasn’t gotten a standard-sized goat stand built yet. I think the hooves are why she’s kneeling.

We need to have her tested for CAE, CL, and Johne’s but I think we’ve decided to wait until after her next fecal for that too. Just not keen on stressing her or depleting her blood supply any (I know it’s not much but feel like she needs all the help that she can get.)

There isn’t a timeline for introducing Blossom into the doe herd at this time. She needs such individualized care that we aren’t in a hurry. This gives us extra time to get her testing done too.

Provided that her blood testing comes back negative, we will then jump through the hurdles to get her ADGA papers transferred to us and do her G6S too.

I did manage a few updated pics of Blossom during my afternoon trip to the barn.

Kneeling
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Can’t resist a chance for possible rubs! (I feel like she doesn’t look near as bony!)
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Face in my space! Lol
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Blossom hasn’t gotten any additional red cell. She was supposed to get ProBios but DH still hasn’t come in from doing hay so it’ll have to wait until he gets off work.

Changing up her feeding regimen some. She seems to really like beet pulp over the sweet feed now so we are doing a cup of beet pulp to see how she does. I also gave her a small handful of chopped alfalfa for her to try. (There isn’t any bales of alfalfa available in our area and we raise grass hay for the cattle.)

I was petting her tonight and noted that her hair is much softer! She also doesn’t seem quite a s painfully thin to me. Still a ways to go but we seem to be headed in the right direction.

A week from Friday we do fecal recheck.
 

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Ms. Blossom continues to improve. I’m trying to wait until Friday to weigh her as I’m anxious to see what she’s gained but I may not be patient enough to wait that long!

She has her preference in her feed right now. Her big bowl gets her ration of chopped alfalfa, beet pulp, and sweet feed. She inhales the chopped alfalfa first, then gradually consumes the beet pulp, leaving the sweet feed for last.

Blossom insists on fresh hay daily or she won’t touch what is in her feeder. The spoiled girl’s demands are always met so she inevitably gets her fresh hay at least once a day! Lol
 

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Got a few updated pics of Blossom Monday night. She still looks thin but I can now feel the tiniest bit of cover starting on her ribs, along her spine, and on her hips. She also doesn’t have that anorexic sunken look anymore. Her hair is now shiny and so much softer. Now just praying that her testing comes back clean so I don’t have to say goodbye!

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