Baby buckling...

[Bucking Adoeable Fainters]

He's cuuuuute!!!!
Judging by pics, I'd say he was mounted and harassed by an older buck/buckling and that's why hair is gone on hips, rear and tail. Or it could very easily be from lack of nutrition.

The horns look like they were a bad disbudding job!!! Babies horns come in at a point. Not flat scurs where you can see bone. This poor guy!!!!

The ear looks like he had his scarpie/ear tag ripped out. Which is more common then you'd think.

If I had to guess, I'd say he was at the bottom of the pecking order cause he was a baby and everyone beat him up to fight over what small amount of food there was. I reall think he will make a full recovery based on those pics.

Your a great mommy! Rescues are sad and difficult in the beginning, but man oh man are they the best animals in the world!!!! I have 2 rescued Pitbulls, PMU horse, 2fainters, abused chickens, and for 7yrs I worked rehabilitation for thoroughbreds coming off the track or abused because they weren't 'race worthy'. You can do it!!!! Your his best chance!


Looking forward to many updates!!!

 

[BlueMoonFarms]

Horse/oral Ivermectin is 3x the goat weight. My big girls are about 80. 80x3=240.
If he is 20lbs=60. You get the idea. I use different dosages for everyone.

Nutri drench for sheep should be fine. The biggest difference between goat and sheep feed is the lack of copper. Goats need it.

Yes, offering free ranch of baking soda will help the lil guy. I keep about a cup sprinkled around my mineral block. This way they can take as needed. As long as he's going poo pellets and not runs or logs, he's doing good. Just listen for rumen noises and lots of belching. If he gets frothy mouth or bubbles in spit, hold him up behind front legs, rear still on ground, to help him belch. If you need, you can always disolve gas x with wated in a syringe (no needle) and give orally.

I think he is an absolute trooper. Just watch his poos, they'll tell you everything! The big concern is infection in that ear and tummy issues. But I think he'll make a full recovery!

So glad he has you!!!!

Awesome, i'll get a little cuppy and attach it to the side of his pen for him so he can have access to the baking soda. His poop is still a bunch of pellets yay! though as soon as he is de-wormed it may be a different story. I'll keep everyone up to date and then ask if I run into any other issues.
Im so glad hes a sweet heart! Now i just need to ask the vet about removing his horns so we dont run into any issues like we did with my Nutmeg when she hung herself in the fence...
Hopefully he will not pop up any other problems X_X

He's cuuuuute!!!!
Judging by pics, I'd say he was mounted and harassed by an older buck/buckling and that's why hair is gone on hips, rear and tail. Or it could very easily be from lack of nutrition.

The horns look like they were a bad disbudding job!!! Babies horns come in at a point. Not flat scurs where you can see bone. This poor guy!!!!

The ear looks like he had his scarpie/ear tag ripped out. Which is more common then you'd think.

If I had to guess, I'd say he was at the bottom of the pecking order cause he was a baby and everyone beat him up to fight over what small amount of food there was. I reall think he will make a full recovery based on those pics.

Your a great mommy! Rescues are sad and difficult in the beginning, but man oh man are they the best animals in the world!!!! I have 2 rescued Pitbulls, PMU horse, 2fainters, abused chickens, and for 7yrs I worked rehabilitation for thoroughbreds coming off the track or abused because they weren't 'race worthy'. You can do it!!!! Your his best chance!


Looking forward to many updates!!!

I hope that's the case and its not nutritional, other wise he could be stunted X_X

Oh no I hope not! I would hate to put the poor boy through a second de-horning

I hope he stays on the right track and perks up. Hes standing better now since I gave him water and food, but hes still pretty weak. Hes slower then I would like, but at least he is curious and wandering about. He also hums! I walk into the pen to see him and he starts humming away at me. so cute!!

I have done many livestock "rescues" sorta speak, but they have always been orphans and the unwanted, he is my first actual neglect rescue kinda animal. It will be worth it though, as long as hes not a but head when he grows up
then he will stay and has as many girls as he likes! I already love him TwT i'll be crushed if he does not make it.

 

[Bucking Adoeable Fainters]

I would guess his horns were banded or cut with a wire saw. I don't have experience with either. Hopefully someone can offer advice on this.
I do know goats are supposed to be disbudded with a hot iron before 10days old. After that I believe the blood supply and nerve runs to the buds forming and its too late. Again, idk. Not my dept. Im sure your vet can offer advice.
Sorry about your doe and the fence. Very sad. All of my guys have their horns. The only ones i ever get concerned about is the bucks, as they love to sharpen them and destroy all fencing. But i repair quickly to avoid disasters and escapes!!!!

So thrilled you love him! He will know every day that you saved his life.

