Thursday, November 5, 2015

A Scare and Being Over Protective

I've been watching Dahlia for a couple of weeks now, she has decided she likes spinning her head around.  It is called Star Gazing.  Added to now and then she runs in circles in her pin, I got paranoid and asked on lists about it and they said to give her Thiamine and Penn NOW.  I got scared and called our local GOAT vet, whom was recommended by my friend, Theresa.  They won't give meds unless they see your pet. 
It was sprinkling, I put her harness on and made Dakota yell.  It's this sad bellow of "I'm Alone" as I was leaving.  We get to the vets and I check in, fill out my paperwork.  I go back outside and get her out of the car and we are sat in front until our turn.  They take us back in the recovery area instead of in a room so he can watch her.  She of course initiated their floor and when they put the rag under to soak up the pee, I said, now she'll poop.  Yep, most of it was on top of the rag. :)
Dr. J.D. Anderson was very nice, very gentle with her, says her weight is good, inside sounds good, and she had no temp.  After watching her a bit, he said, she's watching around.  Totally normal for some goats.  He said her running in the pen was probably just being energetic.  So, my paranoid self cost me $56, but I got to meet the vet and he seemed competent.  He did tell me to go to Tractor Supply and pick up a Red Mineral Block to help with their copper intake.  I did just order copper bolus so will do that sometime this week and add a bit of Selenium/Vit. E.  I also need to pick up another rubber container or a couple of feed bucket so I can feed them separately.

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