[poppy2012]

Well yet another peculiar day at the smallholding today - seemed like it was a day for animal ailments.
Went out to the goats this morning and found that Maisey has one nipple almost sliced about half an inch from the bottom sideways....it was quite a shock. We also found that pip is walking as if she is wearing a splint on her back leg, it swaying outwards as she walks. Both heavily in kid and Maisey due on Easter sunday, i was feeling rather concerned. Luckily the vet was out within a couple of hours but unfortunately bad news. She said theres nothing she can do for the nipple so that breast is lost - so here is hoping when the kids come she only has one and that they are not too rough...and also the flies stay at bay as it is pretty nasty oozing milk and looking rather painful. Vet said theres not much they can do apart from antibiotics if it looks infected at any stage. So fingers crossed....and hopefully Pip just has a sprain....
It sends me to wander what happened....they re in tonight so hopefully whatever happened wont happen again.

Also flock of sheep checked and vaccinated lambs today...in them one of our ewe lambs has a bad wound as if something has bitten her tail...unless there is some barb wire hiding in the fence somewhere and she has got caught! antibiotics for her and spray
Upon looking at the best ram lamb, he seems to have developed a hernia, so again antibiotics...does this occur a lot? having not lambed before and only 2nd year with my flock, I'm not sure. My partner inc rime a previous sheep farmer says it'l be fine, but we were hoping to keep him for breeding stock.

So all in all a very eventful day here in west wales...lets hope April fools doesn't bring any more suprises!!   

[little blue]

oh dear, what a day!
hope they all make good recoveries and no more bad luck comes your way

[Anke]

If her udder is quite big she may have got her foot caught in it, while trying to get up/lie down. Or if it is very full and heavy she may have tried to "scratch" it with her hind foot, one of mine injured her udder a bit like that last summer when she was at peak lactation. Fortunately that was just a surface wound.

Hope you can get her through kidding and into feeding any kid(s) somehow.

[Roxy]

Yes, its likely that Maisie has stood on her teat.  Not very nice, but she will cope with one.  We bottle feed our kids, so maybe you could do that if there is more than one?

[wytsend]

You may have to have a teat canula inserted permanently because that side will continue to produce milk.

Your Vet is the best person to advise.... I know it is done with cows that so a similar injury.

[poppy2012]

Have never heard of a cannula, the vet said to keep an eye on mastitis and make sure its not hard, other than that she didn't even give her antibiotics. It is looking much better today and no hardness on the upper part of the udder as it were, and shes looking much happier! Fingers crossed shes only having twins as she is rather large and due Sunday, our new goat shed is being finished tomorrow, a step up for her and pip..hope they like it and babies come easily