sadieml
True BYH Addict
Our sweet, beautiful buck, Jaeger died suddenly this evening. We went to close them up for the night, and he started bleating loudly and fell down, stiff-legged. I'm pretty sure it was "goat polio", i.e., thiamine deficiency, but dummy that I am, we had no thiamine on hand. I rushed to Tractor supply, 30 mins round trip (Okay, I may have sped a little!) and he was gone before we got back. I know it can take them quickly, but WOW! We do have loose minerals for them, but they never seem to eat them, just spill them on the ground.
We are all devastated. At least we have babies due in 3 or 4 weeks. I guess it's a good time to start looking for an unrelated buckling, but money is still gonna be super tight until May or so, when we finish-up the sale of our other house.
I'm gonna see how much it will cost for a necropsy. If we can afford one, it might not be a bad idea.