Naef hajaya
Overrun with beasties
Hijaze goats / New pic
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mossyStone
Overrun with beasties
WOW Look at those ears WOW!They are soo pretty!!!!
Thank you for shareing these pictures
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MysticScorpio82
Chillin' with the herd
Their ears remind me of a veil or a cape. So beautiful and elegant! 
aggieterpkatie
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I personally don't care for the long ears, but I love their long legs!
I'm rethinking the long-ear thing, myself.. :/
One of our does split her ear a couple of months ago and -- since someone here mentioned the skin stapler and I didn't get it -- of course, it healed without coming back together.. So, now she's got a permanent ear split.
Then our herdsire split his horizontally about 2" from the end.. Looked like a small, no-biggie situation so I didn't think much of it...until one side split the rest of the way through. The other side rotted off* the other day, so now his ear's somewhat...abbreviated.
And now our big herdqueen boer doe has apparently split one of hers somehow. :/
*Yeah, I know. Bad goat parent..BAD, BAD goat parent! Here's the thing.. When I first noticed the split, like I said, didn't seem to be a big deal. Figured since it was intact on both sides, it would heal back together. Next thing I know, it's ripped through on one side and the other side is angry and infected looking, with the tip of his ear dangling.
There was no fixing it at that point.. The dangly tip was DEAD, I'm guessing because the inflammation around it had apparently choked it off.. I figure I had two options, in terms of treatment:
1) Antibiotics and anti-inflammatories
2) Cut the rest of it off, then antibiotics and anti-inflammatories.
Had I gone with option 1, my fear was that it would actually heal...leaving the rest of the ear to dangle, which isn't really a great outcome. Then there's option 2, which I worried about because I wasn't sure the bloodflow to it was completely choked off yet and I didn't want to find myself in a situation where he was running around bleedling like a stuck hog....their ears are radiators, which means they have A LOT of bloodflow to them.
I didn't like either option..
So, yeah, I let it rot off. :/
I knew it wouldn't be but just a day or two, and it fell off like I expected. Since there was so much inflammation by then, he didn't bleed that much. He never went off feed or acted like it was much more than a simple aggravation, else I would certainly have been more proactive about it..
Wasn't the *prettiest* way to handle it, but...well, it's done, over with, and well on the way to healing now.
But, yeah...looking more and more to me like long ears = trouble. :/
One of our does split her ear a couple of months ago and -- since someone here mentioned the skin stapler and I didn't get it -- of course, it healed without coming back together.. So, now she's got a permanent ear split.
Then our herdsire split his horizontally about 2" from the end.. Looked like a small, no-biggie situation so I didn't think much of it...until one side split the rest of the way through. The other side rotted off* the other day, so now his ear's somewhat...abbreviated.
And now our big herdqueen boer doe has apparently split one of hers somehow. :/
*Yeah, I know. Bad goat parent..BAD, BAD goat parent! Here's the thing.. When I first noticed the split, like I said, didn't seem to be a big deal. Figured since it was intact on both sides, it would heal back together. Next thing I know, it's ripped through on one side and the other side is angry and infected looking, with the tip of his ear dangling.
There was no fixing it at that point.. The dangly tip was DEAD, I'm guessing because the inflammation around it had apparently choked it off.. I figure I had two options, in terms of treatment:
1) Antibiotics and anti-inflammatories
2) Cut the rest of it off, then antibiotics and anti-inflammatories.
Had I gone with option 1, my fear was that it would actually heal...leaving the rest of the ear to dangle, which isn't really a great outcome. Then there's option 2, which I worried about because I wasn't sure the bloodflow to it was completely choked off yet and I didn't want to find myself in a situation where he was running around bleedling like a stuck hog....their ears are radiators, which means they have A LOT of bloodflow to them.
I didn't like either option..
So, yeah, I let it rot off. :/
I knew it wouldn't be but just a day or two, and it fell off like I expected. Since there was so much inflammation by then, he didn't bleed that much. He never went off feed or acted like it was much more than a simple aggravation, else I would certainly have been more proactive about it..
Wasn't the *prettiest* way to handle it, but...well, it's done, over with, and well on the way to healing now.
But, yeah...looking more and more to me like long ears = trouble. :/
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I mentioned the skin stapler! 
I think Nubian ears are cute, especially on kids, but those ears above scare me!
I've had sheep rip out ear tags. I used to try to get them to heal together (even made splits with TP rolls and vet wrap, but it was such a pain I stopped.
I think Nubian ears are cute, especially on kids, but those ears above scare me! I've had sheep rip out ear tags. I used to try to get them to heal together (even made splits with TP rolls and vet wrap, but it was such a pain I stopped.
You! YOU! It's YOUR fault!aggieterpkatie said:I mentioned the skin stapler!
What's funny is that I mentioned the skin stapler to my wife very excitedly, and she kinda gave me a ... :/ ... on account of she's not as big on the whole medical side of things as I am. She just doesn't get nearly as excited about that kind of stuff..
Go figure..
So she says "A skin stapler? When have we ever needed a skin stapler?""Well, that's true, but it's COOL, RIGHT?!?"
:/
Oh, alright....I'll probably just order more needles or something boring like that...which I did....and NOW look at us!
Don't think I haven't mentioned it to her, either...***3 times now***..."Ya know, if we had that skin stapler I could probably fix this..."
jodief100
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I have a skin stapler. I work in design and development of medical devices and lets say we engineers like to "share" our R&D stuff. I have a buddy who designs skin staplers who wanted a skullclamp so we swapped 
Haven't used on a goat so far but the dog had some awhile back. Darling Hubby declined my offer and went to the ER. Guess what... They stapled his shoudler and he had a $150 copay
Do you see the kid's ears? They touch the ground! I wonder if they trip on them like Basset Hound puppies do?
Haven't used on a goat so far but the dog had some awhile back. Darling Hubby declined my offer and went to the ER. Guess what... They stapled his shoudler and he had a $150 copay Do you see the kid's ears? They touch the ground! I wonder if they trip on them like Basset Hound puppies do?
ThornyRidge
Overrun with beasties
there is something ridiculous about these goats over there... intriguing but really the more I look at them they begin to look freakish! like something just ain't right.. I understand they may sweat thru their ears but damn I did not know it got that hot! and with all the malformations it looks to me like these freak genetics between these and those goats that look like something out of star wars have been purposefully bred into these breeds. I am not understanding the purpose of these traits and characteristics.. these put basset hounds to shame.. I too would totally be afraid of severe injury and would think those ears would bleed like the dickens if torn or something got a hold of them.. and man I have a mini nubian and one persnickety nigerian who are ear biters when they are mad and man they would have a hay day with these guys!
What the hell is a skullclamp!??jodief100 said:I have a skin stapler. I work in design and development of medical devices and lets say we engineers like to "share" our R&D stuff. I have a buddy who designs skin staplers who wanted a skullclamp so we swapped
Moreover, where can I get one?!
