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09-14-2015, 07:32 PM
Oh man thats sad. What bad news. And yeah, I can imagine how it sucks to be out of business for a while until he is replaced or you wait for the others to grow. Its funny how camping with a work animal, goat or horse, builds a real bond thats more than the back-yard pet type of relationship. People think I have too many goats but in fact I am taking precautions against losing one or two over time.
I don't leave the collars on my goats for fear of choking hazards or horns getting under a collar and a bad fight. Sounds like that probably wasn't the issue but it sure seems like a mystery. I'd have to say it was something related to the fence though. I've seen horses get stuck half-way over a drill-pipe fence and it sorta squeezes the breath out of them. The truth is most fence types have their dangers. I even had a white-plastic wired electric fence get wrapped TIGHT around a baby goats leg. Fortunately I found him in time and it didn't kill the foot. Thought that fence was safe as could be till that incident.
I don't leave the collars on my goats for fear of choking hazards or horns getting under a collar and a bad fight. Sounds like that probably wasn't the issue but it sure seems like a mystery. I'd have to say it was something related to the fence though. I've seen horses get stuck half-way over a drill-pipe fence and it sorta squeezes the breath out of them. The truth is most fence types have their dangers. I even had a white-plastic wired electric fence get wrapped TIGHT around a baby goats leg. Fortunately I found him in time and it didn't kill the foot. Thought that fence was safe as could be till that incident.