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Hillary, one of my Nubian does...is sick.
Doodle, her half-sister and my favorite Nubian, is having issues.
I've got a couple of kids w/ the poops. Not a big deal itself, just an added hassle to a stressful day.
And...my patagonian Cavy (pet, looks like a giant rabbit) nearly cut his leg off this afternoon.
I think Hillary's issue is either parasites or an unknown / unseen injury. No fever, poop is fine, losing weight and weak in her back end...I'm scared it's meningeal worm. Treated for worms and giving supportive care....vet says that's about all I can do at this point. Tested CAE neg. in 2010.
I actually called the vet today to see if they'd remove Doodle's udder. Long story short, the vet came to do a biopsy on a suspicious lump and poked the needle through the lump and into one half of her udder...the lump turned out to be CL so...yeah, now her udder is producing CL pus.
The cost / risks are too great to remove the udder while she's in milk so....I asked him to come put her down.
Then I broke down and called him back and told him not to.
We're going to try to dry her off and remove it then. I didn't want to deal w/ it...but I can't put her down either.
The cavy's on antibiotics, the kids are clearing up, I feel better now that I've decided to not put Doodle down, but now I will worry if I made the right decision...and I'm still worried about Hillary.
Guess it was my turn to have a bad animal day.
Doodle, her half-sister and my favorite Nubian, is having issues.
I've got a couple of kids w/ the poops. Not a big deal itself, just an added hassle to a stressful day.
And...my patagonian Cavy (pet, looks like a giant rabbit) nearly cut his leg off this afternoon.
I think Hillary's issue is either parasites or an unknown / unseen injury. No fever, poop is fine, losing weight and weak in her back end...I'm scared it's meningeal worm. Treated for worms and giving supportive care....vet says that's about all I can do at this point. Tested CAE neg. in 2010.
I actually called the vet today to see if they'd remove Doodle's udder. Long story short, the vet came to do a biopsy on a suspicious lump and poked the needle through the lump and into one half of her udder...the lump turned out to be CL so...yeah, now her udder is producing CL pus.
The cost / risks are too great to remove the udder while she's in milk so....I asked him to come put her down.
Then I broke down and called him back and told him not to.
We're going to try to dry her off and remove it then. I didn't want to deal w/ it...but I can't put her down either.
The cavy's on antibiotics, the kids are clearing up, I feel better now that I've decided to not put Doodle down, but now I will worry if I made the right decision...and I'm still worried about Hillary.
Guess it was my turn to have a bad animal day.
