Swollen Lump On Goats Throat with Pictures... UPDATED~ NOT CL!!!

[Straw Hat Kikos]

At least it burst and you can care for it now. Did the vet say how long to use the iodine? You don't want to do it for too long since that will keep the wound from healing from the inside. Usually just 2 or 3 days of the iodine should do it. But follow whatever the vet told you to do.

When I had an abscess on one of my goats I was told to put iodine on it everyday.

 

[WhiteMountainsRanch]

White Mountain Ranch,
Your girls are beautiful, and so is your ranch. I am sending my thoughts and prayers your way..

Thank you so much, Lord knows I need them right now! I am worried sick over my girl.

 

[WhiteMountainsRanch]

OOPS..ITS BOTTLE JAW...YOU BETTER GET HER SOME WORMS MEDS FAST..I HAVE SEEN THEM DIE OVER NIGHT WHEN LEFT UNTREATED..SHE IS ALREADY PALE...give her some LA 200 too..it will help her fight infection

Bottle Jaw forms under the jaw and not the throat. It is also not two lumps, so this is not Bottle Jaw. She also said she wormed her with Ivermec Plus three times. That would have taken care of the parasites that would have causes Bottle Jaw. Unless it is Coccidiosis which I highly doubt.

btw I just went back and saw the pictures and I do not think it is CL either. Not in the right area and it doesn't really sound like CL either. You also said it was white and not sticky. I highly doubt it is CL. That doesn't mean she still doesn't have CL though, as you know, but these are not signs of CL.

Thank you, I am praying it is NOT CL and is just a pocket of infection.

She isn't pale at all~ And has been wormed with Ivomec Plus and Valbazen.... I don't believe it's worms or coccidia.

 

[WhiteMountainsRanch]

At least it burst and you can care for it now. Did the vet say how long to use the iodine? You don't want to do it for too long since that will keep the wound from healing from the inside. Usually just 2 or 3 days of the iodine should do it. But follow whatever the vet told you to do.

Yes I am glad she was able to lance and drain it, glad my goatie can be on her way to healing.

The vet said to use watered down iodine to flush it out once or twice a day until healed.

 

[Alice Acres]

At least it burst and you can care for it now. Did the vet say how long to use the iodine? You don't want to do it for too long since that will keep the wound from healing from the inside. Usually just 2 or 3 days of the iodine should do it. But follow whatever the vet told you to do.

The vet said to use watered down iodine to flush it out once or twice a day until healed.

I would agree with watered down iodine for daily wound irrigation. Straight iodine is hard on the the skin cells, so daily use full strength will actually be detrimental. Used FS daily will certainly keep it cleaned out, but will also prevent it from healing.

 

[WhiteMountainsRanch]

I feel so bad for my little girl... I had to quarantine her on the other side of the property and she is screaming bloody murder... I put some chickens and a dog in with her but she still isn't happy... she is making the weirdest saddest crying noise... it sounds like an Elk! I've been going down there to sit with her, but she starts crying again when I leave... I don't know what else to do!

 

[Queen Mum]

I am wondering if she doesn't have a goiter. Has she had any iodine? if not get her some and feed it to her.

Kelp is the best source.

 

[WhiteMountainsRanch]

I am wondering if she doesn't have a goiter. Has she had any iodine? if not get her some and feed it to her.

Kelp is the best source.

She had free choice kelp for a long time and I also swabbed her tail web with iodine. She is on Sweetlix free choice minerals now. Pretty sure it's not a goiter.

 

[WhiteMountainsRanch]

Yay! Vet called with the results of the culture and it's NOT CL!!! Yay! I can't tell you how relieved I am! Vet said it's an anaerobic bacteria probably from a foxtail or the previous cut on her lip, and now that it's drained and cleaned out and she's on penicillin it should be healing all up and good to go! I put her back in with the other goats and she is sooooooo happy!!! YAY!!!!!!

 

[bonbean01]

That's great news!!!!!