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[BlueMoonFarms]

Ok, I think this is good news. Annie's udder does have a hole in it but its scabbed over now, and all that is coming out of her udder is an almost clear liquid. Hopefully all it wants to do if have a hole and not fall off!! A hole i can deal with...

 

[BlueMoonFarms]

Ugh...So I was right. The top layer of skin came off around the back of her udder. The scab I did not get a good picture of as she was kicking pretty fierce. She does not like me going near that area. I'll try to get a picture of it in the morning. The whole bottom of her udder is cold and rubbery. Bleh...

 

[frustratedearthmother]

OMG - bless her heart! (and yours!)

 

[Goat Whisperer]

Eww, that is nasty. Poor girl.

I know it sounds crazy, but my vet has done surgery's to remove half the udder on goats that have mastitis. Have you considered it? I have no idea on what it would cost, but I'm just throwing it out there.

 

[BlueMoonFarms]

Eww, that is nasty. Poor girl.

I know it sounds crazy, but my vet has done surgery's to remove half the udder on goats that have mastitis. Have you considered it? I have no idea on what it would cost, but I'm just throwing it out there.

We have not as we did not know it was an option? It would end up depending on how much it costs in the end and if she was in pain or not. Right now the vet just wants to see if she can heal up and shrivel up naturally without getting infected again. They still seem to think that she will recover without loosing the bottom half...
So I guess I am stuck waiting and reporting to them how shes doing. *shrug*
Either way i am properly grossed out every time I touch the thing...At least shes still on her pain meds and can't feel anything. Bleh.

 

[goatboy1973]

Poor girl. I hate this for her and you also. Goats are pretty resilient critters so maybe she can pull through this with her mammary system returning back to normal. Did the vet suggest any hydrotherapy like soaking her whole bag in warm Epsom salt water once or twice daily?

 

[BlueMoonFarms]

So...yeah...
The vet keeps telling me she will be fine, that amputating the udder is not necessary and to just let nature take its coarse like balls on a soon to be weather...
We have to keep it clean, keep it "milked" and keep draining it...
Yup...Its going to be coming off...and now its only a mater of time.
I figure at this point I should keep posting pictures for those who might be in the same situation as Anne and I. If anything its educational no?
Bleh...

Its now lost the top layer of skin all around the outside of the udder, the teat has turned black, and the scab that formed over the hole has wrapped around the entire top of the area missing skin.
Nothing but light brown/clear liquid is coming out now, and the udder is completely rubbery...

 

[Farmin' Girl]

Poor girl, hope she heals well!

 

[frustratedearthmother]

Oh wow - you definitely deserve another jewel in your crown for dealing with this!

 

[BlueMoonFarms]

So...its now become this.
Her nipple either, shrunk, fell off or she bit it off. because it is certainly missing quite a bit of length to it...

And of course while I was taking pictures she just had to dump her water bucket and soak her pen...
Guess what i'm doing right after I post this? Ugh...