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[Melanie]

I am so sorry. That must be very hard to deal with. You are a very strong person to be able to continue to milk her and care for her. I would be in tears every time I had to milk her out. I will be praying for her to have a quick recovery for both of your sakes. Even though this is very disturbing to look at it is very educational for me because I have never had to deal with mastitis.

 

[BlueMoonFarms]

I am so sorry. That must be very hard to deal with. You are a very strong person to be able to continue to milk her and care for her. I would be in tears every time I had to milk her out. I will be praying for her to have a quick recovery for both of your sakes. Even though this is very disturbing to look at it is very educational for me because I have never had to deal with mastitis.

Yeah, I just put a graphic picture warning on the title because of that. I'm so used to seeing it I forgot how bad it was.
So thank you for putting that bit in about it being disturbing! And I hope you didn't just stumble onto this thread and find the pictures without the warning >_>
Anyway, its very hard. I wont lie. I make my husband do it when I just cant stomach it.
The good news is that it appears to be shrinking/healing very quickly now. So i'm just hoping that it keeps progressing that way. Quick, and without anymore infection.
(Edit: I need to make sure to pay attention before I press send next time...)

 

[Melanie]

I did not just stumble upon the thread. I have been silently following it. I thought you might like to hear that this thread will be very helpful for people like me who have never had to deal with anything like this. I also wanted you to know that I am praying for you and your doe. I am happy to hear it appears to be healing quickly.

 

[BlueMoonFarms]

I did not just stumble upon the thread. I have been silently following it. I thought you might like to hear that this thread will be very helpful for people like me who have never had to deal with anything like this. I also wanted you to know that I am praying for you and your doe. I am happy to hear it appears to be healing quickly.

Im sorry I mistyped, but I fixed the error in the previous post. not mad or snippy I promise. Just not paying attention while I do 20 things lol.
I am happy that your finding this educational, that's the whole reason why I keep posting pictures.
Its gross but hopefully someone will be able to learn something, or at least be prepared for it.
I hope you never have to deal with this!

 

[alsea1]

Its looking like she may have use of her other teat.
Given the circumstances you did a great job of pulling her through.
That was a fast and vicious infection.
This kind of information is invaluable to the rest of us.
You will get used to this sorta thing as time goes on. Seems if you raise animals you eventually wind up more or less a vet tech out of necessity.

 

[Farmin' Girl]

I don't have any goats unfortunately, (my dad doesn't really have a heart for goats like I do) but it is still a great learning experience. Thanks for keeping us updated, and I am glad to here your sweet girl is having a quick recovery.

 

[goatboy1973]

Sounds like it may have been some sort of staphylococcus infection where Bactrim DS might have been a better choice of antibiotic but nevertheless, glad to hear she might be turning the corner on this infection.

 

[BlueMoonFarms]

Sounds like it may have been some sort of staphylococcus infection where Bactrim DS might have been a better choice of antibiotic but nevertheless, glad to hear she might be turning the corner on this infection.

I might have posted this elsewhere but all I know is that I had to give her two antibiotic injections daily, her pain killers, and then this blue stuff that I needed to squirt into her udder.
One shot was clear, the other cloudy, neither were labeled...The blue stuff was chiffereslive sol...Yeah thats as good as the spelling is going to get as I can not read a darn thing on the bottle. Chicken scratch!
Anyway, that's what I had to give her. Not sure if that helps at all but there it is.
Anyway, i'll keep posting pictures!

 

[goatboy1973]

Sounds like you went above and beyond for your doe.

 

[goats&moregoats]

I wish you the best of luck! Loosing one of our animals is very heart wrenching.