It could be a simple subdermal haematoma (a bruise) or a localised response to an insect bite.... or something else. How is she eating and drinking? Have you been able to take her temperature? How is she behaving with the other animals? Is she lethargic?
These are all questions the veterinary...
Free choice drylot hay sounds like the general concensus..., and it is a good idea.
Taking in any animal is stressful for them and it makes sense to keep things as low-key as possible.
question: is this breed particularly nervous? I am thinking of, for example Indian runner ducks versus almost...
my hounds are pets that just happen to hang out with chickens, pony, goats et cetera.
everyone goes for walks together: goats, dogs, pony, and chickens.
the dogs swim in the same pond as the ducks and children...
except that nothing small and helpless lives long:
my best girl, Gypsum, who is...
if you are in the US (we are close enough to the border to be in 4-H down there) I strongly suggest you email/visit/ring the local extension office for agricultural research development. We have a Cornell Community Extension office near us and they have been tops with providing advice...
depending on where you live you may want to build the roof so that it has a definate pitch to it. we get too much snow up here in Canada and the only roofs we do not have to shovel are from the buildings my husband built.
the pallet fencing looks great, did you 'just' nail them together or was...
I just replied to another goat fencing post!
We use cattle fencing, four foot high and that's it. Goats are like little boys..., if they REALLY want to go someone they will. Two of my girls came to me feral last year and they are the cuddliest things now because I feed them by hand give them a...
Do sheep go after berry bushes too?
As soon as I brought home my herd of goats they displayed an amazing ability to completely melt their own bones into something play-dough like so that they could climb, slither, or leap their way into my fruit enclosures. I am actually offering them for sale...
Miniature goats for sale in CANADA. Four wormed, vaccinated pet female goats for sale. Raised by family with ducks, chickens, dogs, cats, and children.
They run to the school bus stop to meet the children!
Close to VT and NYS borders, south of Montreal: delivery available within Montreal region.
sometimes my critters arrive completely soaked or sullied..., it is a farm sanctuary so I never really contest their condition, I just give them a home.
wet pony: I rubbed my girl down with hay every hour during the day and every two at night
she would not come under a shelter as she was too...
You are right
I am reading up on nutridrench... What the poster called 'goat crack' so i can bribe ziege to let me inspect her abscess and flush it twice daily.
She has a swelling directly over her lower right mandibular lymph node.
It is not hot to touch
It does not bother her, itch, et cetera
She has a 'smoker's cough' but she was adopted with that last june 2012
I shaved it and tried to find an entry point hoping it was a foreign body, no luck.
I...
we have fenced in four acres for the children and animals to 'free-range'. my husband and i pounded cedar posts in (betweem rocks) at six foot intervals.
use a post-hole digger is you can access a tractor we could not and cursed a bit too much.
we unrolled cattle fencing (woven wire from...
i have four goats here who seem to be able to jellify their bones to squeeze into, on, around whatever they please.
we use cattle fencing (the four inch woven wire) around the property and have not YET had a problem with them getting their horns caught. we filling in the fencing at the bottom...
what is cydectin?
what does it treat/prevent?
where do you buy it?
i have goats and inject them with some magic potion my vet sold me for strongyle worms..., i believe it is simply an ivermectin like thing
i have never seen a black bear look that horrid.
is mange a problem for other wildlife down there too?
how does your pyr react to bears? i heard they were fantastic as they alert by barking but are not aggressive.
am i right?
we have four foot welded wire fencing in some places (like the gate at the road frontage) but my girls can and do jump over.
we have cattle fencing (Red Brand from TSC) around the property to keep uninvited guests (from creepy trespassers to coyotes) out but i only think it works if the goats...