ThornyRidge
Overrun with beasties
Just when I thought all was well in goat world.. tahdah!! no way. this is about my guy that I had treated for pneumonia and was a-ok this morning.. anyway over a week ago started treatment with penicillin and benadryl and vet rx. then on Tuesday of this week he got a shot of draxxin. He responded to both treatments and by yesterday was totally back to normal.. this morning fine.. I was even about to put him back in with other goats ( I had tried on Thursday but it did not go so well.. they were head butting him pretty good for being away for awhile I figure so I kept him separate).. so I was away today and went down this evening to feed and checked his stall first and bout passed out.. it looked like a bloody crime scene in there.. and then noticed he had a bloody nose. upon getting more light in area and checking him and scene i found several places on wood fence that looked like he had sneezed out a long bloody clot like substance of bloody mucous.. it was mucous consistencey but clearly blood/clot. found a large one on fence in area where there was a lot of blood and then another one on hay bag (not as big) got call into vet who is attributing it to either blood clot or something from pneumonia and or sneeze that ruptured blood vessels in his nose.. he is only bleeding from his right nostril.. I stayed with him and it has subsided and he took one bite of hay, couple bites of grain and a couple animal cookies and drank warm water and then went and laid down.. he is not acting good (either like pain or discomfort) vet suggested another shot of draxxin on monday (will have to get it then) and maybe some banamine if he continues to act like inpain and also recommended to leave him quiet down will subside the bloody nose.. when I left barn there was barely a trickle coming out.. and it seemed to be more reddish colored fluid then actual blood consistency.. this is the goat that has had a lot of clear nasal discharge with his condition and actually last night and this morning it seemed like that had dried up. I can't find much on goats with bloody nose/discharge/mucous/clots out of nose.. any suggestions? I left him alone tonight and will start fresh in morning.. not sure even what happened.. but upset because he was perfectly fine this morning and now he is not.