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Good luck, I hope she continues to improve/heal well 
Doe with decent sized cut on teat
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Me to. She is super painful when milking she trys to lay down to she can't be milkedGood luck, I hope she continues to improve/heal well
Hens and Roos
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poor girl....
Goat Whisperer
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If possible, when you milk instead of grasping the top of the teat try and grasp below the cut. It takes longer to milk (not as much milk per squeeze) but the doe may not fight as much. I have had to do this when a doe had a sore teat due to kids. It can be a PITbutt at first but is has been worth it IMO.
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I will try that. Thank you.
alsea1
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After seeing the pic of the wound that's a nasty place for a doe in milk to have such a cut.
I would monitor her temp daily. If she runs a temp. that may indicate she has some kind of infection. That's when it can get tricky. Def. need to keep her milked out though.
Hopefully it won't scar up too bad.
I have found in my short career of having livestock that you must find a vet in your area and establish a relationship with them before you really need them.
If they know you and have been to your farm and seen your animals they are far more likely to work with you on things.
A couple years ago I had our vet out to do a farm call and look things over. It cost me a little. But now I can call them and if possible I can do a consult over the phone and pick up whatever meds. are needed. This service can save you tons of money in the long run.
At some point we all will need to have the vet out. Its just part of owning livestock. We can do much of the care and doctoring ourselves, but there will be times when we must work with a good vet.
I would monitor her temp daily. If she runs a temp. that may indicate she has some kind of infection. That's when it can get tricky. Def. need to keep her milked out though.
Hopefully it won't scar up too bad.
I have found in my short career of having livestock that you must find a vet in your area and establish a relationship with them before you really need them.
If they know you and have been to your farm and seen your animals they are far more likely to work with you on things.
A couple years ago I had our vet out to do a farm call and look things over. It cost me a little. But now I can call them and if possible I can do a consult over the phone and pick up whatever meds. are needed. This service can save you tons of money in the long run.
At some point we all will need to have the vet out. Its just part of owning livestock. We can do much of the care and doctoring ourselves, but there will be times when we must work with a good vet.
alsea1
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I don't remember if anyone mentioned it but a tetanus shot may be in order as well.
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She has already had it. She isn't ready to have other one yet. Thanks you all for your help.
alsea1
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There is the tetanus you give that is in the CD& T shot and there is the Tetanus anti toxin that you give if there is a serious injury.
misfitmorgan
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It looks less like an injury and more like a split. One of my alpine does last year would get so full her or one of the other does would sometimes step on her udder and she got two tears/splits from it while it was full. They healed up fine but she was sore when we milked her. We watched her closely for any infection but she healed fine, no mastitis either. I think part of the reason mine happened was because it was in febuary/march so really cold and her skin was rather dry cause we couldnt put anything on it.
