Cissy is positive for CL, vet is trying to convince not to euthanize.

[glenolam]

Glad to hear she's doing well!

Isn't it funny how the kids love to find the smallest places? Mine still love to try sleeping under the hay feeder, but they're getting too big. Now the new pygmys I have love to sleep inside the hay feeder when it gets low! And the slats for the feeder are only about 4" apart!

 

[lupinfarm]

Haha well I'm just glad she's spending more time on the ground and less time in the air on the hay feeder Things have settled down at home with Cissy's infection and such. Truth is I could have isolated her but she would have been isolated WAY down at the barn (and trust me, its a long way) without any other animals because we don't use the barn for anything other than storing feed and the well pump though there is a small stall near the back that is in rough shape but would have worked. Mum is thinking of perhaps getting an extra chainlink dog run and setting it up in the garage next time we have an emerge like this. Our garage is a dirt floor but we're having a pad done in there next spring.

And plus, the lump hadn't lost any hair or really gotten significantly bigger so the risk of it bursting was pretty much low.

 

[ksalvagno]

Glad it turned out not to be CL. One never knows so at least you got it checked out.

I'm glad April has a place to go now and get away from the other girls. I'm sure it will work out.

 

[lupinfarm]

I was just about to trim feet today and noticed Cissy had a HUGE lump just under her jaw line. Sure enough its losing its hair!! Sigh, looks like this is CL this time. The pus from the other lump was not characteristic of CL but this sounds like it sure as heck is. The vet is on her way to lance it and send it in for testing, also having blood drawn on Mione for testing.


Can anything else go wrong? =/

 

[lupinfarm]

Okay, it looks like we have found a home for Cissy and Mione. At this point my mum has decided to sell all of our goats and start fresh in the spring with registered and tested goats (spending the big money to find these btw) from a herd we know of. Sadly we are parting with April as well. She has just started fitting in and the new people for Cissy would like it if they could take Mione, well that leaves April alone and we're not going to find a friend for April this time of the season so I've offered them April as well. They're aware of Cissy possibly having CL and are still wanting to take her.

I'm absolutely devestated, I've put so much time into them and so much into April that its heartbreaking to see them go but its for the best in the end. Being in a pen seperated from her friends is no life for Cissy and she'll be going to a home with children as a pet.

 

[ksalvagno]

Well, that is a shame. It is too bad that all of them are going. I guess you will have a nice goat place ready when you get goats again. So sorry you are getting rid of them.

 

[lupinfarm]

Can Penicillan (Depocillan..) be given Sub-Q? The vet didn't specify but mum said she jabbed Cissy in the bum... she has to be given it once a day for 6 days and I'm not comfortable with Intramuscular at all and I'm not sure the new owners would be either.

 

[ksalvagno]

I always give Penicillin injections SQ. So yes, that is fine.

 

[lupinfarm]

Awesome. I made up all the stuff expecting a semi-informed person and got an ex goat breeder/shower/producer :O! Its great news, he's dealt with CL before and has come up with his own creative ways of dealing with it. He's an old timer goat person! Crazy! They took April this evening and are putting up a quarantine pen tonight, will be back for Cissy and Mione tomorrow morning. Good to know about the Penicillin though

 

[glenolam]

I'm sorry to hear that you are letting them go to another home. It must be tough, but if you know they're going to good homes and that you will be better off as a family for doing so, then it's for good reason.

Keep us posted!