Poor kids got dehorned, problems now

[babsbag]

CL abscesses can be big or little and grow quickly or slowly. You can get a blood test done on the kids to see if they have been exposed.

I am not saying that it is CL and I certainly don't want to make it sound like it should be CL just because I am suspicious. I would never wish this on anyone. I just want you to be aware of the possibility.

When I first got goats I had two with lumps under their ear, a certain CL location. I took a goat into the vet for another reason and she saw the lump. She was certain it was CL. She had me come home and get my other 4 goats so she could aspirate the lump and draw blood. It was not CL but it was an enlarged lymph node for some other infection their body was fighting off. I treated them with an herbal concoction from Amber technologies called "Life Cell Support"... this is what the company says about it.

Life cell immune support is a natural herbal aid to cleanse and detoxify your pet's blood, liver, lymphatic system and stimulate cell regeneration to help maintain your pet's health.

The lumps went away, don't know if the stuff did it or time but either way they did not have CL even though a trained vet with goats of her own thought they did.

They are goats...they can keep us guessing.

 

[germanchickTX]

Uh, does this vet know about CL? It inflames lymph nodes.

Haven't specifically asked him, but I would assume so with the 4-H goats in town and being a large animal / livestock vet. (Although as I read on other posts, that doesn't necessarily mean a thing). He is still old style with experience and a no-nonsense approach, cares for the animal good and not necessarily what an owner fancies, if you know what I mean...
But I will check some more into it!
Thanks

 

[OneFineAcre]

Dehorning is HORRIBLE. I am beyond kicking myself since I have one I have to do. She is a beautiful kid, her mom milks like a champ, and she is friendly, all traits I admire. I tried to disbud her but was just learning and really didn't do much other than deform the horns. My "cleanup my mess" friend was not available until it was too late so now she has horns, and misshapen ones at that. With an Alpine or Lamancha kid if I go beyond a week it is almost always too late to burn them off and bucklings may have to be done at 3-4 days.

We are keeping Zamia's buckling from this year. Same situation. We are waiting for the weather to cool, but he is going to have to be dehorned. Wouldn't you know the one disbudding we botched would be a buckling we were keeping from our best doe.

 

[babsbag]

Wouldn't you know the one disbudding we botched would be a buckling we were keeping from our best doe.

I botched a lot of them as I was just learning but I have one that I just plain forgot. She is half boer but would like to keep her for a few years to see how she milks; she is too small to breed this year. I had a buckling hook my ND buckling's collar with his horns. If I hadn't been there the ND would have died... Took the collar off. I HATE HORNS.