Went to the vet office today and thought Id share

[willowbreezefarm]

Yes I know what all of you are saying and at the time I was a complete newbie with goats and just went with his word on it. Yes I did trust him at that time since he did work on my horses and I never had any issue with him before. Since the vet office had serveral different vets in the office I called and asked them before which vet worked with goats the most blahblah. Well they said that particular vet did so that is why I went with him. Now when all this went down.. Not only was I FURIOUS but so was my husband because these last night vet calls the whole week and with the last visit being and emergency call this was adding up FAST! But I think I do know what happened, he was in a hurry to go pull someones calf and he just didnt check or something and that is how it happened. But the last vet that came out was just baffled at how the other vet managed to do such a thing.
But I know with horses you cut them instead of banding, with cattle you can either cut or band I have seen both. But I do know with my dad being on a Dairy Farm i do know they have only use one band on a calf.
I still have not gotten over what happened but we did not have to pay for the bills nor do we use that vet. My husband said that if he came back on the property that he was gonna kick em in his butt (of coarse he used different words) .

 

[aggieterpkatie]

Yes I know what all of you are saying and at the time I was a complete newbie with goats and just went with his word on it. Yes I did trust him at that time since he did work on my horses and I never had any issue with him before. Since the vet office had serveral different vets in the office I called and asked them before which vet worked with goats the most blahblah. Well they said that particular vet did so that is why I went with him. Now when all this went down.. Not only was I FURIOUS but so was my husband because these last night vet calls the whole week and with the last visit being and emergency call this was adding up FAST! But I think I do know what happened, he was in a hurry to go pull someones calf and he just didnt check or something and that is how it happened. But the last vet that came out was just baffled at how the other vet managed to do such a thing.
But I know with horses you cut them instead of banding, with cattle you can either cut or band I have seen both. But I do know with my dad being on a Dairy Farm i do know they have only use one band on a calf.
I still have not gotten over what happened but we did not have to pay for the bills nor do we use that vet. My husband said that if he came back on the property that he was gonna kick em in his butt (of coarse he used different words) .

Where did he put the bands exactly? I'm just so confused by this. The penis is on the middle of the stomach, no where even remotely near the testicles. Did he put a band on the testicles AND a band on his penis?

 

[elevan]

Yes I know what all of you are saying and at the time I was a complete newbie with goats and just went with his word on it. Yes I did trust him at that time since he did work on my horses and I never had any issue with him before. Since the vet office had serveral different vets in the office I called and asked them before which vet worked with goats the most blahblah. Well they said that particular vet did so that is why I went with him. Now when all this went down.. Not only was I FURIOUS but so was my husband because these last night vet calls the whole week and with the last visit being and emergency call this was adding up FAST! But I think I do know what happened, he was in a hurry to go pull someones calf and he just didnt check or something and that is how it happened. But the last vet that came out was just baffled at how the other vet managed to do such a thing.
But I know with horses you cut them instead of banding, with cattle you can either cut or band I have seen both. But I do know with my dad being on a Dairy Farm i do know they have only use one band on a calf.
I still have not gotten over what happened but we did not have to pay for the bills nor do we use that vet. My husband said that if he came back on the property that he was gonna kick em in his butt (of coarse he used different words) .

Where did he put the bands exactly? I'm just so confused by this. The penis is on the middle of the stomach, no where even remotely near the testicles. Did he put a band on the testicles AND a band on his penis?

OMG...that is so what I was thinking when I read this...I just don't understand how A VET could screw up that bad...

It's good that they ended up giving you the services free of charge...but man, that guy needs to be reviewed for misconduct.

I had a friend whose human dr started screwing up big time and she switched doctors...about a month later there was an article in the paper - the dr had her license revoked when it was found out that she was abusing prescription pills and alcohol. I would report this vet.

 

[willowbreezefarm]

He put the bands around the goats testicles. Just like a cow, a goat can actually suck in his penis just like they can suck in one or both testicles. They do this just as you would take in a deep breath. The penis is connected to the testicles in side. Every thing in that remote area is connected up in between the hind legs in side the goat. They can and will suck in there penis or testicles if they get startled, scared, or upset. There penis is not just there hanging around inside there shealth. It is pulled in there to a certain degree and when the goat feels horny he will let it out fully.
Hope that makes since.

 

[elevan]

He put the bands around the goats testicles. Just like a cow, a goat can actually suck in his penis just like they can suck in one or both testicles. They do this just as you would take in a deep breath. The penis is connected to the testicles in side. Every thing in that remote area is connected up in between the hind legs in side the goat. They can and will suck in there penis or testicles if they get startled, scared, or upset. There penis is not just there hanging around inside there shealth. It is pulled in there to a certain degree and when the goat feels horny he will let it out fully.
Hope that makes since.

Above the testicles would be the urethral curve (or that's what my vet refers to it as)...

So, what you're saying is that the vet banded really high and / or the urethral curve was "riding" low and that the banding caught the urethral curve and severed it...?

I would have to venture a guess that this would be a very abnormal situation or else we would all be putting our goats at risk in banding...

 

[greymane]

That is terrible. Hope all goes well with the new ones. (Oh, BTW, my son lives in Harrisonburg. Mt. Crawford, actually.)

We have had not issues with our guys so far.

 

[20kidsonhill]

That is terrible. Hope all goes well with the new ones. (Oh, BTW, my son lives in Harrisonburg. Mt. Crawford, actually.)

We have had not issues with our guys so far.

We live in Mount Crawford. I recommend Ashby Herd Health in Dayton

 

[willowbreezefarm]

That is terrible. Hope all goes well with the new ones. (Oh, BTW, my son lives in Harrisonburg. Mt. Crawford, actually.)

We have had not issues with our guys so far.

We live in Mount Crawford. I recommend Ashby Herd Health in Dayton

Every time I call that vet office they say they dont do work on goats, just cows? If I knew of a good vet from there to use I would but like I said they always tell me that they dont do work on goats.

 

[greymane]

Oh, sorry, my son lives in Mt. Crawford, but they have no goats (yet!). We live in the Finger Lakes area of NY.

 

[willowbreezefarm]

That is terrible. Hope all goes well with the new ones. (Oh, BTW, my son lives in Harrisonburg. Mt. Crawford, actually.)

We have had not issues with our guys so far.

I just had a bad first experience with banding. If I get someone else that I can trust or that could teach me how to band correctly I would. But I dont have to worry about that particular vet anymore since we no longer use him. I am not the only person that has had "bad" issues with using that vet office. I know at least three others that WILL NOT use anyone from that office just because what happen to them.