Another doe with scours...already lost one.

[trestlecreek]

Glad to hear yours is doing good!!

No, nothing left to do, my wether passed last night in my arms. Thanks for asking though...

 

[mully]

Great that she is better !!

 

[lilhill]

Glad to hear yours is doing good!!

No, nothing left to do, my wether passed last night in my arms. Thanks for asking though...

So sorry to hear you lost him.

 

[ksalvagno]

So sorry you lost your wether.

 

[cmjust0]

No, nothing left to do, my wether passed last night in my arms. Thanks for asking though...

Oh no!

I'm really, really sorry to hear that..

 

[trestlecreek]

Thanks everyone
I don't mean to hi-jack your thread, but I'll explain a little about it so everyone may learn something from this.

I'm really shaken by this,.... he was completely blocked. The surgery was the only option due to it being complete. My vet was very confident that this was the way to go(many successes from what he indicated).
I am trying not to attack my vets method here, which will be hard at the moment, I can't blame him, the goat was a gonner and he did what he personally could do and I think he did mean well and thought this would be fine.

It wasn't though. A catheter should have been placed IMO and stronger pain relievers/anti-inflammatories should have been given to him.

He went into shock right in my arms after I routinely palpitated his bladder to check for fullness. The whole thing was just too much for him and he freaked out.

I knew that this was a last shot for him, but it really broke my heart to see him go this way.
I've seen a many animals die, and I can generally handle it quite well, but this one just didn't go over right.

I guess the only thing I have learned from this is that if this procedure is elected for your wether, ask the vet to treat the goat like a small animal(cat, dog), not a large.

 

[ksalvagno]

I'm so sorry to hear what your wether went through. I have been there too when I felt the vet made a bad decision and it makes the loss even harder.

 

[kimmyh]

Why would you palpate, the area would have fresh sutures internally?

 

[trestlecreek]

Well, the bladder itself did not have sutures. He only sutured the new opening he created below the anus.
I palpitated to determine whether or not he had eliminated.

 

[kimmyh]

I guess I don't understand. Once the wether was rerouted, he would dribble urine out all day, the same way a cath would work, so unless there were BIG stones in the bladder he should have been passing urine. Rerouting is a pretty major surgery, and there would have been abdominal sutures, as the urethra was tacked in place.