Crooked leg?

[horseymama2]

Good evening,
My little doe, Poppy, is a FF due to kid in a week or 2. All of a sudden one of her front legs looks crooked. Could this be her ligaments loosening up for giving birth? Or should I be worried about a mineral deficiency? She isn't lame on it. It just doesn't look right.

 

[Latestarter]

I have a FF with the same thing in both front legs. I assumed she got rolled up on and they got broken. She was very lame for quite a while but now gets around and had her first babies about a month ago.

 

[horseymama2]

Both legs! Oh dear! That's terrible.Poppy was running away from a 6wk old precocious Billy last night. She wasn't limping, but it looks terrible. Could they get rickets???

 

[horseymama2]

Hey, guess what it is rickets! It is common in FF and is a nutritional problem. Now I have to figure out how to fix it... I think I caused it changing my feed for the starving doe with no milk several weeks ago....

 

[promiseacres]

Give her some oranges! Interesting. Hope she gets better!

 

[goats&moregoats]

Definitely an interesting thread..keep us updated if you would. First I have seen it.

 

[Goat Whisperer]

Since she is bred, I’d talk to a vet.


I really like the A, D,E & B 12 paste from Valley vet supply. I would also think about giving some Selenium too.

https://www.valleyvet.com/ct_detail.html?pgguid=30e07915-7b6a-11d5-a192-00b0d0204ae5


How do her hooves look? If she is already battling deficiency issues I would watch closely for pregnancy toxemia and milk fever.

 

[Latestarter]

Rickets huh? It's only happening in one goat here...

 

[Goat Whisperer]

Rickets huh? It's only happening in one goat here...

Had it happen with a kid. One of quads. Big boy. The other 3 were fine.

 

[Alaskan]

Rickets huh? It's only happening in one goat here...

some animals have more trouble absorbing vitamins that others.... can be a genetic thing... or because her rumen didn't develop as well as it could have.... or because of a higher worm load.

remember with the worms... some goats just naturally run higher loads than others. .. even on the same pasture... that is the reason for the Kiko craze.