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Entire side of her udder, but it's not smooth. It looks a bit lumpy near the cut site and there's some redness near the cut site and by her teat. I'm getting the last few things to complete a milk stand. Hopefully that plus hobbles will make it possible for me to milk it out. Tethering in a...

I got lucky, and the cut isn't very deep. It was already closed over by the time I got to the vet, and she didn't want to reopen it. She cleaned the outside and gave her some cephapirin in her teat. I was supposed to repeat it the next day and try to keep udder emptied, but let's just say the...

She'd already eaten enough to not be tempted by grain :) I finally used the babies to lure into the spare bathroom of my house. Don't judge :) It worked and was much quicker than setting up a new catch pen. I have to take her to the vet (too far out for a last minute house call), but we're on...

Got it. Definitely going to the vet . . . if I can ever catch her again. Any tips on catching a very unwilling to be caught goat who already had her grain ration? Right now I've removed her water bucket, and I'll try to lure her in with in an hour. Luckily the wound isn't looking too bad, so I'm...

Let's start with this. Is there any reason I shouldn't be cleaning her up with betadine and granulex right now? Can that be dangerous for the kids?

Hello, My first goat just had her kids (twin girls!) two days ago. I was hoping to let them milk naturally, but a neighbors dog just spooked her through a fence. She cut the front of her udder about two inches above the left teat. There's no blood, but it started streaming milk. She's still...