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Livestock => Goats => Topic started by: langdon on April 05, 2011, 04:01:01 pm

Title: front joints clicking
Post by: langdon on April 05, 2011, 04:01:01 pm

milly our toggie/anglio nubian ( please forgive any spelling errors ) for a while now has this clicking
noise from her front joints when she walks, she is fine in herself, no signs of pain or discomfort, like to run
around with molly.
vet said its a nothing to worry about, just her joints.
any comments here are app.
 :goat:

Title: Re: front joints clicking
Post by: wytsend on April 05, 2011, 04:14:19 pm

Believe it or not, this quite common !!!!!

Ignore it.. it really does not mean anything.

Title: Re: front joints clicking
Post by: langdon on April 05, 2011, 04:19:23 pm

THANK YOU SO MUCH!!!

i might sleep better at night now :D

i really was starting to get concerend, i thought it may have been like poor bedding, but they have loads of straw
to rest comfortably on at night.
the clicking is quite loudish when you do notice it, so it sounds worse than it it actually is then.
again thanks for a reply ;)

Title: Re: front joints clicking
Post by: wytsend on April 05, 2011, 05:20:27 pm

All my 2/3yrold plus click when walking....quite musical.    All the males 'click' !!!

Title: Re: front joints clicking
Post by: ballingall on April 05, 2011, 06:24:08 pm

It's nothing to worry about Langdon, just the joints moving as they move.

Interestingly, I have seen judges comment on it, and even not award an AN male (not mine I might add) a Breed Challenge Certificate because of it. But that was some years ago, and may have just been a personal dislike of that judge. I can't even remember who it was!


Beth