Advice on Goat's Hoof Problem - Updated Pics 6/26

[Emmetts Dairy]

Trimming looks like it made a big differance!! I would keep trimming and give her some time. It does take a bit of time when they are ignored like that. Good luck with her...Poor girl!

 

[20kidsonhill]

I would just give her a couple weeks with what you have done so far, and go at it again. She is lucky to have found you. It looks a lot better already.



We use a file, It is hard work, but does really help get it more level.

 

[Roll farms]

 

[peachick]

thanks for posting this thread. It makes me (and probably others) more aware of our goats feet.

 

[journeysend]

She is walking better today, almost totally flat on the bottom of her hooves instead of on the sides like before. I think with a little time she will be almost normal. The splay is not as noticeable so I am also hoping that it won't be permanent. For a FF (and half-wild) she is a good milker and I want her to be as comfortable as possible. Having her with her problems is keeping me on top of my other goat's feet, cause I definitely don't want this to happen to any of them.

 

[SDGsoap&dairy]

That's great you're getting such quick results! She's a lucky doe indeed.

 

[JusticeFamilyFarm]

Wow, they already look so much better! She's lucky she has you as her new owner. I have no experience trimming, so I would for sure have had to hire someone. I'm nervous enough about trimming my goats, and they have been trimmed regularly and look fine. I wouldn't have known what to do with that. Great job and let us know how she's doing!

 

[Mossy Stone Farm]

your doing a great job!!!!!

 

[ChksontheRun]

That looks so much better, and after only one trimming!!! We got 2 goats and their last years kids last August. One had horrible feet and was walking on the side of her back hoofs. It has taken me this long to get her hoofs to the point that she actually walks on them normally. For the first 2 months I could not even get close to her (wild) and then it took bi monthly trimming to get them down a bit. Now I trim a little bit about once a month till I get them a bit shorter. I encourage you to keep going but take it slow from here. You have trimmed off all of the horrible stuff, and now it is a matter of working them down. You can get a wood rasp at Lowes(the fine one) that helps to get them level once you get them trimmed down.

She is one lucky girl to have you to care for her.

 

[journeysend]

Thanks everyone for all of the support!

ChksontheRun wrote:

That looks so much better, and after only one trimming!!! We got 2 goats and their last years kids last August. One had horrible feet and was walking on the side of her back hoofs. It has taken me this long to get her hoofs to the point that she actually walks on them normally. For the first 2 months I could not even get close to her (wild) and then it took bi monthly trimming to get them down a bit. Now I trim a little bit about once a month till I get them a bit shorter. I encourage you to keep going but take it slow from here. You have trimmed off all of the horrible stuff, and now it is a matter of working them down. You can get a wood rasp at Lowes(the fine one) that helps to get them level once you get them trimmed down

This goat (which now has the name Ophelia) is wild as well. I built a small pen for her because she was teaming up with my very wild Nigerian mix and they both were running rampant. I can now pet her a little on the nose, I milk her daily and I have been letting her stay out of the pen during the day. I think she appreciates what I have done for her because when it's milking time, she walks into the pen without me even bribing her at all. She doesn't struggle and after our first milking fiasco, hasn't spilt the milk once. I hope she appreciates her new name as well... Ophelia has come a long way in only a week.

I think I will keep this post going with updated pics after I trim her feet again. Maybe seeing how bad hooves can get will encourage everyone to trim hooves regularly.