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Originally uploaded by The Woolley Farm.
In our basement, we are nursing Cookie, a 2 year old Angora goat. A mineral deficiency has made her legs very weak. Compounded with amnemia and being pregnant, she is very weak and cannot stand. She is eating & drinking just fine. We have been in constant contact with the vet and have an arsenal of medicines & vitamins to give to her.
Every 2-3 hours we stand her up and massage her legs and bend & flex them, then we lay her down in a different position. \
Some of the meds have to be given via injections, which Brandon knows how to do. I have to learn this in the next few days before Brandon leaves for Utah on Saturday. He’ll be gone a week and I will have my hands full all alone with 60 pregnant sheep & goats, plus keeping the wood furnace going.
January 28, 2008 at 11:03 pm
Oh, that poor animal. How lucky she is to have ended up with you as a caregiver! I can’t believe you will be alone with all of those expecting mothers. Hope everything goes well for the week!
January 29, 2008 at 6:14 am
God Bless you for taking such loving are of this beautiful little goat. I’ve always said God will one day judge us for the hearts we touch and those we leave untouched…and you have touched this little goat’s heart.
Yellow Jacket Ridge Angora Ranch
January 31, 2008 at 9:09 pm
I feel for you, and know just about what you are going through. I have two goats in my house, one on the bottle and the other keeps going down. The one that keeps going down has been in the same state as yours. I nursed her back to health and now she is going down hill again. She is now walking on her front knees. I keep putting her in splints for a couple hours a day. It is very hard work when a goat goes down. Keep up the good work on her and hang in there it will get better ;).