newborn with skin issues - she's gone

[doxiemoxie]

Go Betty Go!!!

 

[peachick]

So something weird is going on.. maybe you guys can offer ideas.
Black Betty and Zoom are now outside full time. they have a heat lamp available in their stall at night and I have a 3rd older doeling in with them named Fawn (aprox 6 months old) Fawn is with them mostly to keep Zoom company when I take Betty away for meds.

Anyway, in the mornings Black Betty is always wet... like her whole body is wet! Its getting down to freezing at night. So finding her wet at 7am in the morning kind freaks me out. I have NO idea how she is getting wet... shes not falling in the water bucket. There is a small plastic dog crate in their stall that the smaller two sleep in, but its dry.... no condensation on it. Their bedding is dry. The ONLY thing I can think of is that one or both of the other babies is peeing on her when they wake up? But even that would be a random event and not something that happens consistently, right? Im kinda clueless here. I have had to bring Betty in the house every morning just to dry her off in the heat.

Poor Black Betty has enough stuff going on without catching phenomena.

 

[autumnprairie]

So something weird is going on.. maybe you guys can offer ideas.
Black Betty and Zoom are now outside full time. they have a heat lamp available in their stall at night and I have a 3rd older doeling in with them named Fawn (aprox 6 months old) Fawn is with them mostly to keep Zoom company when I take Betty away for meds.

Anyway, in the mornings Black Betty is always wet... like her whole body is wet! Its getting down to freezing at night. So finding her wet at 7am in the morning kind freaks me out. I have NO idea how she is getting wet... shes not falling in the water bucket. There is a small plastic dog crate in their stall that the smaller two sleep in, but its dry.... no condensation on it. Their bedding is dry. The ONLY thing I can think of is that one or both of the other babies is peeing on her when they wake up? But even would be a random event and not something that happens consistently, right? Im kinda clueless here. I have had to bring Betty in the house every morning just to dry her off in the heat.

Poor Black Betty has enough stuff going on without catching phenomena.

I would definately see, smell if it is urine not sure how goats would be around sick animals but I have a cat that will do that to my DH when his auto immune disorder is acting up or going to get bad. She smells it on him.

 

[Mamaboid]

This is going to sound crazy, but is there any chance she is having night sweats? Humans who are on certain meds do it, maybe goats do too?????

 

[Stacykins]

Some ingredients in creams are humectants, they absorb water from the air. Some of the stuff you're putting on her may be doing this. But it shouldn't be so dramatic that she is really wet.

 

[peachick]

The vet is comming to see her again today...
stay tuned.
In the mean time. I took a little video of her

http://youtu.be/ENjKKtOgTqY

 

[elevan]

Thanks for sharing the video!

 

[Queen Mum]

First of all, my goodness she is cute and beautiful.

BUT, I note a number of things that are very interesting about her. Her legs don't look straight. She moves like her joints are painful or stiff. So I don't think it's a matter of energy level so much as muscle or joint control. If she has an autoimmune disorder that might be in line with the diagnosis. I notice that she shakes out her hair often, like she is trying to shake something off. This would indicate that her skin is bothersome or irritated which means she is overall compromised in some way. This may be a characteristic of a silky goat but my gut reaction is that it is an irritability response.

HOWEVER, she is a myotonic (fainting) goat, right? Could she have some odd form of muscle disorder that is an aberration associated with her breed? AND since she has the silky gene also have a genetic aberration as well that is associated to her hair? You might check with the clinic and ask them if they will do some gene testing (for free) to see if this is a genetic issue.

 

[redtailgal]

I notice that she shakes out her hair often, like she is trying to shake something off. This would indicate that her skin is bothersome or irritated which means she is overall compromised in some way. .

Well, this thread was started cuz she had a skin issue, and in this video she had just had a bath........... She may have been just shaking the excess water off.

 

[Queen Mum]

I didn't realize she had just had a bath. That would explain the shaking. LOL! But she does seem to be very stiff though,