Spider's story: a tale of neglect ( u gotta read UPDATED 3/26/2011 )

[SDGsoap&dairy]

Congrats, he's beautiful!

 

[Ariel301]

Both are so cute!

That is a horrible story, some people just should not be allowed to have animals. We have a lady here who is like that, she's a hoarder running an "animal rescue" (mostly she buys goats that are for sale as meat because she believes eating meat is cruel) but she has no money and she's homeless anyway. She's out in the desert with a few nasty old trailer houses and about 300 goats that breed uncontrolled because she can't afford to keep them fenced and she doesn't believe in castration. She thinks it's nothing to lose 50 kids every spring to coccidiosis, tetanus, pneumonia, etc, because, as she says, "when you have so many it's normal'! I adopted a doe from her last year. This was a really tall LaMancha type doe who should have been 150 pounds. She was barely 80, and also pregnant. She had twin 2-pound bucklings shortly after we got her and one died after 48 hours, he never did stand or nurse, and I was tube feeding him, but his lungs were not working right and he died in my arms in bed with me. This doe's feet were about five inches overgrown, and she was so thin and bony that she had sores on her body from where she laid down. She was older than the lady told us she was, and we were not able to save her. Animal control has been called many times, but they won't do anything because there is no law here about the number of goats you can keep in a certain size property, and as long as there is water in the pens they won't charge her with neglect, and they won't take the animals anyway because what would they do with hundreds of unadoptable goats?

This is Snow White after two weeks of stuffing her full of high fat/high calorie food and a couple of days before kidding, and her feet after two trimming sessions. I don't know how anyone could call living like this being rescued. It would have been a mercy if someone ate her when she was a kid.

I'm glad you were able to save little Spider from such bad owners. Really, what's the point in owning goats if you're going to stand by and let them die?

 

[goatdreamerCT]

My 5 year old said he looks like a cow... therefore, our vote is to name him "Moo". But what do we know... we have a chicken named Cake because we allowed the (then 4 year old) to name her right after having his birthday (as in, Birthday Cake, YES)

E.T.A. Spider is looking awesome!!!! Nice work to the both of you

 

[RabbleRoost Farm]

Spider and Holstein.
Then your next goat could be Clydesdale after the horse!

 

[freemotion]

Ariel, there are those who think that poor doe in your picture is in good dairy condition.... That is why these things go on. People can convince themselves of anything.

You are both wonderful for rescuing.

 

[jessica117]

He's adorable!!!

 

[Roll farms]

Mr. New Guy is loud, I take it?

He's cute, he looks a lot like my girl Ellie.

Congrats on finding Spider a friend...even if he doesn't agree just yet.

 

[jodief100]

They are both adorable and looking real good. They will be buddies soon enough.

 

[redtailgal]

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[RabbleRoost Farm]

Tarantula? WEBSTER?
Lol, Spider and Webster (Web for short?).

Um... I don't know. Hoover sounds funny though.
I named a duck Toaster once, just for the heck of it. Her mom was named Buff Mama because she was a buff duck, and her dad was Flynn. Other names I've had for ducks are Peridot, Periwinkle, Periscope, Daimler, Denali, Fleetwood, Featherweight (even though she was huge!), Sawyer, Maji ("water" in Swahili), Mizu ("water" in Japanese), K.C., Cadbury, Big Duck (ooh, so original), Mudslide, Rokie, Scuttlebutt, Beetle, Magpie...
Then there's Salem, Saxton, Jack, Blossom (a little bit feminine, lol), Bean, Dibble, Darby, Thornton (AKA Thorn), Eyepatch (turkey with a cloudy eye, he hatched out that way), Blackbeard (black Spanish turkey), Turkey Lurkey (not so good for a goat, unless you want a goat named Turkey... )... Random names I've made up like Airet, Kerrang... Hmm, I can't seem to think of any more! Oh well. Maybe some of them will help?

I'm glad there are people to help out these poor guys and gals from their terrible situation. I wish more would think along the lines of "Hey, it's alive and has feelings and nerve endings. I bet it wouldn't like living like that." etc and give the animal some decent care, sheesh. :/