Bleeding umbilical cord/belly button?

[Pearce Pastures]

Lily finally knocked off her umbilical cord and all was well for a few days but when I picked her up two nights ago, she was bleeding. Not profusely or anything, so I sprayed it with some Bluekote (which looks really funny on her white coat) and then let her be thinking she just rubbed it or something. Last night, I was playing with them and she crawled into my lap for a few minutes to snuggle and when she got down, I had blood on my jeans and on my hand from her. Decided to dip her "button" with iodine.

Is this normal or should I be doing more? I'm thinking she just keeps opening it up because she is so rambunctious and that it will heal up but just to be sure...

 

[Bedste]

i dont know but I sure hope someone else does.

I dipped my kids in iodine every day once or twice a day for about 5 days and then did nothing.... it took one of the kids 3 weeks to loose her cord

 

[Roll farms]

I wouldn't consider it normal at all....I've never seen one bleed from the umbi after it falls off.

I would keep it sprayed w/ iodine and blue kote for sure and watch and see if she's scratching / scraping over anything during her play....going over a wall / under something....and then I'd block that / remove it until she heals.

That would be a fast route to getting an infection where you def. don't want one.

 

[Emmetts Dairy]

I agree...its not normal...I would keep a close eye on that as well. I would watch her for a while..and see whats shes doing. If it is itchy and shes chewing on it that would concern me a bit??? I would get a temp on her too..to make sure nothings brewing in her. You dont want infection to set in.

I would flip her up on your lap and get a good look at the site and see how it looks. I know, you blue koted her already!!l lol! And shes now a purple bellied goat!! But I would try anyway...gonna sound wierd..but I always smell it too...cuz sometimes a funky smell will present when infection is setting in if you cant see it.

Good luck...I hope it works out.