Rescued goat with CL dilemma

[Ariel301]

It's not possible at my place to manage her in a separate pen away from the others, it would cost more than she's realistically worth to set up another area. She's cute, but not "show-goat" quality. I took her in just as a filler to get more milk because I wasn't getting enough from my purebred girls due to the abortion storm I went through this year, they didn't come into milk right. Then I made a trade for another purebred LaMancha kid, and since this rescue doe isn't milking anyway (she dried herself up right after I got her, grrr!) she's just eating and being useless and a general pain. I won't need her necessarily for next season with four other milkers, and my husband wants to cut down the herd size since our budget is really tight right now. If she was an amazing quality goat, I'd consider finding a way to manage her, my others are vaccinated for CL, but I really don't want to take chances, since I have a clean herd and don't want to bottle feed babies to prevent diseases like this. I'm sure other breeders can appreciate that.

As for giving/selling her to someone else with the awareness that she is sick...not many people her would really be willing to manage her correctly, those that would are knowledgeable enough about goats to not want a scrub goat that they can't handle. If someone took her, she'd be tossed out in a field with no real care, and I'm not so sure that's good either...

I am going to make arrangements with a friend of mine who will take Fancy to her place down the road and put her down for me. It's just as fast and a lot cheaper to shoot her than take her to the vet, that could be a several hundred dollar bill here. The baby, I will vaccinate, then just wait and see, hopefully she has not been exposed enough to get sick. It's sad, but I think it will be the best for all involved.

 

[Shiloh Acres]

Ah well, it's good you have reached a decision and have someone who will help you out. I know these things have to be done.

Too bad we're not close. I guess I was thinking about offering her on CL because of conversations I've been having with my pastor. He was a cattle farmer who has raised lots of livestock and recently had a stroke. They sold off all the animals. He is in his late 80s by the way. After the animals were gone, they realized they don't like having NO animals, plus they need something to graze down near the house. He used to keep goats too, but he's been asking me all kinds of questions about my llamas.

Someone like him might provide a goat like Fancy a great home, was all I was thinking. Such homes must be very hard to find though.

Hope the doelng comes out clean.

 

[Emmetts Dairy]

Glad you were able to come to a solution...these things are always hard...I hate seeing them suffer needlessly. Its always best that you put them down when you feel you have to...Im sorry... Its always a question that we battle with...???

As for that women with all the neglected and sick animals...???? Is there any agency or anyone you can call to get them out of her care??? I will NEVER understand that hoarding sickness people have??? Its really a sickness??? Soooo wrong in all sense of the word???

Good luck with the baby! I hope she stays well for you!

 

[ksalvagno]

I'm glad you were able to come to a solution. Unfortunately, this is one of those decisions that isn't easy and doesn't leave you feeling good about it. It comes down to doing the right thing. I hope your little one turns out to be ok.

 

[Ariel301]

Glad you were able to come to a solution...these things are always hard...I hate seeing them suffer needlessly. Its always best that you put them down when you feel you have to...Im sorry... Its always a question that we battle with...???

As for that women with all the neglected and sick animals...???? Is there any agency or anyone you can call to get them out of her care??? I will NEVER understand that hoarding sickness people have??? Its really a sickness??? Soooo wrong in all sense of the word???

Good luck with the baby! I hope she stays well for you!

The humane society/animal control has been called numerous times by many people, but the only things they can get her on are having too many dogs or horses per acre, because there is a limit where she is, she can have two horses to an acre or six dogs, and she is over...but she hides the extras if she sees them coming, and if they find them and tell her she has so long to get rid of them, she will either hide them again or turn them loose onto the neighbor's property, or on occasion actually find a home for them. There is no regulation about having five hundred goats roaming around on two acres, and animal control knows nothing about goats so they can't tell a sleeping one from a dead one. This lady thinks it is "normal" in a herd that big to lose 40-50 goats every kidding season! I have a feeling she'd find more homes for goats, but she wants $80-150 in adoption fees for goats, and the few that are registered, she won't let you have the registration papers, and they mostly all have horns, most are bucks, and just generally unadoptable animals. It's sad, but nothing I can really do about it. I try to go out there on occasion and trim hooves for her, and she wants me to de-louse her whole herd, but she won't let me shave them or buy them a medicine to kill the bugs...:/ (And yes, any clothing/shoes that go out there are either thrown away or bleached before going anywhere near my own animals!)

Lacey, the doeling will probably end up going to someone as a lawnmower, because she is just far too skittish to be a milk goat. If she gets out the gate or away from my grip on her, she will run at top speed and who knows where she would go, I cannot catch her, and my property is not fully fenced. She's not getting friendlier despite trying to bribe her with treats (she's getting nice and fat though lol) or just catching her, tying her up, and petting her regardless of her feelings. And, I'm done with rescue goats! The other one I got, a little LaMancha buckling (born prematurely from a doe I tried rescuing who had one dead, one live, and then died herself), is five months old and only weighs ten pounds, he won't gain weight or grow despite anything I have tried.

 

[MysticScorpio82]

Glad you were able to come to a solution...these things are always hard...I hate seeing them suffer needlessly. Its always best that you put them down when you feel you have to...Im sorry... Its always a question that we battle with...???

As for that women with all the neglected and sick animals...???? Is there any agency or anyone you can call to get them out of her care??? I will NEVER understand that hoarding sickness people have??? Its really a sickness??? Soooo wrong in all sense of the word???

Good luck with the baby! I hope she stays well for you!

The humane society/animal control has been called numerous times by many people, but the only things they can get her on are having too many dogs or horses per acre, because there is a limit where she is, she can have two horses to an acre or six dogs, and she is over...but she hides the extras if she sees them coming, and if they find them and tell her she has so long to get rid of them, she will either hide them again or turn them loose onto the neighbor's property, or on occasion actually find a home for them. There is no regulation about having five hundred goats roaming around on two acres, and animal control knows nothing about goats so they can't tell a sleeping one from a dead one. This lady thinks it is "normal" in a herd that big to lose 40-50 goats every kidding season! I have a feeling she'd find more homes for goats, but she wants $80-150 in adoption fees for goats, and the few that are registered, she won't let you have the registration papers, and they mostly all have horns, most are bucks, and just generally unadoptable animals. It's sad, but nothing I can really do about it. I try to go out there on occasion and trim hooves for her, and she wants me to de-louse her whole herd, but she won't let me shave them or buy them a medicine to kill the bugs...:/ (And yes, any clothing/shoes that go out there are either thrown away or bleached before going anywhere near my own animals!)

Lacey, the doeling will probably end up going to someone as a lawnmower, because she is just far too skittish to be a milk goat. If she gets out the gate or away from my grip on her, she will run at top speed and who knows where she would go, I cannot catch her, and my property is not fully fenced. She's not getting friendlier despite trying to bribe her with treats (she's getting nice and fat though lol) or just catching her, tying her up, and petting her regardless of her feelings. And, I'm done with rescue goats! The other one I got, a little LaMancha buckling (born prematurely from a doe I tried rescuing who had one dead, one live, and then died herself), is five months old and only weighs ten pounds, he won't gain weight or grow despite anything I have tried.

So sad... I wish there was something that could be done...