When he humms, does it sound like he is trying to use his vocals? My closest buck is very vocal and talks to me constantly. He doesn't sound like he has fluid or struggling to breath right???? Vocals good, fluid bad bad bad.

Whens the vet coming? Hopefully all little man will need is some penicillin, CDT and meds for ear and he's ready to begin his new life with you!

 

[Womwotai]

Womwotai- if you pick up your goat hooves and there is folded over growth, they need to be trimmed as yuck can impact in there and grow bacteria and rot.
Here is an excellent link to check out. Complimentary of the Fainting Goat Guild


http://faintinggoatguild.com/husbandrygrooming.htm

Thanks for that link. I went out determined to examine the hooves of every sheep and goat out there but discovered my first ewe had delivered her first lamb and thoughts of hooves flew out the window. I will check tomorrow….

 

[BlueMoonFarms]

I would guess his horns were banded or cut with a wire saw. I don't have experience with either. Hopefully someone can offer advice on this.
I do know goats are supposed to be disbudded with a hot iron before 10days old. After that I believe the blood supply and nerve runs to the buds forming and its too late. Again, idk. Not my dept. Im sure your vet can offer advice.
Sorry about your doe and the fence. Very sad. All of my guys have their horns. The only ones i ever get concerned about is the bucks, as they love to sharpen them and destroy all fencing. But i repair quickly to avoid disasters and escapes!!!!

So thrilled you love him! He will know every day that you saved his life.

When he humms, does it sound like he is trying to use his vocals? My closest buck is very vocal and talks to me constantly. He doesn't sound like he has fluid or struggling to breath right???? Vocals good, fluid bad bad bad.

Whens the vet coming? Hopefully all little man will need is some penicillin, CDT and meds for ear and he's ready to begin his new life with you!

Oh i hope so! I would really like to know whats up with him so I can give the vet a better idea of whats up with him.
I am very anti horn because of Nutmeg, she was our only horned goat and it was very traumatic.
I am very glad none of your guys are stupid enough to get there heads stuck!

No its just a talk, not a gurgle. I would be freaking out if he was sniffling and gurgling like a cold or something.
The vets coming out after the snow storm is done tomorrow to check him and my ram with pink eye.
Hes such a darling! And now hes looking for us everytime we go outside hehe

 

[Womwotai]

I am very glad none of your guys are stupid enough to get there heads stuck!

Oh, I wouldn't say that. One afternoon shortly after my boer buck and doe arrived on my property, I let them out of their original small enclosure, to graze the 7-acre pasture for the first time. A little while later when I went out to tend the chickens, I heard the doe calling. At first I paid no attention thinking she had just lost sight of the buck. But after awhile I realized the calling was not stopping so I went to investigate and found that the vegetation inside the 7-acre pasture was not nearly as good as that immediately outside it. The doe had stuck her head through the field fence, and since the horns curve backwards, could not pull it back through. It took me 20 minutes of struggling to get her free, with her fighting me the entire time.

But - she learned from that experience. She has never got stuck again, and one time I was out and saw her start to put her nose through the fence to get to something delectable but clearly think better of it before sticking her horns through it.

 

[BlueMoonFarms]

He had a bath today, all the lice that were on him were dead thankfully, but just to be safe we bathed him in a cider shampoo and then put some ivermec along his spine. He was given a dose of Valbazine, and my vet is now worried about his horns and wants to come out and see him tomorrow storm or no storm.
I'll let you know how it goes!

 

[BlueMoonFarms]

Oh, I wouldn't say that. One afternoon shortly after my boer buck and doe arrived on my property, I let them out of their original small enclosure, to graze the 7-acre pasture for the first time. A little while later when I went out to tend the chickens, I heard the doe calling. At first I paid no attention thinking she had just lost sight of the buck. But after awhile I realized the calling was not stopping so I went to investigate and found that the vegetation inside the 7-acre pasture was not nearly as good as that immediately outside it. The doe had stuck her head through the field fence, and since the horns curve backwards, could not pull it back through. It took me 20 minutes of struggling to get her free, with her fighting me the entire time.

But - she learned from that experience. She has never got stuck again, and one time I was out and saw her start to put her nose through the fence to get to something delectable but clearly think better of it before sticking her horns through it.

Your lucky! Nutmeg was just stupid...She had to have a plastic bit of pipping attached to her head at all times, and then the day she broke out of it was sadly her last...

 

[Mike CHS]

It sounds like your vet is a keeper. Hopefully he will keep improving.

 

[Bucking Adoeable Fainters]

Yaaay no more lice!!!! Yaay looking better! Yaaay vet!!!

Cannot wait to hear just how well the little tropper is doing!!!!